The company introduced HERSHEY\'S cocoa—the very first HERSHEY\'S product available to the public. And that’s when the HERSHEY\'S brand was born.1909 The Milton Hershey School opened, giving orphaned boys—who were typically excluded from polite society—educations and decent, happy lives.1929-1939 Milton Hershey funded the \"Great Building Campaign\" in Hershey, PA—putting 600 men to work during the Great Depression.Today Milton Hershey’s legacy of education and goodness—lives on to this day.The company introduced HERSHEY\'S cocoa—the very first HERSHEY\'S product available to the public. And that’s when the HERSHEY\'S brand was born.1909 The Milton Hershey School opened, giving orphaned boys—who were typically excluded from polite society—educations and decent, happy lives.1929-1939 Milton Hershey funded the \"Great Building Campaign\" in Hershey, PA—putting 600 men to work during the Great Depression.Today Milton Hershey’s legacy of education and goodness—lives on to this day.