HIA Discovers Local Students' "Dream Destinations"

When Milton Hershey, the man known worldwide as the creator of the Hershey’s Chocolate Bar, passed away; he did something very sweet. Founded in 1909, Hershey and his wife Catherine began the Milton Hershey School by donating 100 percent of their fortune to underprivileged children. The school, originally created for orphaned boys, is now home to more than 1,800 boys and girls from families in need.


Harrisburg International Airport recently partnered with the Milton Hershey School to create the “Dream Destinations” project. Fueling the students’ creative engines, boys and girls from the kindergarten through fourth grade drew pictures of themselves at a place they wish to one day visit. Each with a different dream location in mind, the students depicted a variety of vacation spots from the magical Disney World in Orlando, FL, and the Golden Gate Bridge in San Francisco, CA, to the Egyptian Pyramids and the Parisian Eiffel Tower.


Thirty pieces of student artwork currently hang in the HIA terminal

Soaring above our expectations, we will proudly be displaying the “Dream Destinations” artwork on the first floor of the HIA terminal beginning today through May 18th. Please stop by to admire the students’ work and find out a little bit more about the Milton Hershey School as you’re traveling through our facilities.


The partnership between the airport and the Milton Hershey School represents the first of its kind for HIA. The goal of this effort is to share local school students’ creativity and enthusiasm for travel with the wider community that HIA serves. The airport looks forward to continuing this program for years to come with many schools (elementary through post-graduate) throughout the midstate region.


If you’d like to learn more about the Milton Hershey School’s students or ways you can work with The Milton Hershey School to open new doors for children in need, please visit http://www.mhskids.org/.