MHS Housefathers Are Passing Healthy Lifestyles to Their Students
This school year, a group of Milton Hershey School housefathers decided to take their soccer skills to the next level by creating a competitive team. As role models for the...
Tag: Houseparenting
Troy Scott ’03
Growing up in Harrisburg, Pennsylvania, Troy Scott ’03 recognized there were not many opportunities for him to excel. He enrolled at Milton Hershey School in fourth grade at the age...
A Career That Makes a Difference
Growing up in the city of Detroit, Duane Mayfield was always passionate about mentoring youth. When he and his wife Angel were looking to relocate, he began searching the web...
How to Become Extraordinary
By Clare Ogle, a Milton Hershey School Houseparent We watch a lot of movies in our student home, and my favorite type are probably the ones that are based on...
Breaking Barriers and Providing Stability
More than 20 years ago, Jonathan and Melissa Akers lived in New York City and worked in corporate America. After their daughter was born, they moved to the Pocono Mountains...
A Shared Passion
Joe and Ashley Hoover have always shared a passion for mentoring young people. It’s what brought them together and inspired them to fall in love. As newlyweds, they soon realized...
Giving Back Through Houseparenting
Frank Pascale grew up in a neighborhood surrounded by poverty and crime. After hearing about Milton Hershey School and its mission, he and his wife Lisa jumped at the opportunity...
Discovering a Career with Purpose
Rachel and Matthew Blount are a long way from home—1,312 miles to be exact. In Hershey, Pennsylvania, their hometown of Norman, Oklahoma seems a world away. But for these third-year...
Lessons Learned From High Water
By Clare Ogle, a Milton Hershey School Houseparent Hershey and the surrounding areas have been flooded with so much rainwater this summer. The fact that the grass in my yard was...
Airports and Houseparenting
By Clare Ogle, an MHS houseparent I think airports are some of the happiest and saddest places on the planet. The same is true of train stations and hospitals. Think...