Events

Come and help distribute food to hundreds of children and families in our community from the parking lot of the Spring Creek Church of the Brethren.

Join Harold Nightwine in feeding the families at the Ronald McDonald House. 

Come to learn & share info about fitting community service and Rotary into busy work life and family life schedules. Current members of Hershey Rotary Club (especially those who can't get to Monday midday meetings), and others who are interested in community service opportunities come together to network and learn more about what Rotary has to offer are welcome and encouraged to come! 

Status Solutions is your partner in protecting what matters most. For the last 23 years, we’ve made it our mission to evolve with the changes that impact the safety of your students, residents, customers, and employees, as well as your property and business assets. We’ve learned how to adapt to what’s happening in the world, but more importantly, we make it our priority to stay nimble enough to custom-build a safety solution that works for you.

Status Solutions has built a reputation for being a pioneer, and now a master, of situational awareness services, including life safety assurance, real-time security monitoring and data analysis, environmental awareness, and mass notification technologies.

We carefully craft custom software solutions that give your team awareness of what’s happening, empower them to take action, and then provide the analysis that helps them adapt and stay ahead of threats, no matter how mundane or extreme.

Come and help assemble meal packs for hundreds of children around our community.

Rotarians,  you will not want to miss this chance to hear from our Global Scholars!!!

Arisha Tariq, PSU Class of 2027, will relfect on her experience in Ghana, including the culture, food as well as the important clinical experience.  

Amar Kassim, PSU Class of 2027, will talk about his journey to Sao Paulo, Brazil, which involved learning the difference in health care systems, trauma surgery, and his involvement in medical research focused on TB.   

Junior Achievement is looking for 10 volunteers at Middletown High School for the REAL Life program on March 18th from ~8AM – 2PM. 

You can sign up and find out more information by using the following link that will guide you to the program.  

https://www.raiderweb.org/news/what_s_new/volunteers_needed

Come and help distribute food to hundreds of children and families in our community from the parking lot of the Spring Creek Church of the Brethren.

Please join us as we celebrate and honor our Students of the Month from Middletown, Hershey and Milton Hershey High Schools!!! 

Also hear from Boots to Health Foundation!!  This incredible organization is dedicated to supporting local veterans in improving their physical, mental, and spiritual well-being. The foundation offers physical fitness training, nutrition coaching, spiritual counseling, and life coaching, all provided to veterans at no cost. The holistic approach aims to address all areas contributing to the overall well-being of veterans. The foundation also aims to build a community for veterans and raise awareness about veteran health issues. Join us in our mission to support our veterans.

Come learn about the Hope TOGETHER Community Garden project to benefit the Middletown community and lend a hand with ongoing work on the garden!

Find out how to "make the pain go away."

Please join Hershey Rotary in welcoming Jan Grove of Madden & Gilbert Physical Therapy.  

At Madden & Gilbert Physical Therapy, our mission is to help people in pain get back to normal, naturally. We see it every day. Tons of our patients walk through our doors feeling hopeless, defeated and unsure that any healthcare provider will be able to help them. Our purpose is to provide you with healing, injury prevention, and pain relief through our custom treatment plans. Our patients have found high levels of success in our treatment services, due to our implementation of advanced technology and methods.  

You are invited to Iron-On Some Accomplishments!

Academic Edge would greatly appreciate your support as we endeavor to affix hundreds of badges onto the Girl Scout sashes of our 1200+ Daisies through Cadettes!

Academic Edge brings the Girl Scout experience to girls who face challenges and life factors preventing them from joining a community troop. It offers a badge-focus curriculum providing experiential learning!

The Academic Edge Program aims to develop girls ages 5-12 into strong communicators, decisive problem solvers, and leaders of courage, confidence, and character. Academic Edge partners with schools and community organizations to provide inclusive programming that recognizes the need for girls to engage with opportunties where they can develop skills in STEM, the Outdoors, Entrepreneurship, and Life Skills.

We currently have 52 individual Academic Edge programs being facilitated by 8 coordinators over 7 counties. 1200+ girls are being served by Academic Edge.

Please share your time and energy with us to give these strong, creative, thoughtful girls the FULL Girl Scout experience by receiving their official sash with troop number and 7-10 well earned badges.

(Note.....  no need to bring anything but your energy as supplies, food, drinks and of course Girl Scout cookies will be provided.)

Register Here

President Pete Gurt, 1985 Milton Hershey School Graduate, has served as the 10th President of MHS. 

Taking office in 2014, he has designed several ambitious strategic plans during his tenure at MHS. His most recent strategic vision, Our Future in Focus: The MILT Plan, includes the following pillars:

• Modeling Character and Well-Being
• Innovating Career-Focused Education
• Leveraging Impact
• Teamwork to Strengthen Community Alignment and Engagement

MHS students and graduates often refer to themselves as Milts—a term that has spanned generations. It is only fitting that our strategic vision, focused on student and graduate success, dons the same name.

Come and help assemble meal packs for hundreds of children around our community.

Hershey Rotary Community Connection and all Hershey Rotary Club Members are welcome! Family (kids too) and friends welcome as well! We will join with volunteers from the Derry Environmental Action Committee to plant trees in Derry Township (Hershey) public parks.  It's rain or shine, and plan to wear outdoor work clothing. Bring water to drink and bring a shovel if possible. Location to be determined based on number who register (Shank Park or other township parks). Contact Tom Jones for details including location at which to meet.

David A. Schankweiler brings a distinguished legacy of visionary leadership, entrepreneurship, and public service to his role as Interim President of Harrisburg University of Science and Technology. As a foundational figure in the University’s history, Schankweiler served as its Founding Chairman from 2001 to 2007, guiding its initial vision and growth. He now returns to further elevate the University’s mission of delivering high-impact, technology-driven education.

Schankweiler’s professional journey is marked by his founding and tenure as CEO of Journal Multimedia from 1984 to 2016, a dynamic multimedia publishing company renowned for its leading industry and business publications, including the Central Penn Business Journal and NJBIZ. Under his leadership, the company expanded into multiple media formats—print, web, video, research, and events—while serving diverse industries and regional audiences. Schankweiler’s expertise in media and business development is underscored by his enduring influence in the industry and his stewardship of community-focused publications.

Come and help distribute food to hundreds of children and families in our community from the parking lot of the Spring Creek Church of the Brethren.

Please come celebrate our April Students of the Month from Middletown, Hershey and Milton Hershey High Schools.  

Also joining us will be Lou Vogel, CEO of The Middletown Home.  As one of the last non-profit Communities in Dauphin County, Lou will present the expansion plans of this Continuing Care Community for people of all ages.  With Lou's vision, The Middletown Home will build beautiful apartments,not just for older people, but homes for families, staff and even Rotary members.  This inter-generational focus has been much-talked about, but The Middletown Home is about to make it happen.  Exciting stuff!!  

This meeting is a fan favorite!!  Each year, Bob Brightbill, Dauphin County Technical School updates on this year's construction school project.  Last year, students gutted and renovated a Harrisburg home top to bottom. 

Bob will take us through all the details, introduce us to student project planners, carpenters, etc.   

Dauphin County Technical School is a full-time, comprehensive public career and technical high school serving 11 high schools in the Central Dauphin, Derry Township, Halifax Area, Harrisburg, Lower Dauphin, Middletown Area, Millersburg Area, Steelton-Highspire, Susquehanna Township, and Upper Dauphin School Districts. At DC-Tech, we believe in educating the whole student by focusing on both the student’s academic and career preparation. DCTS is proud to offer over 24 programs of study.  

Come and help assemble meal packs for hundreds of children around our community.

Fellow Rotarian, Dennis Zubler, will discuss The Rotary Foundation and explain where our contributions are being allocated. 

The Rotary Foundation is a non-profit corporation that supports the efforts of Rotary International to achieve world understanding and peace through international humanitarian, educational, and cultural exchange programs. It is supported solely by voluntary contributions.

Elected to serve citizens of the 106th Legislative District in 2016, PA State Rep. Tom Mehaffie has set his sights on accomplishing needed reforms in the state House of Representatives and passing legislation that will help all Pennsylvanians live more productive and prosperous lives.

Tom, a small business owner, wants to make Pennsylvania more business friendly, ensure its continued role as a major energy producer, and bolster all levels of a child’s education – from pre-kindergarten to apprenticeship and college prep programs.

Tom will share with us all the details on Three Mile Island, how and when the restart will happen and who will be the owners.  Pretty Exciting!! 

Come and help distribute food to hundreds of children and families in our community from the parking lot of the Spring Creek Church of the Brethren.

Join Harold Nightwine in feeding the families at the Ronald McDonald House. 

Rotary has adopted the cleanup of 422 from Ceylon Avenue to Howard Avenue.  We will have our spring cleanup on Saturday, May 24th from 9am – 11am and are looking for 8 volunteers.  

Materials have been ordered for the cleanup (gloves, bags …) and we have Rotary Vests to wear to advertise our club. 

Details on the cleanup segment:  2-mile stretch on 422 from Ceylon Avenue heading east to Howard Avenue.  The intersection of Ceylon and 422 is the Tender Years Child Development Center across from the The Hershey Company headquarters.   The Howard Avenue intersection is just past the Cocoa Country Inn and The Outfitters Ski shop.

History of Adopt-A-Highway:  In 1984 the idea for the Adopt A Highway program was born when James Evans, an engineer for the Texas Department of Transportation, witnessed litter blowing out of the back of a pickup truck he was following in Tyler Texas. Concerned about the increasing cost to the government of keeping roadways clean, Evans began asking community groups to volunteer to pick up trash along designated sections of local state highways. Evans got few takers for his idea, however, in 1985, Billy Black, the Public Information Officer for the Texas Department of Transportation took up the cause and organized the first official Adopt A Highway program. In April of 1990, The Pennsylvania Department of Transportation (PennDOT) began its Adopt A Highway (AAH) program. Since 1990, volunteers have been beautifying roadsides two miles at a time.

Ben Fredrick, MD graduated from Penn State College of Medicine in 2000. He then completed a family residency at York Hospital in York, PA. After residency, Dr. Fredrick returned to Hershey and joined the Family and Community Medicine Department as a faculty member. Dr. Fredrick serves as Global Health Center Director and has developed a nationally unique Global Health Scholars Program available for our medical students. This program includes activities in Peru, Ecuador, Senegal, and Sierra Leone.

Since 2007, Dr. Fredrick and his family have been involved in supporting a rural area in Haiti called Pestel.. Throughout this time, Dr. Fredrick and his wife established a non-profit organization called Thriving Villages International in order to better assist the health and development needs of Pestel.

Please join your Fellow Rotarians for this very important event.  President Chip Bayer will lead the Annual Hershey Rotary Club Assembly.  Lane Chairs will present their reports and discuss the upcoming 2025-2026 Rotary Year.  It's an exciting opportunity to see where we were and where we go next.  

Please join Hershey Rotary for one of the most inspirational events of the year,  as we welcome the Army War College International Fellows to Hershey Lodge.  

Each year approximately eighty senior military officers from around the world are extended an invitation from the Chief of Staff of the United States Army to attend the U.S. Army War College.

The academic year is full of studying, research, and fellowship as these officers are instructed in areas ranging from military concepts and doctrine to national and theater level strategies.

This gathering is one of our most visible opportunities to show that Peace is one of Rotary's most important missions.  

The hope of this meeting of officers from around the Globe  is that should conflict ever break out, an  International Fellows officer from Country A will see an International Fellows officer from Country B, across the table, and together, they can work toward a peaceful solution.