Dear Friends,

On behalf of the New Year’s Eve in Hershey Committee, we thank the Hershey community for a fantastic fourth annual celebration. This year, despite the weather, an energetic crowd enjoyed top notch entertainment and spectacular fireworks, cementing New Year's Eve in Hershey as the premier, community-organized event in Central Pennsylvania.

This event would not be possible without the generosity and community spirit of our corporate sponsors: 

• Primary Sponsor – The Derry Township Industrial Commercial Development Authority.

• Children’s Entertainment Sponsor – The Hershey Company

• Platinum Sponsors – ARM Group Inc., Hershey Entertainment & Resorts, HRG Herbert Rowland and Grubic.

• Silver Sponsors – Buchanan Ingersoll & Rooney, Hershey Federal Credit Union, The Hershey Trust Company, Milton S. Hershey Medical Center.

• Countdown Clock Sponsor – The Hershey Partnership.

• In-Kind Sponsors – Cleveland Brothers, The Greenskeeper, The Hilton Garden Inn and Ross Santangelo, PNC Bank, The Web Experience, York Waste Disposal.

• Media Sponsors – WHTM ABC 27, WINK 104, Hershey Chronicle.

Thank you to the Derry Township Police Department, Derry Township Public Works Department, the Hershey Volunteer Fire Company and the University Emergency Medical Services for their tremendous support of this event. 

Thank you to the following members of the Hershey Entertainment & Resorts team for their significant contributions and time and talent to our event management: Barry Batz, Alex Bernstein, John Bowen, Gary Chubb, Ellen Cooper, Donna Cope, Tim Eller, Greg Eyler, Doug Fogleman, Jeff Gingrich, John Hartman, Gene Hughes, Rick Lenker, John Nantz, JC Owens, Bob Price, Leeann Ream, Steve Ronald, Charlie Ross, Tim Shellenberger, Rod Underkoffler, Yvonne Webber, Rick Weiberg, Bob Weiner, Cody Wertz, Dave Yakstis, Jim Yordy, and Dave Zartman.

A team with diverse talents and wonderful enthusiasm work throughout the year to coordinate our annual New Year’s Eve celebration. We thank the following individuals for their dedication to and service as members of the New Year’s Eve in Hershey Committee: John Christopher, Gary Chubb, Mike Corado, Ellen Cooper, Susan Cort, Matt Davies, Elvira Ebling, Mark Ely, Kelly and Shane Fedeli, John Grab, Pam Klipa, Mike Macchioni, Jay McGruder, Todd Pagliarulo, Mike Pries, Wanda Reid, Julie Rodichok, Rick Russell, and Barb Shumate.

The community’s support of this event over the past several years has been tremendous, and we would like to ask for your help with a special project, documenting the fun we’ve had with this new Hershey tradition. Our committee is starting a “New Year’s Eve in Hershey” scrapbook for public access, and those with photos from the past four New Year's Eve events are asked to share them with us for inclusion by e-mailing info@hersheynewyears.org, or by contacting us at P.O. Box 41, Hershey. Include your name and contact information along with a brief description of the photo.

We look forward to seeing all of you at the corner of Chocolate and Cocoa on December 31, 2009!

All the best,

Aimee Achorn and Matt Solovey
Event Co-Chairs, 2008