Shred It Event will be held on Saturday, October 3, 2020 from 8:00 am to 10:45 am at the Public Works Facility. The event is for Derry Township residents only. Limit 2 bags/boxes per residence.

Watch the Derry Township Board of Supervisors meeting from September 8th, 2020 on the Township YouTube channel.

Restore Dauphin County, a CARES Act Funding Program, is currently accepting applications from small businesses and non-profits that were impacted by COVID-19. The program will remain open until Monday, September 14 at 4:30 p.m. Businesses and non-profits can apply at www.dauphincounty.org/cares

If you haven’t had time to fill out the 2020 Census, please do so soon. The census results help determine how federal funding flows into states and communities each year and determines how many seats in Congress each state gets. Your responses matter and it just take a few minutes! Here’s the link https://2020census.gov/ or if you prefer, stop by the Hershey Public Library to pick up a printed copy of the census that you can mail back. Thank you!

Derry Township is working to compile an inventory of our local businesses. Please provide us with some brief information so that we can keep you up-to-date on important news and happenings. By providing your information, you're authorizing us to occasionally email you with information pertaining to or affecting the Derry Township business community.

You can fill out this brief form here: https://forms.gle/BaNj81HWEkkbkDCK6

PPL’s subcontractor will be mobilizing into Elm Avenue on Tuesday, September 15 and will begin paving Elm Avenue starting on Wednesday, September 16. For more information, visit the PPL Hershey site.

If you have questions, please emailHersheyProject@pplweb.com.

Due to the success of Market on Chocolate in the 2020 season, the Downtown Hershey Association will be extending Market through the final Saturday in September. Visit with us Saturday mornings between 9:30 a.m. and 1:30 p.m. before our seasonal market closes for the year. Please remember masks are required at Market and guests are asked to help us all stay safe and practice social distancing. Check out who we have lined up for the remaining dates here. Interested in helping? Click here to sign up to volunteer!

Please register for a virtual adult program on Zoom presented by Mal Fuller, an Air Traffic Controller for 40 years. As the watch supervisor for the control town and radar room at the Greater Pittsburgh International Airport, on September 11, 2001, Mr. Fuller watched Flight 93 on his radar until just before it crashed into the field. This program remembers the heroes on Flight 93 on that fateful flight where the passengers overtook the plan and crashed it in a field in Somerset, PA and keeping it from its intended target. Join us to learn their story and remember their sacrifice. Please register online at the library's Events Calendar at www.hersheylibrary.org

Join Aly outside at the library for another Fear of Commitment Book Group: Short Fiction Only. We will be under the trees. Bring a chair, picnic stuff, and read the Original Grimm's Fairy Tale of Cinderella, originally titled Ashputtel. This can be found on Project Gutenberg and there are copies at the library's front desk. Registration is not required. If you have questions, please contact Aly Tran at atran@derrytownship.org

Join us outside the library in the R.G. (Reading Garden) for an in-person Terrarium Therapy Workshop with Tiffany Anderson. Tiffany will help you set up your very own Rustic Box Planter! Price ranges from $44-$63 and 10% of all ticket sales supports FRIENDS of the Hershey Public Library. This is a great way to spend a fall evening outside and fostering those creative juices with something that will last through the winter. Participants will be outside, seated socially distant, and wearing masks. Masks or face shields are required to participate. Please register and pay online at Eventbrite.com

An Introduction to Publishing Your Writing is a virtual class on Google Meet (similar platform to Zoom) on Sunday, September 13 from 2:00 p.m. to 3:30 p.m. with instructor, Laura English. We will discuss reasons to publish and answer some preliminary questions about the process of submitting creative work: How do I find markets? What are submissions fees used for and how much should I be willing to pay? What’s expected in a cover letter? What should I write in my author’s bio? We’ll also talk about simultaneous submissions, writers’ guidelines, and ways to increase your acceptance rate. Class fee is $15. Please register and pay online on Eventbrite.com

Via Zoom, come travel to the Arab world with Karim Nagi! With humor, acrobatics, and masterful audience incorporation, Karim introduces us to the wonders of Arab culture. Hear musical instruments such as the Duff, Riqq, Buzuq, Sagat, Mijwiz, and Tabla, and learn about their history. Learn how to wrap a kufiyya headpiece, and then watch – and even dance – some folk dances! You won’t want to miss this uplifting and energetic show! As an Arab-American, Karim bridges the East-West cultural gap in the most profound yet entertaining way. Online registration is required for this Friends Children’s Program. Great for the whole family!

Family Trivia: Happy Birthday Mr. Hershey is a Facebook Live event on Sunday, September 13 from 4:00 p.m. to 5:00 p.m. Join Ms. Rita and Ms. Aly on Facebook Live/Zoom where we will be celebrating with Hershey Trivia. Please register online. 

This is a virtual class on Zoom. Please join Michael J. Fedash MBA, AIF – Senior Private Client Wealth Advisor with Members 1st Investment Services & Wealth Management to walk through strategies to help manage your finances during COVID uncertainty. We will discuss ways to consolidate debt, review mortgages, personal budgets, insurances and more. This will be an opportunity to ask questions, look at your personal situation, and identify areas you may need/want to focus. Please register online for this program

Do you need to learn basic fundamentals to get started? Looking for exercise? Are you ready to master more challenging skating skills, for either figure skating or ice hockey? Our comprehensive approach on conquering individual elements gives you the skills, the knowledge, the urge to go far on the ice. And even further in life. The Hershey Figure Skating Club can help.

Thursdays 6:00-7:00 p.m.

Wednesdays 12:45-1:45 p.m.

Thursdays 1:00-2:00 p.m.

Thursdays 12:15-1:00 p.m.

Wednesdays 1:45-2:45 p.m.

Sundays 3:30-4:30 p.m.

Join a class anytime! For more information visit their website.

If you are interested in the Youth Exchange Program and would like to learn more, please contact Hershey Rotarians Richard Hann at Hannr54@comcast.net or Susan Steadman at steadmanhome@comcast.net. Information is also available at www.exchangestudent.org under the long-term program heading. 

Please register for the event to receive your log in instructions for the Zoom meeting.