Our unique programs are designed to immerse Scouts in a variety of topics, while completing their badge requirements.
Special Badge Workshops
Due to GSUSA’s recent retirement of the Entrepreneur badge, we are offering a different badge workshop on this date.
Cadette Girl Scout “Business Creator” & Senior Girl Scout “Business Startup” Badge Workshop
Saturday, September 28, 2024
9:30 a.m. – 12:30 p.m.
Girl Scouts will work in teams to brainstorm ideas, design a chocolate confectionery prototype for a specific demographic, conduct a focus group, utilize SWOT analysis, develop a business plan for their unique product, and then present their product and plan to the group.
Cost is $18 per Cadette or Senior Scout and $15 per Leader.* Register here until September 17, 2024 or until capacity is reached.
*The Leader may be the Troop Leader, parent or accompanying adult. At least one adult is required to register and accompany each troop, or individual Scout. Leaders/adult chaperones will be expected to assist with activities and adult participation is limited to 1 Leader/adult chaperone per every 5 girls or 1 per troop if less than 5 girls.
Extra adults and children may purchase Museum Experience tickets at the admissions desk on the day of the workshop, however, only registered Scouts and required Leaders/adult chaperones will be permitted to participate in workshop activities. Workshop registration includes Museum Experience admission for the day. The workshop does not include the badge.
Participation in this program does not qualify scouts for a Hershey Story patch. To earn that patch, scouts must complete the “Scouting for History” guide and also participate in a public Chocolate Lab class or Chocolate Tasting.
Register here for this event.
Please email [email protected] or call 717.520.5587 for more information.
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Scouts BSA “Entrepreneurship” Merit Badge Workshop
Saturday, October 26, 2024 – SOLD OUT
9:30 a.m. – 2:00 p.m.
Milton S. Hershey was a successful entrepreneur whose keen business sense and philanthropic approach were instrumental in establishing his chocolate company over a century ago. In this workshop Scouts will explore the skills and processes essential to developing a business as they create a business plan for a chocolate confectionary product and learn about market trends, financial concerns, as well as marketing and promotional methods. Each Scout will make a chocolate confection to take home as well as explore the museum’s exhibits during the workshop.
Registered Scouts must complete, and submit in writing to the merit badge counselor at [email protected], the following two prerequisites at least one week prior to the workshop:
- Define entrepreneurship in their own words and explain how entrepreneurs impact the U.S. economy.
- Explain why having good skills in communication, planning, organization, problem solving, decision making, basic math, adaptability, technical & social skills, teamwork, and leadership is important for an entrepreneur.
Upon successful completion of the prerequisites and the onsite program, the merit badge counselor will sign merit badge forms. Workshop participants are responsible for providing their own lunches during a 30-minute lunch break.
$18 for Scouts; $15 per Leader*. Register beginning August 1, 2024, until October 11, 2024, or until capacity is reached.
*The Leader may be the Troop Leader, parent or accompanying adult. At least one adult is required to register and accompany each troop, or individual Scout. Leaders/adult chaperones will be expected to assist with activities and adult participation is limited to 1 Leader/adult chaperone per every 5 Scouts or 1 per troop if less than 5 Scouts.
Extra adults and children may purchase Museum Experience tickets at the admissions desk on the day of the workshop, however, only registered Scouts and required Leaders/adult chaperones will be permitted to participate in workshop activities. Workshop registration includes Museum Experience admission for the day.
Participation in this program does not qualify Scouts for a Hershey Story patch. To earn that patch, Scouts must complete the “Scouting for History” guide and also participate in a public Chocolate Lab class or Chocolate Tasting.
Register here for this event. SOLD OUT
Please email [email protected] or call 717.520.5587 for more information.
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Scouts BSA “Indian Lore” Merit Badge Workshop UPDATE
The Hershey Story Museum is temporarily suspending the Indian Lore Merit Badge program for Scouts.
The reason for the suspension is due to updates to the Native American Graves Protection and Repatriation Act (NAGPRA), which governs the repatriation of Native American ancestral remains, funerary objects, sacred objects and objects of cultural patrimony to lineal descendants and federally recognized tribes.
As of December 2023, museums are required to obtain prior and informed consent from lineal descendants, culturally affiliated tribes or Native Hawaiian Organizations before allowing any exhibition of, research of or access to cultural items.
Through the provisions of NAGPRA, the federal government acts to treat the remains of Native ancestors and their material culture with dignity, and to return them to their communities with respect for their customs, religion and traditions.
The Hershey Story Museum hopes to reinstate this program in the future, once we better understand the regulations, and after receiving proper and informed consent.
We welcome this opportunity to continue our own learning and deepen our relationships with Indigenous communities.
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Scouting for History
Explore the Museum Experience with one of our scavenger hunts created especially for Scouts. The hunts, which may satisfy some scouting requirements, stress Milton Hershey’s example as an entrepreneur and philanthropist. “Scouting for History” is available to Scout groups or individual Scouts at any time; Museum Experience admission must be purchased to complete a guide*. Access to the Museum Experience is included in workshop cost. Please ask for your free “Scouting for History” guide at the admissions desk, or print a copy below:
Cub Scouts
Brownie & Junior Girl Scouts
Older Scouts
Participation satisfies one requirement for each of following achievements:
- Cub Scout
Tiger Scout – Tiger Tales Adventure, #7
Wolf Scout – Collections and Hobbies Adventure, #3
Webelos Scout – Build My Own Hero Adventure, #2 - Brownie Girl Scout – Celebrating Community and Computer Expert Badges
- Junior Girl Scout – aMUSE Award and Product Designer Badge
Earn a Hershey Story Patch!
Scout groups or individual Scouts (not Leaders or accompanying adults) who complete the following will be awarded a Hershey Story patch:
- Complete “Scouting for History” in the Museum Experience AND
- Attend a public Chocolate Lab class or take part in a Chocolate Tasting.
Patches will be awarded (at no additional cost) at The Hershey Story admissions desk upon completion of the above activities. For reservations and rates for scout groups of ten or more, complete this form or call 717.520.5596.
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*Guests of The Hotel Hershey & Hershey Lodge receive complimentary general admission tickets to The Hershey Story and Hershey Gardens upon check-in. Adding a Chocolate Lab costs $12.50 per Scout and $16.50 for each accompanying adult.
Girl Scouts can also complete “Scouting for Nature” at Hershey Gardens. Click here for more information
