【推荐3】When hurricanes left a path of destruction in Puerto Rico, Pennsylvania College of Technology student Natascha G. Santaella felt a variety of painful emotions.

“I spent around six days stressing and having a very hard time with me having all the luxuries I currently do and my family not having any,” the Guaynabo, Puerto Rico, resident said. Santaella said that her hometown is without power and water, and people there are scared of what is to come.

To reduce her stress, Santaella, who is studying for an associate degree in baking and pastry arts, immersed (沉浸) herself in what she knows best: baking. “It started out as just baking bread and shipping it to the island to then be dispersed to the people, but I found that was very expensive for me to do alone, so I spoke with Chef Charles Niedermyer, our instructor of baking and pastry arts about a sale of baked goods in the college’s Bush Campus Center.”

“Natascha is a bright, energetic young lady with a big heart,” Niedermyer said. “I was not surprised to find her in my office, looking for ways to help the people of Puerto Rico.”

To prepare, Santaella had multiple meetings with Niedermyer, spent hours finalizing recipes, designed signage (标志) and decorations, and got friends to staff the sale table with her. And then there was the baking: Santaella and two friends in the baking and pastry arts major spent six hours baking 90 loaves of bread, 24 dozen dinner rolls and 30 cheesecakes in a variety of flavors.

During the six-hour sale, Santaella and her friends raised more than $1,000 for United for Puerto Rico, an initiative designed to provide aid and support to those affected in Puerto Rico by the passage of Hurricane Irma and Hurricane Maria.

“I hope to mainly increase awareness of what has happened, and to show people that there are Puerto Rican students at this school,” Santaella said. “I hope that others had the great experience I had with all my teachers and how understanding they were with me.”

【推荐1】Henry Ford, well-known as the man who founded the Ford Motor Company, made cars accessible to millions.He did this by developing the process known as mass production.His years of experience, sharp observation, and flexible approaches to solving problems had made him a rich source of inspirational quotes.Before reading them, let’s learn a little about his life, work and principles.

In 1863, Henry Ford was born on a Michigan farm.At age 16, he went to Detroit and became an apprentice machinist (车工学徒).Then, after a short period of time he returned to his family farm, got married and ran a factory in which wood was cut using machines.Returning to Detroit, he began working for Thomas Edison at a newly founded company, where he rose to be chief engineer.

Ford predicted that the horseless carriage would be the main transportation tool of the future, which led him to found his company to produce a popular passenger-carrying car.In 1903 the Model A car appeared to be followed by the Model T in 1908.

Ford’s business philosophy (哲学) was simple.The best quality at the lowest cost was the key.Happy workers and satisfied customers always lead to a successful business.

Henry Ford held the belief that nothing was impossible.He was not interested in being told about problems, he just needed the solutions to those problems.He enjoyed taking risks.Ford’s experiences teach us that we need to learn from our mistakes.He surrounded himself with employees who felt the same way.

Being prepared was an important part of Ford’s approach.Nothing could be achieved if the preparations were not total.

He died in 1947 at the age of 83 and his rich experience had made him a source of many inspirational quotes.Some of the best and most well-known are listed here.

【推荐3】For generations, the name Milton Hershey has been a well-known word closely connected with fine chocolate products throughout the country and around the world. He was born in 1857 on a farm near Derry Church, a small Pennsylvania community. Frequent family moves interrupted (中断) his schooling and left him with limited education. He only completed the fourth grade.

Following a four-year apprenticeship (学徒期) with a Lancaster candy maker, he established his first candy-making business in Philadelphia. That initial effort failed as did his next two attempts in Chicago and New York. Returning to Lancaster in 1883, Hershey established the Lancaster Caramel Company, which quickly became an outstanding success. It was this business that established him as a candy maker and set the stage for future achievements.

Hershey became fascinated with German chocolate-making machinery exhibited at the 1893 World’s Columbian Exposition. He bought the equipment for his Lancaster plant and soon began producing various chocolate creations. Hershey sold the Lancaster Caramel Co. in 1900 in order to focus entirely on his chocolate business.

Three years later, he returned to Derry Church to build a new factory. There he could obtain the large supplies of fresh milk needed to perfect and produce fine milk chocolate. Through trial and error (反复试验), he created his own formula (配方) for milk chocolate. In 1903 he began construction on what was to become the world’s largest chocolate plant. After its completion, Hershey’s milk chocolate quickly became the first nationally marketed product of its kind.

With Milton Hershey’s success came a great sense of social responsibility. Hershey created a complete new community around his factory. He built a model town for his employees that included comfortable homes, an inexpensive public transportation system, a quality public school system and broad cultural opportunities. The town of Hershey continues to be a special place for its residents and a popular attraction for millions of visitors each year. Indeed, Milton Hershey’s achievements do speak for themselves.