Elizabeth Emerson,87, received the "sweetest" Christmas present from Hershey Company last month-an assortment of Hershey candy bars with a personal note attached.Emerson,of Jonesport,Maine,was featured in a NY Times news story about the impact of high fuel prices on the economy.The article focused on the survival of low income senior citizens to keep warm in brutal Northeast winters and Emerson,who has 52 grandchildren and great-grandchildren,told of her struggle to stay afloat with an income of $683 a month from Social Security.She mentioned that she lived frugally but her one vice was Hershey bars and she received letters from across the USA,some with the bars inside.Hershey Company became aware of her story and sent the care package.She says she gave boxes of it away because she says can only eat so much chocolate and it tastes sweeter when it is shared with others!That is one of the best stories I have heard in awhile.We owe a debt of gratitude to our elderly,many of whom are suffering silently and trying to make ends meet.What a wonderful gesture of appreciation and generousity for such a large company to do something to make a little old ladies day!
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