Member Spotlight

Ilka Davenport

The Hershey Company

If you could be any animal in the world for 24 hours, which animal would you be and why:

A horse, They are able to function alone or as a part of a team. They are beautiful & people are always in awe when they see a horse. Who wouldn't want to be a horse? 

Most people would be surprised to know: 

In December 1981, I walked into a car dealership with the hopes of buying a car. After completing the necessary paperwork for financing, I was asked by the car sales person if I want to test drive the car and I immediately replied, No! When the financing was approved, I went back to the dealership to pick up my brand new 4 speed Ford Escort. I did not test the car prior to purchasing it being that I had never driven a manual shift and did not want to take the chance of wrecking the car. I managed to drive my new car home, and over the next two days taught myself how to drive the car well enough to travel from Harrisburg Pa. to Cockeysville, MD. It took a while for me to learn how to get the car off a hill and how to put the car in reverse, but I mastered both, I have since taught 2 of my 3 children and husband how to drive a stick shift.