Giving Back
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| llll | Dulye & Co. President Linda Dulye and her mom, Ann Dulye, visit with Rusty, an Appendix Quarter Horse at the Winslow Therapeutic Riding Center. |
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| John Perrault, shelter manager, holds Pebbles, a proud resident of Kennel 3, sponsored by Dulye & Co., at the Berkshire Humane Society. | |
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At Dulye & Co., we are passionate about helping our clients achieve their business goals through a Spectator-Free Workplace. We are also driven to make a difference in our community. That's why we've always been active in giving a voice to the voiceless through our proud support of animal shelters and rescue organizations. Beyond our generous financial support, we provide counsel on ways to use communications to increase public awareness and support of their noble causes.
We believe in giving back. We're proud to do so.
We are proud to support these special organizations:
The Berkshire Humane Society is a full-service, open-admission animal shelter serving western Massachusetts and nearby areas of New York, Vermont and Connecticut. Dulye & Co. sponsors two kennels in the new facility and sponsors its annual Bark in the Park walkathon, a major fundraising event.
Farm Sanctuary operates farm animal sanctuaries in New York and California and wages campaigns to stop the exploitation of animals raised for food. We are a major sponsor of Farm Sanctuary's signature fundraiser Gala for Farm Animals.
The Warwick Humane Society is committed to returning lost pets to their owners, advocating responsible pet ownership and finding good homes for lost, stray and abandoned pets and assist local law enforcement agencies in investigating animal cruelty cases. We support fundraising efforts and have adopted several animals from the organization as well.
Winslow Therapeutic Riding Center is a not-for-profit organization that offers therapeutic horseback riding for children and adults to improve their physical, cognitive, social and emotional well-being. Dulye & Co. sponsors three riding horses, Orion, a Belgium Chestnut gelding, Dot, a Chestnut and White Paint Mare, and Rusty, an Appendix Quarter Horse.
Animal Welfare League operates the only humane society on the south side of Chicago. Their shelter operates in an economically depressed area and provides valuable services to residents in the area such as shelter and care to homeless and needy animals, low cost clinic services to pet owners on a limited income and no-charge monthly pet food distribution. We support their fundraising efforts to rehabilitate dogs rescued from dog-fighting rings. We're happy to report they've all since been placed in loving homes!
Take a few moments to learn about the work these groups are doing to help animals and people. We think you'll see why we've dedicated our support to them and their respective cause. If you're interested in supporting any of these organizations, please contact them directly and be sure to say you heard about them from Dulye & Co.
Dulye Leadership Experience 2010
Career Development Boot Camp for College Near-Grads:
Readying for the Reality of a Stressed Workplace — And Challenging Marketplace
The Dulye Leadership Experience is a one-of-a-kind, transformational program that prepares Syracuse University undergraduates to hit the ground running with the skills and savvy to get a job and conquer the challenges of today’s tough marketplace.
Since 1998, nearly 50 Syracuse University juniors and seniors have graduated from the program’s weekend boot camp that provides a clear roadmap, practical toolkit and no-nonsense instruction in career development and workplace survival for long-term success.
Held annually, the program offers 13 select students from various majors a full scholarship to a weekend learning immersion, held in the Berkshires of Western Massachusetts, and one-on-one, follow-up mentoring with an esteemed faculty of business executives and entrepreneurs. The program is funded entirely through a gift from SU Almna Linda Dulye, president and founder of Dulye & Co., a global change management consultancy based in Warwick, NY.
The program curriculum provides skills and tools to help shape students’ future career path after graduation. Instruction covers a broad spectrum of topics that take the fear factor out of the job hunt and builds in confidence and competency to successfully transition from college student to valued employee. As 2009 program graduate Liz Feree sums up, “This experience provided the confidence, comfort and reassurance to succeed professionally. It gave me the knowledge and insight to enter the workforce and proceed confidently. I feel so well prepared to take on any career.”
At the heart of the program are small group instruction, one-on-one networking and lively discussions with actual corporate executives, entrepreneurs and business owners – who volunteer their time. Exercises and discussions provide practical techniques for landing a job, carving a career and making a difference in the workplace. A ‘how to’ learning approach guides student learning in these areas:
- Transitioning from College Student to Business Professional
- Creating Head-Turning Cover Letters and Resumes
- Acing Job Interviews—By Phone or In Person
- Mastering the First 100 Days on the Job
- Carving a Successful Career Path
- Communicating for Success on the Job
- Networking and Building Professional Relationships
- Financial Literacy—Business and Personal
- Finding a Mentor and Putting their Expertise to Work for You
- Starting a Business
- Giving Back in Time and Talent
“The Dulye Leadership Experience is a commitment to giving and giving back!, “ says program founder Linda Duly. Dulye wanted to do more than write a check to the university’s capital fund.
“I wanted to give back by creating a powerful, learning experience on leadership in the real world. The idea—incubated with the help of some close friends and a university liaison. We’re now entering year four, and the Dulye Leadership Experience really is unmatched in its format and focus of bringing the reality of the outside world to motivated, young men and women inside the bubble of college life. It guides these students to a Spectator-Free life. “
The Dulye family and Syracuse University have a long legacy. The Carrier Dome Press Box is named in honor of her journalist father, Raymond J. Dulye, who graduated from Syracuse in 1931. Linda’s brother, Raymond Jr., was a 1971 graduate of SU. Linda is on the faculty of SU’s Winston Fisher Seminar and serves as an adviser to the Syracuse University Athletics Department and Athletics Director Dr. Daryl Gross.
Here's a slideshow from DLE 2010:
Wounded Warrior Weekend 2009
DLE in the news: "Dulye Leadership Experience prepares SU students to triumph in tough job market"
From the article:
The impact of the program has been powerful for past participants. Says Liz Feree, a senior public relations major who took part in the 2009 program, “This experience provided the confidence, comfort and reassurance to succeed professionally. It gave me the knowledge and insight to enter the workforce and proceed confidently. I feel so well prepared to take on any career!”
Adds fellow senior Greg Klotz, a marketing and advertising dual major who also participated in last year’s Dulye Leadership Experience, “The program gives an opportunity to network with business leaders who provide useful tips on topics ranging from resume writing and interviewing, to standing out in an organization.” Klotz notes that the program helped prepare him for a summer internship and a post-graduation job offer from a leading global financial company.
Dulye & Co. is honored to salute and support America’s soldiers with a unique program coordinated with the help of the national Wounded Warrior program. The Wounded Warrior organization provides outreach and services to severely injured service members during the time between active duty and transition to civilian life. Dulye & Co. Chief Financial Officer Roger Gibboni, and longtime buddy, Tom Williams, approached the organization with an idea for taking a small group of servicemen on a camping and fishing expedition in upstate New York’s Adirondack Mountains. In addition to having a mountain camp in the Adirondacks, Williams is a certified mountain guide. The idea won support, and in September 2009, the pair was joined by five servicemen on a wilderness adventure. The servicemen, who were wounded in action in Iraq or Afghanistan, spent four days camping, fishing and trap shooting in a dense wilderness area only accessible by floatplane. “Being in complete isolation with these brave young men helps you to realize that we take so many things for granted,” Gibboni says. “The sacrifice that they and their fallen comrades have made allows us to live the way we do. It was a privilege to spend time with these special young men and to provide an experience that none of us will forget.” Plans are underway to repeat the program annually.
Dulye Leadership and Business Book Collection
As part of Dulye & Co.'s commitment to leadership development, President Linda Dulye has established the Dulye Leadership and Business Book Collection at her hometown's public library, The Josephine Louise Public Library in Walden, NY.
The Dulye Leadership and Business Book Collection is a permanent collection of leading-edge, best sellers in leadership development and business management. The inital donation of books includes 50 titles. Dulye will expand on that foundation with periodic contributions of books.
“The gift of learning is the greatest of all—and one that I personally believe strongly in supporting,” notes Dulye. “It is an honor to partner with the Josephine Louise Public Library to create an educational resource that can open doors of discovery and new thinking.”
From the Ramapo Catskill Library System Newsletter:
"The Josephine-Louise Public Library in Walden, NY announces the creation of the Dulye Leadership and Business Book Collection, established in November 2009. The collection is the result of a generous donation by Walden native Linda Dulye and it features 50 titles focusing on business and professional excellence, including Ice to the Eskimos by Joe Spoelstra, What Shamu Taught Me About Life, Love, and Marriage by Amy Sutherland, and The Influentials by Jon Berry and Ed Keller.
Ms. Dulye, a graduate of Valley Central High School in Montgomery, NY, is recognized as a leader in workplace communication by her company Dulye & Co., which is located in Warwick, NY. She is also the daughter of the late Raymond Dulye, editor and publisher of the Citizen Herald, and in 2002, she established the Raymond J. Dulye Collection, which features the Citizen Herald on CDRom.
The Dulye Leadership and Business Book Collection is located in the reference area at the Josephine-Louise Public Library, and will continue to grow as new titles are added on a regular basis."