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NY Ranger Captain Jacob Trouba
swims with the Dolphins!
The WVI Dolphin Foundation is excited to share this hot off the press article with you on Chairman of WVI DF Advisory Board Peter Cuneo’s recent Leadership Best Practices offered to NY Rangers Captain Jacob Trouba, 28 yrs, via Peter’s “32 Principles of Leadership” – gained through 7 major successful corporate turn arounds…
Check out this additional article from NHL on Trouba’s growing success and mentorship with Peter Cuneo. This ongoing dialogue has emerged as a result of Jacob’s generous support for our Dolphin Foundation when he served as our “A List celebrity “at Cantor Fitzgerald’s recent 9 – 11 Charity Day gathering — an annual event generating $ millions for charity in memory of Cantor associates and others who perished 21 years ago.
Special thanks go to Joe Micheletti – Voice of the NY Rangers – and member of our WVI DF Sports for Good Advisory Board – who was instrumental in arranging …
Join our growing WVI DF “give back ecosystem” of
leaders – and here’s to the NY Rangers winning season!
NYPD Community Affairs Bureau
Over the past 2 years we have developed a strong collaborative relationship with the NYPD. As a result, we have hosted 3 of our Leadership Program modules after Covid at the NYPD Brooklyn Community Center, and had over 25 mentees from the Explorers program join our Info-tech Module in September 2022. Thanks to this partnership we have served over 100 mentees in - person, with the additional support of local precinct Youth Community Officers (YCOs) who are also involved.
The Brooklyn NYPD Community Center on 127 Pennsylvania Avenue, where we partnered together to host our 2021 Financial Literacy and Entrepreneurship Modules – as well as our 2022 Leadership as Service Module. The WVI Dolphin Foundation also supports the Community Center for its recent two annual Holiday Community celebrations.
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Over the past 2 years we have developed a strong collaborative relationship with the NYPD. As a result, we have hosted 3 of our Leadership Program modules after Covid at the NYPD Brooklyn Community Center, and had over 25 mentees from the Explorers program join our Info-tech Module in September 2022. Thanks to this partnership we have served over 100 mentees in - person, with the additional support of local precinct Youth Community Officers (YCOs) who are also involved.
View our video highlights of our Info-tech module on September 2022:
Please click here to view photos and a summary of this successful module’s outcomes.
Roc Nation School of Music, Sports, and Entertainment
We held our first mentee graduation ceremony at the Roc Nation School of Music, Sports, and Entertainment – founded by Hip Hop Legend Jay Z - on October 18, 2022.
Our partnership with Roc Nation emerged from our Leadership as Service module on March 22, 2022 – where we were joined by their Director of Roc Nation Strategic Partnerships. Mentees learned about the career choices that this school supports through a robust curriculum - and scholarship opportunities that are available.
Our module's key speaker was Perry Williams, who is faculty member at the Roc Nation School of Music, Sports, and Entertainment - and former NFL 2X Super Bowl Champion. As a result of this partnership, we received an exclusive opportunity for our mentees to attend the Roc Nation Summer Academy as day students at a reduced rate.
Some of our mentee graduates at the October 2022 Leadership and Life Skills Mentorship Program graduation, hosted at the Roc Nation School of Music Sports and Entertainment.
Our mentees were able to tour the school, located at the LIU Brooklyn Campus.
Click to see Roc Nation Academic information and their Roc Nation Hope Scholarships.
Southampton High School
The WVI Dolphin Foundation has partnered with the Athletic Director of Southampton High School, Darren Phillips since the inception of the Leadership and Life Skills Mentorship Program. We are proud to have students from the Southampton High School continue to participate in our program - with five of our first graduates representing the school.
Southampton High School mentees at their first Leadership and Life Skills Mentorship Program in March 2022.
Click to learn more about Southampton High School and view the Southampton HS newsletter highlighting their WVI DF Leadership Program mentee graduates.
NY Army National Guard
Our team has presented the Leadership and Life Skills Mentorship Program to a several of the NY Army National Guard recruits since the launch of our 2021 pilot program. We have been invited to present to the NY Army National Guard on a statewide basis. Previous presentations have been in Farmingdale Long Island, Fort Hamilton - Brooklyn, Lexington - Manhattan, and Whitestone - Queens.
RSP Recruits learning about the WVI DF Leadership and Life Skills Mentorship Program at a NY Army National Guard presentation
New York City Police Foundation
We have partnered with the New York City Police Foundation and New York Police Department to provide an annual academic scholarship to a Veteran member of the service who embodies the core values of the “Dolphin Culture” and goes above and beyond the line of duty.
The first recipient of the New York City Police Foundation – WVI Dolphin Foundation Scholarship for Veterans in honor of Justin Lenz, was NYPD Inspector Christopher McIntosh. His scholarship was awarded during our 2022 Veteran’s Recognition Luncheon during Fleet Week.