While teaching, I pursued a number of businesses to be partners with the Marketing Academy. One of the best partnerships I was able to arrange was the one with Dumont Printing.
A fieldtrip to Dumont Printing
Larry and Susan Early, the owners, gave lavishly of their time and resources to help our students do well. They sent guest speakers to the classroom, allowed the students (and teachers) to job shadow at the printing offices, arranged field trips to show the students how a business operated, and offered advice and counsel on curriculum and equipment purchases. Any time we called on this company, they were right there, ready to help in any way they could.
Another nice thing Dumont Printing did was include the Academy teachers in their annual holiday party for clients and important people in their operation. We felt so honored to be included in this yearly extravaganza. As the economy went south, the party was curtailed, but a lovely card was always sent, a sort of engineering/printing feat. This year’s card arrived at the tiny apartment, and since we have been in Fresno for two weeks, I only opened it today. It seems to like the view:
The card and view.
What a nice reminder of such nice people and all the nice things they did for this school teacher and her students. I think it makes a great picture of the day.
