DLE VOLUNTEERS STREET SWEEPING WINS AWARD IN MUNICIPAL CLEANUP

May 18, 2022

(Left to right) Kalee Carmel, Linda Dulye, Carol Nati, Colette Hanlon, Andy Howe, Nick Russo, Rebecca Brien (Managing Director of Downtown Pittsfield Inc.), Joe DelSoldato

Three times really is the charm!

For the third consecutive year, The Dulye Leadership Experience (DLE) members teamed up to volunteer in the annual Downtown Pittsfield, Inc. Spring Cleanup Program –in Pittsfield, MA–sweeping up bags of debris and winning one of the event’s top team awards!

The Crushed Soda Can award for “the most energetic team and having the most fun” was earned through the collective enthusiasm of DLE volunteers Kalee Carmel, Michelle Lopez, Nick Russo, Joe DelSoldato, Matt Belanger, Carol Nati, Andy Howe, Nicole Mancivalano, Colette Hanlon and Matthew Keator.

Thanks goes to Downtown Pittsfield Inc. Managing Director Rebecca Brien and her mighty crew for organizing this year’s event, which attracted an impressive 26 teams of more than 150 volunteers. Appreciation also goes to event judges Roberta McCulloch-Dews, Noel T. Henebury and Tom Bernard for catching the glowing DLE spirit and commitment to community outreach.

In a Facebook post about the DLE crew, Roberta commented, “What an awesome show of community spirit. Thank you.”

“Great job to everyone involved. It’s nice to see how many teams came together to help benefit this great community,” expressed DLE volunteer Joe DelSoldato.

A special thanks goes to Berkshire business leader Steven Valenti for visiting our sweep team near his Steven Valenti’s Clothing for Men storefront and expressing his gratitude.

Downtown Pittsfield is home base for the DLE HQ. Catch the spirit of the sunny cleanup afternoon with all the teams in action here.

DLE volunteers picking up bags of debris from North Street in downtown Pittsfield

DLE volunteers sprucing up North Street in downtown Pittsfield

(Left to right) Matthew Keator, Linda Dulye, Kalee Carmel, Nicole Mancivalano, Nick Russo

(Left to right) Nick Russo, Linda Dulye, Matthew Keator, Kalee Carmel, Colette Hanlon, Andy Howe, Michelle Lopez, Nicole Mancivalano, Carol Nati, Joe DelSoldato

(Left to right) Matthew Keator, Linda Dulye, Kalee Carmel, Steve Valenti (owner of Steven Valenti’s Clothing for Men), Nick Russo, Carol Nati, Joe DelSoldato, Andy Howe, Matthew Belanger

Four team awards were presented. The DLE volunteer team won the “Crushed Soda Can” award for being the most energetic team and having the most fun

The “Crushed Soda Can” award presented to the DLE volunteer team