Because it’s all about community

On Thursday, April 25 Lakeview Bank hosted its annual Legacy Award reception where wehonored and celebrated our 2019 Legacy Award recipients for their commitment to living outLakeview Bank’s core values of integrity, honesty, respect, attitude, service andprofessionalism in their personal and professional lives.

Each year, Legacy recipients are given either a scholarship to further their education or a grantto donate to a charitable organization of their choice. This year Lakeville Brewing Companychose 360 Communities as the recipient of their donation and Kyle chose Treehouse as therecipient of his. We are excited to see how these donations will make an even greater impactin our community!

We hope you enjoy reading more about our recipients in this special Legacy Award edition ofLook into Lakeview.

• Meet our 2019 Legacy Award Recipients• Upcoming Events and Holidays

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Continuing to honor members of our Community

Because it’s all about community

Halima Badri knows determination…in fact, she comes by it quite naturally. The daugh-ter of Ethiopian immigrants, she witnessed her parents pursue their American Dreamdespite coming to this country in their early 20’s without financial support or the abilityto speak the English language. Through grit and persistence they found a place to rent,enrolled in school, obtained stable jobs, and raised four children. But perhaps most im-portantly, they passed their determination and natural curiosity along to the next generation.

Along with her siblings, Halima has used those traits to make the most of her opportunities, beginning withher service to her community. She has served as President of Interact, a volunteer club working in collabo-ration with the Apple Valley Rotary Club, and has been recognized by the City of Apple Valley for her volun-teer work, including Armful of Love and Crayons for Cancer. She has served in volunteer capacities withthe Fairview Ridges Pediatric Department and as an activity aide for Project Explore, assisting disabledadults. At Apple Valley High School she is a Board Member of the Black Student Union, where she createdan annual Black History Month symposium and hosted a Bridge the Gap event with local law enforcement officersand students in the community.

As if her considerable community service is not enough, Halima has attained almost incomparable success in Speechand Debate, where she has served as captain of her school’s teams. Since 2015, she has finished 1st at 17 invitationaltournaments, and in 2018 captured both the MSHSL Class 2A State Championship and the National Championship inOriginal Oratory!

As a black Muslim woman in white suburbia, Halima knows struggle. She has encountered discrimination and injustice in her young life. And,despite her sterling achievements, she acknowledges that she has experienced challenges and, indeed, failure on many occasions. Whilethese opposing forces might discourage many, they have only motivated Halima to seek future opportunities to help the underprivileged anduse her leadership skills to better the world around her. She will carry that motivation this fall to Harvard University, where shehas been admitted as a member of the Class of 2023 under their Early Decision program.

For the 2019 Alyssa Ettl Legacy Award recipient, Ellie Chaouch, volun-teering and serving others is more than just a strategy to bolster her resume for college admission purposes. Ifwas, she could cease her school and community service activities because she is already accepted into theCollege of St. Scholastica’s Premium Pre-Med Program. For Ellie, her passion for serving others is rooted in a family that has always strived to spread kindness and optimism into Lakeville and the surrounding community.

The list of organizations and clubs benefiting from Ellie’s passion is extensive. At Lakeville North High School alone itincludes National Honor Society, Best Buddies, Key Club, Mock Trial, Panther Prep, Peer Tutoring, French and Span-ish clubs, SADD, Straight and Gay Equality, and the Speech and Track and Field teams—to highlight only some of herextracurricular involvement. Outside of school, Ellie’s involvement includes her church’s Vacation Bible School Pro-gram, Feed my Starving Children, Figure Skating Club of Bloomington, and teaching ESL to area immigrants.

Consistent with her humble spirit, she emphasizes that it is not what she does to serve others that is most importantbut rather, what she is able to learn from her experiences and the people whose lives she impacts. From an immigrantlearning English she has learned about respect, diversity, and viewing life through their lens. From students that she has mentored andtutored she has experienced the immense satisfaction that comes from embracing each other’s differences, showing compassion,empowering others, and putting one’s best foot forward. And from the literal ups and downs of figure skating, Ellie has learned theimportance of dedication, hard work, and dealing with both the successes and failures of life.

With a goal of becoming a pediatric physician, Ellie will have ample opportunity to positively impact anyone who is fortunate enough to have theirlife intersect with hers—whether professionally or in a volunteer capacity.

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Meet our Recipients Alyssa Ettl Legacy Award

High School Senior Award

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After breaking his back in a swimming accident when he was 18, permanently losing function in his legs and resigned to a wheelchair for the rest of his life, probablynobody would have been surprised if Kyle Henning’s life was spent in self-pity and anger.

However, surrounded by a positive and supportive family, Kyle’s life never took that turn. So strong was his family’s support, in fact, that he naively assumed everyonein his circumstance must have similar encouragement from friends and family.

Until, that is, his mother asked him to visit a young man from their hometown at Gillette Children’s Hospital. He gladly did so and learned that the 16 year old, nowparalyzed from the neck down after a horse riding accident, had been living in a foster home and was all alone; his attending nurses told Kyle that he was his first visi-tor. For the next three months, Kyle visited the young man every other day, supporting and encouraging him until he returned to an assisted living facility in his home-town.

Shortly after, Kyle was introduced to TreeHouse, a faith based non-profit organization that brings living hope to hurting youth and families and leads to life transformation. Using what he learned from supporting his 16-year-old friend, Kyle discovered a passion for work-ing with at risk teens that he has brought to TreeHouse. In addition to being a Support Group leader, Kyle is also Community Develop-ment Team Chair for TreeHouse in Dakota County and successfully raised $300,000 before its Lakeville facility could open. In thatcapacity, he is also responsible for the ongoing fundraising and staff support necessary to ensure that teens have everything they needto feel loved and supported.

Given the depth of his TreeHouse involvement, it might be logical to conclude that Kyle is part of the organization’s paid staff. In fact,Kyle has a full time job as the owner of two Anytime Fitness gyms, a demanding vocation in itself. When he has spare time, he enjoyscamping and 4-wheeling.

In Kyle’s own words, he enjoys owning gyms and helping people get healthier, but working with teens at TreeHouse is what fills his lifewith joy!

One might assume that the success of a brewpub like Lakeville Brewing Co. is based on the quality of its foodand beer menus, or the number of meals served, or the ambiance of the restaurant.

To be sure, these measurements are critically important to the people who created and manage LakevilleBrewing Co. But, for co-owners Don and Megan Seiler and Glen and Kate Bruestle, and head brewer TaylorQuill, success is not only measured by meal counts and barrels of beer consumed. For them, success is alsofound in the way that they and their employees positively impact their community.

For starters, a focus on family permeates the organization, beginning with the Seiler’s and Bruestle’s own efforts to strikea healthy balance between raising young families and meeting the considerable time demands of a successful business. Thatsame family focus is evident in the warm and welcoming dining, patio, and bar areas where families, friends, and neighbors can meetto enjoy a casual meal.

The sense of family extends to Lakeville Brewing Co’s employees, as well. On more than one occasion when an employee’s familyhas experienced significant medical hardships, fellow employees, guests, and the owners themselves have rallied around them andraised significant contributions that assisted with their medical bills.

Generosity, however, does not stop at the brewpub’s walls. Since opening, thousands of dollars in gift cards and merchandise havebeen donated to numerous community fundraisers. In 2017, a collaborative effort with Angry Inch Brewing led to the organizationand initial funding of Block Bash and raised over $5,000 for the Lakeville Public School’s “Ready, Set, Achieve” initiative; Block Bash2018 also raised more than $5,000 to benefit the Lakeville Public Safety Foundation. Also in 2018, Lakeville Brewing Co. raised morethan $5,000 through its charitable golf tournament to benefit Wishes and More. And, in December of 2018 a local family who had fallenon hard times was blessed through the Best Christmas Ever program through a partnership of Lakeville Brewing Co. and Title Boxing.

Lakeville Brewing Co. shows that a business can provide a superior customer experience while also making a difference in the commu-nity. They exemplify Lakeview Bank’s motto of doing well by doing good.

Business Owner / Manager

Citizen / Volunteer

Because it’s all about community

Mark your calendars!

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Holidays:qIndependence Day, Closed Thursday, July 4thqLabor Day, Closed August 31st & September 2nd.

● Events:q15th Annual Birthday Bash: Wednesday, July 17th

A special thank youOur Legacy Awards would not be possible without the help of our exceptionaljudges and vendors! Thank you to those who made this year’s Legacy Awardsour best year yet!

Steve Volavka, Jessica (Hernandez) Sosa, Nancy Feltes, Matt & Jen Ettl,Scott Zweber, Kyle Vick, Teresa Tweed, Peggy Campbell, & Marge Kunik