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ATA LEADERSHIP ACADEMY

Networking Morning Brew 

September 7, 2011  

STATE OF THE SCHOOLS
Chamber Luncheon

at Chart House

Sponsored by Charter Business  

September 20, 2011  

WOMEN OF THE LAKEVILLE

CHAMBER LUNCHEON

Sponsored by Thisweek Newspapers

At Brackett's Crossing Country Club

Officers Stevens & Stewart

of Lakeville Police Department

"How to lessen your chance of being a victim in a violent crime"

September 27, 2011 

COUNTRY CABINETS 

Business After Hour

September 29, 2011

Great fun was had by all at Brunswick Zone XL on September 20th for the 2nd annual Lakeville Area Chamber Foundation Bowling tournament!

WOW!  Thanks to all 130 participants who raised $6,500 for Leadership Lakeville and business education programs in our schools such as Business Camp scholarships (high schools), the Stock Market game (middle schools), and teacher appreciation breakfast (elementary schools).  Our sponsors Dicks Sanitation and Kohlnhofer Insurance Agency helped make the mock car crash and prom week (high schools) activities possible.  Thank you to Sam's Club was our strike pot sponsor.

Thanks to our Spare Sponsors: Anchor Bank, Black River Systems Company, Discovery Financial Centers, Ensemble Creative & Marketing Frontier Communications, Hobo, Inc., Jimmy Johns, Klein Bank, Lakeville North High School, McDonald Eye Care, Menasha Packaging, MN School of Business, Pan-O-Prog, Rudy's Redeye Grill, Southfork Center, and Twin Cities Power.

Prize winners included: Mr. Beach from Sam's Club who won the strike pot prize of $200; Wall of Beer winner Peter Shea from Black River Systems Company; Most Creative Costume went to Ensemble Creative and Marketing for their "Raining Vamps" as they won also last year! 
 
The Foundation wants to thank all the sponsors, donors, and participants who helped make this all possible and the committee members who have worked all year organizing this event.  Thanks to Karen Wentworth of Hobo, Inc., Beth Kohlnhofer-Raskovich of Kohlnhofer Insurance, Nikki Sandstrom of Green Mill,  Steve Lorenz of Discovery Financial Services, Todd Anderson of Dicks Sanitation, Keith Sperbeck of Twin Cities Power, all the staff at Brunswick Zone XL, Todd Bornhauser and the rest of the Chamber staff.

Thanks to SouthFork Center and Cerron Commercial Properties for Roz Peterson's contributions to the Chamber newsletter!

The Business & Education Committee of the Lakeville Chamber was formed in 1993 to 'develop links between the Chamber and the school district in order to jointly accomplish common goals', according to committee documentation from that time. 

Today, the Business & Education Committee continues to work closely with the Lakeville school district, partnering with them on various projects throughout the year.  One of the biggest undertakings for this committee is the annual Career Jamboree on November 7th from 2:30 - 5:00 p.m. at Lakeville North High School.  The committee will arrange to have representatives from at least 70 different careers at the jamboree.  Juniors from both high schools will attend the event as a graduation requirement.  They will meet with representatives choosing two different careers that they are interested in.  The students will gather information on education requirements, specific skills needed, and job responsibilities that will be beneficial for them when making decisions about their post-secondary education and other career exploration. 

Some other projects that the committee partners with the school district throughout the year are:  College Financial Planning night in January, Senior Interviews, Stock Market Game, Challenge to Change/Promise Week, and teacher appreciation breakfasts. 

This partnership between the school district and the chamber is rather unique but has stood the test of time over the past 18 years as projects have evolved  but the commitment from the committee members has not waned.    Each of the 22 current committee members who volunteer their time, have a personal and/or professional connection to the work being done and a desire to help today's youth prepare to become our future employees and stewards of our community.  (pictured 2011 business camp scholorship recipients)

If you have questions about the committee, email Malinda Mehrhoff, committee chair or call 651-463-6255.

Thanks to Dakota Electric for Malinda Mehrhoff's contributions to the Chamber newsletter!