Yellow Ribbon Alliance Lower St. Croix Valley

Local business and community leader shares his secrets

Stanley S. Hubbard, Chairman and CEO of Hubbard Broadcasting, Inc. shares his experience and thoughts about his successes and challenges as a pioneering business and community leader with the Lower St. Croix Valley businesses at the Business Leader Luncheon on Tuesday, October, 16, 2012 in Lakeland, Minnesota. The presentation was held at the St. Croix Valley Church and hosted by Yellow Ribbon Alliance Lower St. Croix Valley. The event was possible through a grant from the Lower St. Croix Valley Community Foundation.

“A leader has to have vision, gain the support of others, set objectives, keep their word, persevere, and have a bit of luck”, Hubbard said. Throughout the presentation Hubbard had the audience laughing about the challenging times and tuned in when he shared how business ideas were brought to fruition.

 

To recognize Mr. Hubbard for his service to the Lower St. Croix Valley communities, the Stillwater VFW Post 323 provided a photo of Mr. Hubbard as an assistant coach with the Stallion Pee Wee hockey team. Stallion player, Andrew Hine, provided a photo of the team at the U.S.A. Hockey Hall of Fame, which we had the pleasure to have Hockey Hall of Fame member, Phil Housley present. As the gifts were presented, in his humble nature, Mr. Hubbard continued to recognize others and commented that he was just “one of the guys” in the community.

The businesses also had the chance to hear from, Annette Kuyper, Director of Military Outreach, who shared her story about how the Beyond the Yellow Ribbon program got its roots and the importance businesses play in helping the military families through deployment and reintegration.

 

Service providers were onsite to answer questions and provide information from Washington County Veteran Services Office, Employers Supporting the Guard and Reserve, Washington County Attorney’s Office, and Minnesota Department of Employment and Economic Development.

Over 60 businesses from the Lower St. Croix Valley attended as well as representatives from city, county, and state to learn more about supporting the local Yellow Ribbon Alliance, hear from Mr. Stanley S. Hubbard, and to have the chance to network with other local business leaders. The event leader’s goal to share the message about supporting service members, their families, and honoring veterans ran through both presenter’s stories and the room. It was one of those captivating moments in life that you were lucky to have had the chance to be part of in the Lower St. Croix Valley.

 

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