Community Involvement

At Chesley, Kroon, Harvey & Carpenter we encourage and support involvement in the community.  We believe it is important to volunteer with local organizations to help them be successful in their missions.

The attorneys not only are involved in the community, but also support their staff’s involvement.

Here are some things that our office has been involved with:

Office

For at least six years, during the Christmas season, we have gathered donations for many organizations, such as gifts for the Sharing Tree; gifts for our Military; cash and food donations to the Food Shelf; gifts for Toys for Tots and donations for families who have lost all their belongings in fires.  This year, one of our assistants, Laura Nelson, volunteered her time to help distribute gifts for the Sharing Tree.

Herb Kroon

Herb is a member of the Mankato Rotary Club, having joined in 1979. The Mankato Rotary Club sponsors a scholarship program for Mankato Area High School students who are in the lower 1/3 of their class. The club also recognizes outstanding high school students in the area of speech and debate. Mankato Rotary Club is one of the service clubs that founded the Sharing Tree Program in Mankato.

Music is a big part of Herb’s life.  He enjoys music, theatre and also hosts a radio show: “The Best of Broadway”, which airs every Sunday at 2 p.m. on KMSU-FM (89.7 FM) or www.kmsu.org.
He is a member of the Mankato Symphony Orchestra board of directors.  He is also an active member of the Blue Earth Nicollet County Humane Society and chairs its annual ArfWalk Festival.

Past involvement for Herb includes serving on various boards, such as: the Mankato YMCA, the Mankato Area Foundation and the North Mankato Civic and Commerce Association. He also co-chaired the YMCA’s Strong Kids campaign and taught Youth-In-Government.

Ruth Harvey

Ruth has been involved in the Greater Mankato Area United Way as well as being a member of the Board for over ten years, having served as a Chair of “State B” Allocations Panel; Executive Committee; CEO Search Committee; Chair; and Member, Ad Hoc Committee on Vision Councils.

A big part of Ruth’s life has been supporting her son in Cub Scouts and Boy Scouts. She has volunteered countless hours helping the Boy Scouts Troop 29/Cub Scouts Pack 29 since 1997.  She conducted fundraising and community projects for members.  Ruth also organized Courts of Honor; attended parent meetings and participated in “Mom’s Camp”.  
Ruth was also involved with the Mankato YWCA Board of Directors for six years and the Mankato YWCA Board of Trustees for nearly ten years.

Bob Chesley

Bob served on the Board of the Mankato Family YMCA for eight years, serving as its President for one year. He also served on the Board of Glenwood Cemetery and Blue Earth County Chapter of the Red Cross.
He enjoys golfing and volunteered his time and experience as an assistant coach of the Mankato West Girls Golf Team for six years.
Bob often presents seminars for Minnesota Continuing Legal Education, local organizations, and assisted living facilities on the topics of Nursing Home Planning, Estate Planning, Medical Assistance, and Elder Law. He also serves on the board of the Chesley Center on Aging of Minnesota State University Mankato.

Chris Carpenter

Chris is a member of Musicorum (chamber choir) where sings Baritone. He enjoys music in which he and his wife sing together as well as share their talent with their children.
Sports are important to Chris. He has coached T-Ball and Soccer through the Mankato Family YMCA programs.