Original article published in the Mower County Independent, Thursday, March 7, 2024. Reprinted with permission and gratitude.
By Gretchen Mensink Lovejoy
The Spring Valley Kiwanis Club honored Brooke Lecy as one of its February Kiwanis Academic Awards recipients. She is the daughter of Mike and Michelle Lecy.
The Kingsland senior is active in basketball, National Honor Society (NHS) and Student Council, and she serves as her class’s vice president. “I really enjoy all of them. My past activities have been volleyball, Key Club, yearbook and Knowledge Bowl. My favorite subjects are history and Spanish, and my least favorite is math.”
She spends her time outside of school working and enjoying her friends and family. “I work at Old Navy in Rochester. I really enjoy some of my coworkers there. I like to hang out with friends and family, watch movies, read, and take naps. I have so many favorite movies! A few include ‘Dirty Dancing,’ ‘The Age of Adeline,’ ‘Superbad’ and ‘Twilight’. I have many favorite books, although my favorite genre – the only genre I read – is romance. I like all types of music besides country, and I could live on potatoes for the rest of my life and do not like broccoli. My biggest pet peeves are being interrupted, or when people are constantly late to everything. If I could travel to any country in the world, I’d go to Tanzania and Zanzibar because I have always wanted to go on safari in Africa – it’s beautiful – and if I could travel to any state, I’d go to Hawaii because it is so pretty. And I really love cats.”
Brooke most admires her parents and grandparents. “I am inspired by not three, but four people…my parents and my grandparents, because they have sacrificed so much for my family, and they are some of the most hardworking people I know. If I could do one thing to change the world, I would want to enhance empathy and kindness in people globally because I think this would put an end to several issues we are dealing with in society and overall better humanity.”
She would like to help the world become a more livable place through a career in justice. “I would really love to do something in the criminal justice field because true crime really interests me… maybe a detective or even a criminal psychologist. But growing up, I always wanted to be a surgeon.”
The Kiwanis recognized Brooke and her parents during a recent club meeting. The club holds its regular luncheon meetings at the Spring Valley Community Center at noon on Wednesdays and well.
Courtesy of the Mower County Independent, 135 E Main St. LeRoy, MN 55951, (507)-324-5325
