Community Involvement

At Gateway, we know that our success depends on the success of the neighborhoods in which we do business. That’s why we’ve made giving back to the Mendota Heights and Edina communities an essential part of our culture. So, on November 24, 2015, Gateway Gives was introduced. 
 
Gateway Gives encapsulates all of Gateway Bank’s volunteering and community events and embodies the community spirit of Gateway Bank.

Gateway Gives includes Adopt-a-Highway, Mendota Heights 5K, Fall Festival, the Holiday Tree Lighting, and many more commitments our associates make on their own.

Whether it's keeping our environment clean or putting a smile on the face of a child, our associates are dedicated to service—both inside the bank’s walls and out. Gateway also sponsors many projects and events throughout the year, all with the goal of empowering our associates to make a difference in our community.

Gateway Bank Adopt-A-Highway volunteers help keep our neighborhoods clean by picking up garbage along a 2-mile stretch of highway in Mendota Heights.
 
Gateway Bank's adopt a highway sign
 

Each year, Gateway Bank associates come together to select four different charities to support. Every quarter, a dedicated team of associates volunteers at one of these chosen charities, and Gateway Bank makes a financial contribution to further their cause. In 2024, Gateway Bank chose to support Ronald McDonald House Charities, American Cancer Society-Hope Lodge, Minneapolis Crisis Nursery, and Neighbors Inc.
 
Gateway Bank has been the proud presenting sponsor of the 50th & France Tree Lighting for 3 consecutive years. This wonderful event brings in thousands of community members to kick off the Holiday season.


Each fall since 2005, we welcome the community to our parking lot to host a morning of fall fun at our Mendota Heights location. More than 800 pumpkins as well as donuts and cider are given to clients and neighbors at Gateway Bank's Annual Fall Festival.    
 


Gateway Bank is a proud annual sponsor of our local 5K. Over 700 neighbors join Gateway in the annual Officer Scott Patrick Memorial 5K Walk/Run benefiting the Special Olympics each June.     
 
The Special Olympics of Minnesota supports more that 8,200 athletes and we are proud to sponsor the 5K in support of those athletes and our community.
 
 
Every summer throughout the months of July and August, we collect school supplies at our branches. These items, along with a cash donation from Gateway Bank, are donated to Somerset Elementary, Mendota Elementary, Garlough Elementary, Moreland School, and Ella Baker School. 
 
 
Throughout the months of November and December, our branches are official drop sites for Toys for Tots. 



Every December, Gateway Bank provides each associate with a sum of cash to donate to a cause of their choice. Since the program's inception in 2010, we are proud to announce that over $100,000 has been contributed through our "Pay It Forward" initiative.

Each associate is provided with one paid day off a year to volunteer for a cause of their choice and pay it forward.