Last month, North Shore Bank personnel celebrated Halloween at a variety of different events. Here’s a look at some of the fun.

Deposit Operations Rep Tiaira Johnson and Senior Deposit Operations Specialist Stephanie Hallgren hand out candy to an elephant (a friend of Mailroom Assistant Colleen Moore) and a couple of Minions (daughters of Loan Funding Rep Sarah Gantner).

Employees’ children, grandchildren, nephews, and nieces were invited to trick-or-treat at Corporate on October 28. The costumed kids stopped in for treats at various locations throughout the building, finishing up in the basement to enjoy refreshments and crafts.

Workspaces, like this one in Collections, were spookily decorated at Corporate for the trick-or-treating event.

“There were so many positive comments from employees who brought kids and also those who didn’t,” said AVP Barb Wisneski, who helped organized the event as part of the Corporate Community Outreach Committee. “It brought a smile to many faces to see the kids in costume. Every area did a great job with their trick-or-treat station, and the kids were all polite, thankful, and adorable!”

The line was long for the Boo at the Zoo in Racine.

“The weather was gorgeous and the turnout was incredible,” says Area Branch Manager Lisa Brooks, reporting on Racine’s Boo at the Zoo event on October 29. “We planned for 400 children and ended up having to do another supply run by 11 a.m. We went through enough supplies for 1,200 kids.”

Erik, Ashley, Lisa, and Danielle and her son and daughter at our booth at the zoo.

Employees who helped out at the Boo at the Zoo, along with Lisa, include: Regency Universal Banker Erik Bankhead, Westgate Teller Jessica Cranley, Kenosha Festival Foods UB Kerri Hoehn, Northside Teller Supervisor Danielle Lopez, Regency Branch Manager Merissa Modory, RSMP Representative Janet Russell, Regency Personal Banker Ashley Singstock, and Northside Assistant Branch Manager Cathy Straka.

Assistant Branch Manager Karen Jach, Katie Presser, Floating Teller Sally Kim, and Universal Banker Sam Frank with the bank’s crime-scene-themed trunk.

That same weekend, the Pulaski branch took part in the community’s annual Creepy Crawly Trunk or Treating event.

“Many area businesses and families decorated their trunks with different Halloween themes, and the children in the community dressed up in costumes,” reports Branch Manager Katie Presser. The branch also sponsored a Seymour Savings coloring contest at the event and helped manage a cookie decorating table for the kids. “It was a very successful event — families from all over the Pulaski community came out to enjoy the Halloween festivities!”

DM Cristen Baumann and East Branch Manager Dane Didier helped run the costume contest after the Ghost Train debut.

And North Shore Bank sponsored the debut of Shorewood’s “Ghost Train” on Halloween night. The public art lighting project re-creates the round-trip route of the Twin Cities 400 train, once described as the fastest passenger train in the world, passing through Shorewood as it traveled a mile per minute between Chicago and St. Paul, Minnesota.

Shorewood Personal Banker Michelle Escalante, her son Alton as Conductor Seymour, VP Craig Witz, and SVP Sue Doyle at the Ghost Train debut.

After the Ghost Train’s first run, North Shore Bank sponsored a costume contest at a party at Metro Market, where attendees could also hear about the Ghost Train from the artist who designed it, and learn about local train history from the Shorewood Historical Society.