Micki with Marcia from Box of Balloons.

Our employees continue to Bank on Kindness, spreading goodwill throughout our communities: Shorewood universal banker Micki Usama recently helped a birthday wish come true, when she partnered with nonprofit Box of Balloons to put together a fantastic 10th birthday party for a boy named Isaac and four of his friends.

Box of Balloons helps kids whose families can’t afford to throw them a birthday celebration. Micki went out and shopped for gifts, party favors and decorations, a card, and treats for Isaac’s Fortnite-themed party. “Marcia from Box of Balloons was so grateful and said Isaac and his family were going to be so surprised,” area branch manager Shannon Weber said.

And in case you missed it, earlier this month the winners of our 100 Acts of Kindness challenge were revealed. Along with the employees who got to attend the meet-and-greet with Pat Connaughton of the Milwaukee Bucks, our winners were:

• 8 hours of PTO — Kerri Collins, District Manager, North Region
• 250 Bucket List (Seymour Salutes) points — Lacee Kalepp, Area Manager, Northland, and Rachel Rasmussen, Marketing Data Analyst
• 6-month car wash membership — Priscilla Hartling, Commercial Loan Processing Team Leader
• Pizza lunch for team — Kathleen White, Branch Manager, Cudahy
• $100 in free groceries — Shannan Mahloch, Senior Loan Funding Rep

Congratulations to all of our winners and thank you again to everyone who participated in the challenge! We’ve spread a lot of kindness already this year, and we hope it keeps on going!