McHenry’s Dawn Conley attends Weight Watchers locally, loses 22 pounds
Like many North Shore Bank employees, McHenry Assistant Branch Manager Dawn Conley has lost weight on the Weight Watchers At Work program. Unlike many of her colleagues, though, Dawn doesn’t attend meetings while she’s actually at work. “I joined the At Work program, but I don’t drive all the way to Corporate,” says Dawn, who attends meetings near her branch while enjoying the benefits of the At Work program. Read more about Dawn’s success with Weight Watchers — and how you can sign up for the new session starting Jan 22 — here.
Around the Bank
Employees chow down at the Corporate holiday round robin.
Corporate Round Robin: The Corporate Community Outreach Committee’s Round Robin holiday event on Dec 10 raised $853 for Interfaith Senior Programs. We also donated 120 door hangers, three boxes of Giving Tree goods, and $500 in gift cards to the program. North Shore Bank employees also made 40 blankets for Heartland Hospice and donated two boxes of cookies and other items to the nonprofit. See more photos from the event here.
Tavie Folk with Brian and Hannah Kuxmann, who competed against her in Howard’s Race for the Hungry.
Race for the Hungry: On Dec 29, North Shore Bank hosted the seventh annual Race for the Hungry charitable competition at four Wisconsin supermarkets. The race challenges two teams to see which one can fill a shopping cart with the most food from the store’s aisles. The collected food then goes to a local food pantry, while the winning team receives a $100 gift card for groceries and the other team gets a $50 gift card.
Brian and Hannah Kuxmann, whose family recently started banking with North Shore Bank, raced in the Howard competition against Branch Manager Tavie Folk. Their mother, Julie, sent Tavie a note afterward: “Thank you for choosing our family to participate in the food race! We will be using the gift card for a family dinner at home on New Year’s Eve. Your staff goes above and beyond providing excellent customer service. Thank you for all that you do!”
The race brought in $658.37 total in groceries for the El Rey branch, $557.40 for Green Bay East, and $502.56 for Howard, as well as an unreported amount for our Kenosha Festival Foods branch.
Westgate’s Ray Guardiola (as Seymour), Northside’s Angelia Sorensen and Rebecca Dougherty, Westgate’s Rachelle Werner and Patti Jardina, and Northside’s Danielle Lopez play “Seymour Says” with the kids at HALO.
Game night at HALO: Northside and Westgate employees volunteered at Racine’s Homeless Assistance Leadership Organization on Dec 18, helping to put on a game night for kids at the facility. The group enjoyed holiday snacks and cocoa, and Seymour Savings showed up for a game of “Seymour Says.” We also presented HALO with a check for $225.44, raised by Burlington, Northside, Regency, and Westgate branches at the bank’s countywide chili cook-off earlier in the month.
Westgate employees show off their sweaters: Patti Jardina, Ray Guardiola, Ariel Pfund, Jessica Cranley, Lisa Brooks, and Rachelle Werner.
Ugly sweaters in Racine: Northland wasn’t the only branch to get hit with the ugly sweater bug during the holidays. Northside and Westgate employees wore them for Christmas Eve, too.
Northside sweaters, modeled by Angelia Sorensen, Lisa Brooks, and Danielle Lopez.
“We got lots of smiles,” reports Branch Manager Lisa Brooks. “Customers especially loved Teller Jessica Cranley’s lighted Christmas tree sweater with real lights!”
Celebrations
Laura and Jon.
On Nov 29, Senior Residential Loan Specialist Laura Pier and Brookfield Capitol Personal Banker Jon Habighorst got engaged to be married. “We met at North Shore and have been dating for almost two years now,” Laura says. Close friends and family will join them for the wedding on Labor Day weekend, in Milwaukee at the couple’s favorite restaurant, Maxie’s, with a larger gathering the next day. Congratulations, Laura and Jon!
Service Anniversaries
The following employees are celebrating major anniversaries with North Shore Bank this month. You can congratulate them in the comments.
15 years
Roger Arnesen, Help Desk Manager
5 years
Robin Callis, Branch Manager, Kenosha Central
Cindy Lohrey, Payroll Manager
Kudos
“James Gottemoller took excellent care of us and answered all of our questions and then some,” writes a Southwest customer of the personal banker. Nice work, James!
North Shore Shape Up
Make your resolutions stick: “Setting small, attainable goals throughout the year, instead of a singular, overwhelming goal on Jan 1, can help you reach whatever it is you strive for,” says psychologist Lynn Bufka, PhD. If you’re looking to keep your New Year’s resolutions in 2016, the Aurora Employee Assistance Program offers these tips:
• Start small. Make resolutions that you think you can keep. If, for example, your aim is to exercise more frequently, schedule three or four days a week at the gym instead of seven.
• Change one behavior at a time. Don’t get overwhelmed and think that you have to reassess everything in your life. Instead, work toward changing one thing at a time.
• Talk about it. Having someone to share your struggles and successes with makes your journey to a healthier lifestyle that much easier and less intimidating.
• Don’t beat yourself up. Perfection is unattainable. Remember that minor missteps when reaching your goals are completely normal and OK.
• Ask for support. Accepting help from those who care about you and will listen strengthens your resilience and ability to manage stress caused by your resolution.
Internal Job Postings
• Video Teller Specialist, Brookfield, full time, 40 hours/week. Referral bonus: $400.
For a complete list of internal job postings and to apply for one, go to nsbcareersforyou.silkroad.com and click on “Internal Openings” at the top. To refer an external person to an opening, go to our intranet page. You can earn cash and prizes for a successful referral!