Get your random act of kindness in ASAP!
AVP Pat Ingelse is promoting February as Random Act of Kindness Month — and there’s still time to participate.

Just visit the dedicated page on the intranet, where you’ll find a calendar with daily ideas for acts of kindness, as well as a discussion board where you can share kind acts you’ve witnessed or been the recipient of.

If you’re at Corporate, there’s also a basket of notecards in the café, if you’d like to write a note to a co-worker. Just help yourself! Now go forth and be kind! •••

Bank sponsors sleigh rides at Mequon Winter Frolic

Maddie, Farrah’s daughter Norrah, Norrah’s friend Jenna as Seymour Savings, Farrah, and Jessica at the frolic.

North Shore Bank took part in the fifth annual Mequon Winter Frolic at the Mequon Nature Preserve on February 4, sponsoring sleigh rides and operating a table at the event. About 1,500 people showed up, Mequon branch manager Farrah Mason reported. The event is a fundraiser for the nature preserve.

Other activities at the frolic included ice fishing, a lumberjack competition, tractor rides, a petting zoo, a winter marketplace, and a meet-and-greet with characters from Frozen.

Frolickers enjoying their sleigh ride.

Along with Farrah, assistant branch manager Maddie Krueger and teller Jessica Horner helped out at the event. •••

Brookfield Square holds joint baby shower

Ashley, Margie, and Beth at the shower.

One of Tiffany’s cookies.

Brookfield Square assistant branch manager Beth Wianecki and video teller supervisor Ashley Endres are due to have babies within a week of each other — so their supervisor, branch manager Margie Brusa, organized a joint baby shower for them on February 14.

Beth is having a girl near the end of March, and Ashley will be having a boy in early April, so pink and blue cupcakes were served at the party. Universal banker Tiffany Pennington of Green Bay West also made cookies and sent them down to Brookfield Square.

“It was very nice — we were both surprised they planned a shower for us!” Ashley said. Video teller Merry Justin coordinated a “guess the date and weight” game, too. “We won’t know who won until the big arrivals!” Margie said. •••

North Shore Shape Up: How to stop emotional eating
Struggling to lose weight? (Many of us are.) Cleveland Clinic Wellness has some important information for you:

A new survey of more than 1,000 Americans suggests that no matter how much we think we know about losing weight — for example, that we need to eat less and move more — the majority of people don’t realize just how important psychological well-being is to losing weight and keeping it off. Researchers say we need to pay closer attention to why we’re eating, since the strongest food cravings, and the ones that can sabotage our efforts, often come when we’re weakest emotionally. If you think emotional eating may be affecting your efforts to get to your ideal weight, try keeping a food journal. In addition to writing down what and when you eat, record how you’re feeling, too. Are you actually hungry? Or are you bored or stressed? Once you’re able to identify patterns in your eating, you’ll have a better chance of establishing healthier ones.

Real Simple offers guidance on how to keep a food journal, and Women’s Health shares four mistakes people often make when trying to keep one. •••

Upcoming Events
North Shore Bank will hold a bilingual Money Smart financial seminar on Saturday, February 25, at Keyser Hall at St. Anthony School in Milwaukee. The “Money Conference” event will cover setting a budget and living within your means. There will be a “Financial Profile Workshop” seminar on Saturday, March 4, as well. More upcoming events here.

Internal Job Postings •••

• Customer Assistance Rep, CSC, full time, 40 hours/week. Referral bonus: $400. Internal closing date: Ongoing.

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!