The Corporate Community Outreach Committee’s February events raised $1,040 for Milwaukee’s Hunger Task Force.
The breakdown came out to $525 for the bake sale, $235 from sales of valentines, and $280 for the office’s casual Wear Red Day, corporate receptionist Nancy Hanson said. The bank also collected three big boxes of healthy food for the food bank.
Senior commercial loan specialist Priscilla Hartling won the seasonal poem contest. She’s pictured above with her prize of Seroogy’s chocolates, and here’s her poem:
Whether she is new or soon to be twenty-two
The endless nights of rocking her to sleep
And she’ll never know that her tears also made you weep
Long gone are the days of teenage chats with coffee and scones
She is a young woman now with dreams of her own
But when you look at her a sparkle comes to your eye
Because you know in your heart a Mother’s love will never die.
Priscilla’s daughter Stephanie turns 22 next month and graduates from UW Oshkosh in May. “She is looking at master’s programs that are all out of state,” Priscilla said. “It just really hit me that our dynamic will soon change — but when all is said and done, we will always be mother and daughter.”
Employees who contributed to the bake sale were help desk/telecom tech Pam Bradley, senior loan funding rep Judy Dean, commercial treasury manager Penny Foust, post closing coordinator Sue Hanna, assistant controller Ann Marie Krecak, payroll and benefits manager Cindy Lohrey, debit card/network/processing specialist Kate Madderom, senior loan funding rep Anna Morrison, human resources and compliance SVP Molly Schissler, senior ACH specialist Lindsey Schneider, and mortgage loan underwriting team leader Peggy Winchell. Above are senior loan funding rep Catherine Degner and Ann Marie working the sale.