The booth is all set up and ready for guests at World Giraffe Day. Kathleen White, Cudahy branch manager, and Kathy Couture, Westgate lead teller, are ready!

A team of bank employees celebrated World Giraffe Day at the Racine Zoo on June 22. North Shore Bank sponsors the Giraffe Encounter at the zoo, so it was extra fun for the bank team to be part of this special event.

Attendance was steady, and many guests were excited to feed the giraffes. Unfortunately, it started to rain during the second half of the event, but guests came under the bank tent to chat and participate in some crafts.

“It was a fun event,” Lisa Young, Racine branch manager, said. “We had a few clients come by and visit and say they love that their bank is out and about in the community.”

Zoo staff educated visitors on zoo conservation while bank employees gave out zoo feeding tickets, did a fun craft with kids, and handed out goodies to the adults and kids. Northside Lead Teller Kelly Elliott drew an awesome mural on the ground of a giraffe for the event, and guests loved learning about North Shore and our history with the zoo and the community.

Little ones decorated giraffe hats as part of the day’s fun events.

In addition to Lisa and Kelly, Cudahy Branch Manager Kathleen White and Westgate Lead Teller Kathy Couture took part in the event.

Kelly, Kathleen, Lisa, and Kathy at the event