Corporate employees pack donated food into boxes for the House of Peace. Front row: Wendy Repka, Kate Knox, Marsha Nowak, Colleen Moore, and Sue Hanna. Back row: Janet Russell, Cindy Lohrey, Barb Wisneski, and Sarah Gantner.

By Barb Wisneski, AVP/Commercial & Consumer Loan Closing Manager

Corporate and the Brookfield Square branch worked together to host a holiday food drive to benefit the House of Peace. Among other things, this Milwaukee nonprofit provides needy families in the city with food boxes containing 22 items — enough for all the fixings for a holiday meal, so that they can prepare festive dinners in their homes for their families.

Employees in the different areas were organized into six teams, based on the floor they worked on. We set a goal of 72 boxes — 12 per team — and we CRUSHED that total.

Our final total was 127 holiday food boxes to help feed 635 people (or 127 families) in need this holiday season! Everyone did a terrific job!

The 127 boxes were loaded up for distribution by the House of Peace.

A drawing was held to determine which of our top three areas (each having donated at least 25 boxes) would enjoy breakfast on the bank. The winner was the 1st Floor: Business Banking, HR, and the Brookfield Square branch.

And because every area exceeded the 12-box challenge, a second-place drawing was also held for all five remaining teams. As a result, the 5th Floor West (Servicing/Collections) will also receive breakfast treats. Congratulations to our winners, and thank you so much to all who helped.