Rachel Knitter and Senior Infrastructure Specialist Wendy Repka, at the bake sale.

Heart Walk captain (and heart attack survivor) Rachel Knitter, one of our loan servicing specialists, spearheaded a bake sale at Corporate on September 8 to raise more donations for this year’s Milwaukee Heart & Stroke Walk and Fun Run. The Heart Walk is THIS SUNDAY, September 18, and you can still join our team and/or donate here.

Rachel enlisted the help of a number of bakers and bake sale staff and raised $429 for her team, the Beating Hearts. Thank you to everyone who baked, sold, and bought for this great cause!

One of Rachel’s friends helped bake these heart cookies.

We also sold a few of the hearts and raised $21 (thank you!). Also helping us last week was the Sussex branch. They sold hearts and also encouraged employees to walk that day. With their help, we raised an additional $84 from many small donations throughout the week. Sussex ABMO Erika Smith said, “Our customers really enjoyed the snacks and liked the idea! We had baked cookies, brownies, and cupcakes, and had little trail mixes and salsa and chips in a cup.”

Our team goal is an ambitious $7,000 — we’re just shy of $1,500 at the moment. There is still plenty of time to donate — click on the link above to donate today. —Molly Schissler, VP, Human Resources