Save the date — August picnic!

Don’t forget to mark Sunday, August 5, on your calendar. In celebration of North Shore Bank’s 95th anniversary, we will be hosting a picnic at the Wisconsin State Fair — complete with cream puffs and roasted corn! •••

Sturgeon Bay’s Barbara Nelson retires Friday
After she retires on Friday, Sturgeon Bay East teller Barbara Nelson hopes to trade handling bills and coins for panning for gold.

Barbara started at North Shore Bank when she and her husband moved to Sturgeon Bay in 2014. Before that, she had worked for eight years at First National Bank in Berlin. She began there as a teller and eventually become executive assistant to the bank’s president.

“I worked my way up!” she says. “It was wonderful — just a great job.”

At North Shore Bank, she enjoyed returning to her duties on the line, she says. “It worked out well. All I wanted to do was be a teller. I like working with people.” Read more about Barbara’s career and plans!

NSB wishes retiring workers well

Reminder! Corporate employees are invited to celebrate VP and region coordinator Darrel Eisenhardt’s retirement today at 2:30pm in the 4th Floor employee lounge. Darrel’s last day is tomorrow.

Deposit services representative Marsha Nowak retired last week, and her taco bar celebration drew CSC retirees back to the bank. Above, Marsha stands in front of Lynn Strothenke, Sandra Young, Mary Sue Rasinske, Sharon Link, and Cindy Hundt. •••

South District branches SOAR with internal customers
In February, our internal customers were invited to take the redesigned SOAR Together internal survey and rate their satisfaction with the level of service they received from North Shore Bank’s South District branches. District manager Brian Bozek has the scoop on the very positive results!

Who’s the cutest of them all? Here are your pets!

In celebration of National Pet Day next week on April 11, we asked for photos of your favorite critters. And you delivered — check out some of North Shore Bank’s furry friends!

Corporate cake event helps kids have better birthdays

Corporate employees could have their cake and decorate it too on March 23, at the Corporate Community Outreach Committee’s cake event to benefit the Waukesha Food Pantry. Employees were asked to donate birthday cake supplies so that the food pantry could supply them to kids in need.

The drive brought in $504 and three large barrels of cake supplies. The event also included a cake decorating competition and a cake walk. Decorating contest winners and their prizes were:

1st place: Erica Kuik (puppy cake) – $20 gift card
2nd place: Cheryl Lang (pretty cake) – $15 gift card
3rd place: Ann Marie Krecak (soccer Seymour cake) – $10 gift card
4th place: Kathy Wagner (Seymour birthday cake) – cake stand
5th place: Pat Ingelse (bunny butt cake) – cupcake carrier
6th place: Pam Bradley (balloons cake) – cake decorating books

Pictured at top are Ann Marie, Pat, Cheryl, and Erica with their cakes. More photos from the event are on Facebook! •••

Seymour races against fellow mascots at Appleton 5K

Seymour Savings and North Shore Bank helped kick off the 8th annual OSI/Miron April Fools’ 5K Fun Run/Walk in Appleton on March 23 to benefit Appleton High School athletics. Played by customer Kyle Van Lith, Seymour took part in a mascot mini dash before the main race. Appleton Northland teller Kathleen Veu attended as Seymour’s “spotter,” taking photos and helping him on and off the bus.

“It was a great time!” Kathleen reports. “The mascots were at the end of the race to cheer on all the runners. There was a DJ at the start and end of the race, and the mascots got to dance with the runners and have fun. There was even a selfie contest before the race, in which the runners needed to get a picture with the all of the mascots to win a prize.” •••

Roberts is one funny bunny

Green Bay East assistant branch manager–sales Will Roberts got into the Easter spirit last week. “He wants everyone to hop in to open a new checking account and is also very ‘hoppy’ he met his checking goal for the month,” reported area branch manager/AVP Mickey Adams. Will wore the bunny head when kids came into the branch on and off throughout the day. “They LOVED it,” Mickey says. •••

Promotions for March 2018
The following employees were promoted in March:

• Nathan Scheuers was promoted from Universal Banker to Personal Banker at Menasha.
• Kari Tuyls was promoted from Teller to Universal Banker at Green Bay East.

Leave a comment to congratulate them!

New Hires for April 5
It’s always exciting to add new members to our team. Here are some of the fresh faces at North Shore Bank.

Kenosha Central teller Lourdes Escobedo is from Racine and previously held a sales internship at Environmental Innovations. She is also pursuing a bachelor’s in marketing at the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee. “I’m currently learning how to play the piano, which is something I’ve wanted to do since elementary school,” she says. “After I get the hang of it, I’m probably going to learn how to play the violin.”

Appleton Northland teller Tisha Kucukaslan is originally from Clintonville and worked at Zales for the last three years, first as a jewelry consultant and then as an assistant manager. “I really love to travel,” she says. “My husband and I try to go to one place we’ve never been every year — it’s New Orleans this year So far I’ve been to 39 states and five countries, and I hope to check even more off in the coming years.” Her trip last summer to visit her husband’s family in his native Turkey was a real highlight. “There is a region/national park of sorts called Kapadokya that has ancient houses carved out of stone hills that was incredible.”

Michael Moran, AVP, business banking, lives in Oak Creek and previously worked as a commercial relationship manager for PNC Bank. Mike was a sergeant in the Army, served two tours in the Iraq War, and was elected board president of the Wisconsin Veterans Chamber of Commerce this year. “I have been on the board and various committees since the chamber’s inception about three years ago now,” he says. The chamber supports veterans and military families throughout the state by helping improve the business climate for vets and the businesses that hire them. •••

North Shore Shape Up: Using technology can hurt
We frequently hear about the effects of digital technology on our attention spans and general mental health, but Harvard Health notes that using computers and handheld devices can have an adverse impact on our bodies, too: The repetitive motions involved in typing, swiping, and tapping can exacerbate hand pain or numbness and tingling. Electronics also often impact our posture, which can lead to neck and back pain.

The post says:

It’s not true that typing on a laptop or desktop keyboard will cause carpal tunnel syndrome—a condition in which the median nerve is compressed as it passes through a small area at the wrist known as the carpal tunnel. But … typing may bring out the symptoms of the condition, such as pain, tingling, and numbness in the thumb, index finger, middle finger, and inner half of the ring finger.

If you are suffering from chronic physical discomfort resulting from use of devices, you’ll want to consider changing how you operate them. For instance: “If texting with your thumbs causes pain, you may need to use other fingers to text, or use a stylus.” For more tips, you can visit the link or read the Harvard Health post as a PDF. •••

Upcoming Events
Opening Day at the Wisconsin Timber Rattlers takes place this Saturday, April 7. They’ll take on the Beloit Snappers, and fans will each receive a Ryan Braun bobblehead. More upcoming events here.

Internal Job Postings •••

• Teller, Brookfield Square, full time, 40 hours/week. Pay grade: N02. Referral bonus: $300. Internal closing date: TODAY.
• VP, Commercial Credit Manager, Corporate, full time, 40 hours/week. Pay grade: V10. Referral bonus: $1,000. Internal closing date: April 9.
• Universal Banker, Fox Point, part time, 32 hours/week. Pay grade: N03. Referral bonus: $400. Internal closing date: April 10.

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!