Cristo Rey students reflect on year of great work

Last year, four Cristo Rey Jesuit High School students joined North Shore Bank as interns, as part of the school’s acclaimed work-study program. They’ve been at the Corporate office for one or two days each week since September.

With the end of the academic year approaching, we’ll say goodbye to these talented young people. In honor of their work, the students — Erick Chavez, Victoria Valdivia, Nathan Andrade Placencia, and Suleima Sanchez-Herrejon — and their supervisors have shared a few words. Read them here!

Next Door Walk for Children draws over 500 attendees

North Shore Bank personnel participated in Next Door’s 2019 Walk for Children on May 18, joining over 500 other people to help raise funds for the Milwaukee nonprofit’s early-childhood education programs. This year’s was the 30th annual walk.

At our booth, we promoted financial literacy with children’s games and educational information for walk attendees. Seymour Savings, played by Brookfield Capitol personal banker Joshua Samson, (up top) also walked the entire route and met with Brewers mascots Bernie Brewer and Barrelman (above), Bucks mascot Bango, and UW-Milwaukee mascot Pounce the Panther.

Other employees who showed up for the walk are pictured above: SVP retail banking Sue Doyle (a former Next Door board member), Milwaukee Capitol branch manager Erica Hughes, Milwaukee Capitol personal banker Michael Chobanian, Joshua, and Brookfield Capitol branch manager Rebecca McCartney (a member of Next Door’s Young Professionals group). •••

Kudos: Customer shares why he’s stayed with NSB
Longtime customer Robert F. met with Shorewood branch manager Shannon Weber earlier this month, and what he said about North Shore Bank made a big impression. Chairman and CEO Jim McKenna thought everyone should see it. Here’s Shannon’s story:

I met with Robert F. today to reset his online banking password. He has banked with us since the late 1960s. In the early ’70s, he said, he was really having a hard time getting a mortgage, and North Shore Bank took such great care of him and was the only place he found that could help him get a house. He said when he started banking with us, we were on the back of a small building that looked like a house — he drove by that spot recently to see if we still had a location there or not.

Robert is still living today with his wife in that same home. He said we took such a leap in believing in him that he wanted to stick with us. I just thought that was such a great story, because I can see how much he values North Shore Bank. He raved about the new branch as well.

I will put some follow-ups in place to check in on him and his wife from time to time, but I really just wanted to share how great that interaction was. This is one of the many reasons I love what I do.

Pretty cool. Remember: Every day, everyone at North Shore Bank has the chance to build the kind of relationships that last half a century. It’s all about taking care of your customers. •••

Service Anniversaries for May 2019
The following employees celebrate a milestone anniversary with North Shore Bank this month.

20 years
Lisa Starbuck, Senior Consumer Credit Adjustor

10 years
Marianne Schill, Mortgage Servicing Specialist

5 years
Jaclyn Miller, Universal Banker, Burlington
Amy Sweet, Training Specialist

Leave a comment to congratulate them!

New Hires for May 23
It’s always exciting to add new members to our team. Here are some of the fresh faces at North Shore Bank.

Franklin teller Cindy Sandrone is originally from the Twin Cities. She moved to Milwaukee after graduating from college and worked at Boston Store (Bon-Ton Holdings Inc.) until the company closed last year, most recently as store communication manager. Cindy says, “I enjoy traveling, especially to warm-weather destinations. I also enjoy spending time with my family and gardening.” •••

North Shore Shape Up: Sweet drinks can end life early
Some of the greatest dangers to your waistline and general well-being don’t come on a plate or in a bowl, but in glasses and bottles. Soda, juice, and other sweetened beverages are linked to increased weight gain, diabetes, and heart problems. Drinking them regularly can even increase the odds that you’ll die early, according to research cited by Cleveland Clinic Wellness:

In analyzing data from more than 100,000 men and women, researchers found that the more sugar-sweetened beverages (SSBs) people drank, the more likely they were to die prematurely, with just two SSBs a day linked to a 31 percent increased risk of dying from heart disease and a 21 percent increase of dying from any cause. Women were especially vulnerable to the health harms of sugar. A 12-ounce can of one popular soda contains 39 grams of added sugar—that’s almost 10 teaspoons of sugar, and higher than the American Heart Association’s recommended limits for a whole day. Many packaged iced teas and “sports drinks” are similarly sugar-laden.

If you’re hooked on sweet drinks, start trying to transition to unsweetened tea, plain water, or sparkling water. It’s a hard habit to kick, but it’s worth it. •••

Upcoming Events
In the next installment of the Your Path to Wealth seminar series at our Jackson Park office, taking place Saturday, May 25, we’ll cover “Credit and Budgeting.” More upcoming events here.

Internal Job Postings •••

Ongoing

• Video Teller and Video Teller Supervisor, Brookfield Square, full (40 hrs/wk) or part time (20). Pay grade: N03. Referral bonus: $400.

For complete information regarding internal job postings, application procedures, and our referral program, click on the Job Postings tile found on the home page in Ask Seymour.