North Shore Bank Celebrates Grand Opening Of New Sussex Branch With Community Barbeque Featuring Tailgating Pros Mad Dog & Merrill And Family Fun

Grand opening celebration also includes, Radio Disney Street Jam, kids bird house building, performances by Hamilton High School's choir and jazz band and more

SUSSEX, Wis. - North Shore Bank today announced that it will celebrate the grand opening of its new Sussex branch with the community on Saturday, Nov. 11. The full-service branch is located at W249 N6600 Highway 164 (the intersection of Highway 164 and Main Street/Highway VV/Silver Spring) in the Village of Sussex. A wide variety of grand opening activities will be held throughout the day, including a Radio Disney Street Jam, bird house building for children with ACE Hardware, musical performances by Hamilton High School's choir and jazz band and more.

"We are excited to be opening North Shore Bank's first branch in Sussex and want to share this new branch with our neighbors, customers, family and friends," said Lyneen Fischer, vice president and District Manager for the bank's central region. "Sussex is a growing community, and we look forward to being an involved community partner and to serving our customers who live and work in the Sussex area. We encourage everyone to stop out on Nov. 11 to enjoy the many festivities throughout the day."

Following is a schedule of activities for Saturday, Nov. 11:

• All day: Free ice scrapers for the first 200 guests
• 11 a.m. - noon: Radio Disney Street Jam celebration with music, games and prizes; kids dressed in red, white and blue will receive a free gift
• 11 a.m. - 3 p.m.: Children can build bird houses with experts from Ace Hardware of Sussex and the Sussex area Leos, while supplies last
• 11:30 a.m. - 1 p.m.: Free barbecue lunch with outdoor grilling experts Mad Dog & Merrill and Pepino's
• Noon - 2 p.m.: Musical performances by Hamilton High School's choir and jazz band; enter to win cash and prizes from area businesses in the Money Machine
• 1 p.m. - 2:30 p.m.: Free balloons, tattoos and guests can meet Seymour Savings, the bank's seagull mascot

Guests will also have the chance to enter to win a year's worth of gas ($2,600 value) and a pair of tickets and backstage passes to the Cheetah Girls concert at the Milwaukee Theater in November. Additionally, North Shore Bank will have a grand opening drawing with a chance to win $2,000 in furnishings from Steinhafels Furniture, free outdoor winter decorating from LandWorks and a $500 shopping spree at Kohl's Department Store.

In honor of the grand opening, North Shore Bank will also offer new neighbor specials at its Sussex office. Those new neighbor specials include better-than-free checking, customers will receive $100 when opening a new account with direct deposit; 11-month CD at 5.30 percent APY; 6 month money market account at 5.25 percent APY; discounted home equity line of credit and free self-serve storage box rental. Account specials and event details are available at sussex.northshorebank.com.

North Shore Bank, headquartered in Brookfield, was founded in 1923. It has assets of $1.9 billion and 42 offices throughout eastern Wisconsin and northeastern Illinois. Current branch locations are in metro Milwaukee, Racine, Kenosha, Appleton, Menasha, the Green Bay area, Burlington, Union Grove, and Door County. North Shore Bank also has a mortgage production office in Tampa, Fla.