Submitted by Landmark Community Bank on November 15th, 2013
Landmark Community Bank’s Ramsey office is accepting donations for Youth First Community of Promise again this year. Youth First helps children ages 11-18 in the Andover, Anoka and Ramsey communities.
For this year’s holiday drive, we are collecting New Hats, Mittens, Blankets, Pillows, and Pillowcases. If you would like to contribute, please drop off the items at the bank located at 14150 St. Francis Blvd in Ramsey before December 11th.
Click here for more information about Youth First.
Submitted by Landmark Community Bank on November 8th, 2013
Stop into our Ramsey office located at 14150 St. Francis Blvd for a chance to win a gift certificate! Landmark Community Bank has teamed up with the Anoka County Shopper in The Great Thanksgiving Giveaway. One lucky winner will receive a $15.00 gift certificate to be used at: Coborn’s of Ramsey, Jensen’s Foods of Coon Rapids, Bob’s Produce Ranch of Fridley or Anoka Meat and Sausage of Anoka. The bank is also donating a $15.00 gift certificate to the ACBC food shelf.
See the advertisement in the November 6th Anoka County Shopper for additional locations to sign up and win. A winner will be drawn at each business listed in the advertisement.
The drawing will take place on November 15th.
Submitted by Landmark Community Bank on October 31st, 2013
Anoka High School has recognized Landmark Community Bank for its participation in the BPA (Business Professionals of America) program. For the past several years the bank’s Ramsey location has participated by hiring an intern to work during their senior year. Many of these interns are business students with an interest in pursuing a career in Accounting, Money Management, Marketing or Business Management.
Each potential intern fills out an application for employment, submits a resume and goes through the interview process. They must come to the interview in professional attire and answer interview questions, the same process they will experience when applying for employment in the future. They are competing against their fellow students for employment so they want to give their best impression during the interview.
During the course of the year the intern is graded by Carol Marcio, Branch Coordinator of the Ramsey Branch. The intern has a great incentive to do well as they are given a letter grade on their performance. This makes them incredibly reliable and conscientious about their attendance and work ethic. Quarterly evaluations are done to see how the student is progressing and if they are meeting their goals. There is open communication between Carol and the intern’s teacher during the school year. If the student needs improvement in certain areas, the teacher is more than willing to assist them. The student learns many skills which include cash handling, customer service, problem-solving and working as a team.
Many of these students participate in Regional, State and National competitions to enhance their skills in the business aspect of their chosen careers. Every summer, when a new intern is hired, the intern from the previous year becomes their tutor.
This also teaches the intern a valuable lesson in communication and reinforces all they have learned during their internship.
Chow Huynh interned from 2008-2009, and has since graduated from the University Of Minnesota.
Jessica Cory interned from 2009-2010 and currently attends St. Thomas.
Erika Ceron Fernandez, the 2010-2011 intern has continued her employment with the bank as a full time Personal Banker and is attending Anoka Ramsey Community College.
Casey Paulsen, the 2011-2012 intern is attending Minnesota State University in Mankato.
Deanna Kretsu who interned from 2012-2013 is attending Anoka Ramsey Community College.
Jacob Guzzo joined our staff in July 2013 and confirms Landmark Community Bank’s decision to continue to participate with Anoka High School’s BPA program.
Submitted by Landmark Community Bank on October 4th, 2013
The Refuge Network Gala “Still Making Magic” is scheduled for Tuesday, October 8th from 5:30pm – 9pm featuring Las Vegas Magician Tim Gabrielson.
The event will be held at Spectacular Events in Isanti at 1321 Heritage Blvd NE (County 5).
Landmark Community Bank has tickets for sale at our Isanti location. Tickets are $50 each, $90 for 2 tickets or $350 for a table of eight.
One lucky guest will win a 1/3 carat diamond courtesy of Chilson Jewelers in Cambridge.
The Refuge Network is an organization whose primary purpose is to support people who are currently involved or have been involved in an abusive relationship. For more information click here.
Submitted by Landmark Community Bank on September 9th, 2013
Ramsey's Happy Days Parade was held on September 7th. Several Landmark Community Bank employees and their family members walked and supplied candy to the parade goers. Beautiful weather made this years parade a wonderful event for all who attended.
The Happy Days Parade winners were as follows:
Crowd Pleaser
Hope Fellowship Church
Royalty
Anoka Royal Ambassadors
Religious
1st Place – Hope Fellowship Church
2nd Place – St. Katharine Drexel
3rd Place – Northgate Church
Business
1st Place – Coborn’s
2nd Place – Studio One Dance
3rd Place – Braven Music School
Youth Groups
1st Place – PACT Charter School
2nd Place – Anoka Cheerleaders
3rd Place – Northern Lights Soccer Club
Submitted by Landmark Community Bank on June 24th, 2013
Despite power outages all over the metro, Team Lola had the 2nd largest team walking this year with 85 participants signed up. Family, friends, co-workers and business associates all helped make this event memorable.
With just 3 weeks of planning, Team Lola is extremely pleased with the results.
• Team Lola raised $11,404.00 which was 2nd Place of 107 teams!
• Shannon Johnson, who was the team captain, raised $7,134.00. She was the top fundraiser out of 327 participants!
Lola Johnson is the daughter of T. Ryan Johnson, Vice President at Landmark Community Bank, and granddaughter of Kevin Johnson, President of Landmark Community Bank. For more information about Lola’s story click here.
The HeartBeat 5000 raises money and awareness specifically for the 4th floor at Children’s Hospital, CVCC (Cardiac Floor). There are constant improvements needed to stay one of the top children’s cardiac hospitals in the nation.
Submitted by Landmark Community Bank on June 24th, 2013
Our 112th Anniversary Celebration went off without a hitch on June 21st. The food was plentiful and provided to us by Dickey’s BBQ in North Branch. Our Isanti location had children from a local daycare attend, some of whom were in costume. Seniors attended from Prairie Senior Center as well. The customers enjoyed the music and entertainment as they ate and conversed. All three of our locations were pleased with the turnout.
To show our appreciation to our local communities, each office gave away $112.00 gift cards. Isanti’s winners were: Rachel Harris and Rick Waytashek, Ramsey’s winners were: Andrea Hillebregt and Pam Everson, and White Bear Township’s winner was Elias Saman.
Submitted by Landmark Community Bank on June 19th, 2013
On Friday, June 21st, Landmark Community Bank will celebrate its 112th year anniversary and you’re invited! An open house will be held from 11:30 a.m. to 2:00 p.m. that includes free lunch, prize drawings, entertainment and more. Please join us for the celebration at any of our three locations.
The Isanti office, located at 711 Sixth Ave NE in Isanti, will be serving pulled pork sandwiches from Dickey's BBQ Pit of Cambridge. The Isanti County 4-H robotic team will show off their prize winning robots and Brian Satterlee will play mellow jazz guitar music.
The Ramsey office, located at 14150 St. Francis Blvd in Ramsey, will also be serving pulled pork sandwiches from Dickey's BBQ Pit of Cambridge. The Anoka Clown Club will perform skits, make friendship bracelets, do silly dances and magic tricks.
The White Bear office, located at 1048 Meadowlands Drive in White Bear Township, will be serving Jimmy John's sandwiches.
Enter your name into the prize drawings for one of five $112 gift cards! Come help us celebrate 112 years of serving our communities.
Submitted by Landmark Community Bank on May 20th, 2013
Throughout the months of May and June you will see the employees of Landmark Community Bank dressing casual on Fridays. We are raising money for the HeartBeat 5000 5K Walk that is taking place Saturday June 22nd at Father Hennepin Bluffs Park in Minneapolis. Money is being raised to help support Children’s Hospital for the care of children born with CHD (Congenital Heart Defects/ Disease). Lola Johnson, daughter of T Ryan Johnson, Vice President at Landmark Community Bank, and granddaughter of Kevin Johnson, President at Landmark Community Bank, was born with a heart defect and had open heart surgery when she was just 5 weeks old. Lola is now a happy 2 year old! Children’s Hospital is helping to save the lives of children like Lola every day. Click here to join the team or donate to this worthy cause.
Submitted by Landmark Community Bank on March 31st, 2013
April is Community Banking Month and to help celebrate, Landmark Community Bank is hosting a few different events throughout the month. Stop in this month and take a guess as to how much money you think is in the piggy bank. First place, person coming nearest to the correct amount, will receive the piggy bank and all of its contents. Second place will be awarded with a beautiful plant.
On Thursday April 25th and Friday April 26th we will be having an Open House at our Isanti and Ramsey locations. Stop by and grab a cup of coffee and a cookie. It is our way of saying thank you for choosing Landmark Community Bank as your trusted financial institution.
First Shred will be at our Ramsey location on Friday April 26th from 10am - noon. Customers are invited to bring in any documentation that they would like shredded for free. Help stop identity theft before it starts!
Landmark Community Bank’s Ramsey office is accepting donations for Youth First Community of Promise again this year. Youth First helps children ages 11-18 in the Andover, Anoka and Ramsey communities.
Stop into our Ramsey office located at 14150 St. Francis Blvd for a chance to win a gift certificate! Landmark Community Bank has teamed up with the Anoka County Shopper in The Great Thanksgiving Giveaway. One lucky winner will receive a $15.00 gift certificate to be used at: Coborn’s of Ramsey, Jensen’s Foods of Coon Rapids, Bob’s Produce Ranch of Fridley or Anoka Meat and Sausage of Anoka. The bank is also donating a $15.00 gift certificate to the ACBC food shelf.
Erika Ceron Fernandez, the 2010-2011 intern has continued her employment with the bank as a full time Personal Banker and is attending Anoka Ramsey Community College.
Casey Paulsen, the 2011-2012 intern is attending Minnesota State University in Mankato.
Deanna Kretsu who interned from 2012-2013 is attending Anoka Ramsey Community College.
Jacob Guzzo joined our staff in July 2013 and confirms Landmark Community Bank’s decision to continue to participate with Anoka High School’s BPA program.
The Refuge Network Gala “Still Making Magic” is scheduled for Tuesday, October 8th from 5:30pm – 9pm featuring Las Vegas Magician Tim Gabrielson.
On Friday, June 21st, Landmark Community Bank will celebrate its 112th year anniversary and you’re invited! An open house will be held from 11:30 a.m. to 2:00 p.m. that includes free lunch, prize drawings, entertainment and more. Please join us for the celebration at any of our three locations.
Throughout the months of May and June you will see the employees of Landmark Community Bank dressing casual on Fridays. We are raising money for the HeartBeat 5000 5K Walk that is taking place Saturday June 22nd at Father Hennepin Bluffs Park in Minneapolis. Money is being raised to help support Children’s Hospital for the care of children born with CHD (Congenital Heart Defects/ Disease). Lola Johnson, daughter of T Ryan Johnson, Vice President at Landmark Community Bank, and granddaughter of Kevin Johnson, President at Landmark Community Bank, was born with a heart defect and had open heart surgery when she was just 5 weeks old. Lola is now a happy 2 year old! Children’s Hospital is helping to save the lives of children like Lola every day. 
