Financial Education

Community Education Workshops

Co hosted with Sun Prairie Public Library

Credit Scores & Reports Seminar

Wed., May 15 | 6:00 to 8:00 p.m.

In this 60-minute workshop, participants will learn what a credit score is, its importance, and how to read a credit report. You’ll also learn the tools to maintain a healthy credit score and repair bad credit.

By Pam Blattner, AVP Senior Branch Manager & Financial Fitness Course Instructor

The How: Estate Planning for Every Stage of Life

Wed., May 29 | 6:00 to 8:00 p.m.

Participants will build on the information provided in “The Why: Estate Planning for Every Stage of Life” and look at specific examples of estate planning.

Participants will compile important information that will be needed to begin putting their estate plans together.

Not a deposit. Not FDIC insured. Not insured by any Federal Government Agency. Not guaranteed by the bank. May go down in value.

By Bryant B. Ray, J.D., AVP Trust Officer

With all our workshops, you’ll receive a workbook to complete exercises throughout the course and you may take it home as a reference after the course! Join us at Sun Prairie Public Library’s Community Room. Refreshments and light snacks will be served. There is no cost for these events.

Our workshops are free to the community and our bank professionals will conduct them for your employees, your nonprofit, your church or community group. The workshops are 60 to 120 minutes. Each participant receives slides and/or workbooks. Our workshops are available in English and Spanish. We are can deliver the content via video class as well.

Contact AVP Senior Branch Manager & Financial Fitness Course Instructor Pam Blattner at 608.467.1826 or pam.blattner@bankofsunprairie.com or VP Community & Strategic Partnerships Deb Krebs at 608.467.1781 or deb.krebs@bankofsunprairie.com to set up a workshop at your organization today.

Banking Basics
Budgeting
Making Budgets Work
Credit Scores & Reports
Identity Theft
Retirement Planning
Buying a Car
Debt Management
Mobile Banking

Using Credit
Obtaining Credit
Developing a Business Plan
Financial Statements
Banking Services

Considering Home Ownership
Mortgages
Mortgage Modifications

Financial Fitness Center

We understand you and your family deal with important financial challenges, decisions and milestones every day. Our Financial Fitness Center is an interactive financial education program designed to provide you with the tools you need to make informed decisions when it comes to your finances and your future.

Our program is personalized, so you can choose the topics that are most important or relevant to you. The Financial Fitness Center has something for everyone, regardless of your stage of life or financial circumstances.

Work at your own pace. Complete one course or all of them. At Bank of Sun Prairie, we know that understanding your finances and making sound financial decisions is key to a strong future.

Highlights of the program include:

Our library of 50+ learning topics includes budgeting, saving and investing, homeownership, retirement planning and more.
Essential information for each learning topic can be consumed in about seven minutes to fit into today’s busy lifestyles.
The program is designed to work great on a cell phone, tablet or computer, and it can be accessed from almost anywhere.
Courses are available in English and Spanish.
The Financial Fitness Center is free of charge for anyone interested in learning more about financial wellbeing.

Let’s get started!

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Pamela Blattner Assistant Vice President, Senior Branch Manager and Financial Fitness Center Course Instructor Sun Prairie - East 608.467.1826 Email Pamela Connect with Pamela Blattner on LinkedIn NMLS ID: 2249690

Meet Pamela Blattner

Assistant Vice President, Senior Branch Manager and Financial Fitness Center Course Instructor

Pam has worked in various leadership capacities and customer-service roles for more than 20 years, of which more than six years in banking. She currently serves as assistant vice president, senior branch manager. She enjoys educating customers and colleagues on financial topics through her leadership of the Bank of Sun Prairie’s financial education platform, Financial Fitness Center. Pam uses her background in education through her bachelor’s degree from the University of Wisconsin – Green Bay. Pam has a passion for helping customers through education and doing what she can to set them up for success so they are able to achieve their dreams.
Pam serves on the board of directors of the Friends of the City of Sun Prairie’s Neighborhood Navigators as vice president and is past president of the Sun Prairie Business and Education Partnership. She is actively involved in other community events and organizations. Her free time is spent with her three children who inspire her to be better every day.

Sam Reierson Relationship Banker - Financial Education Partner Sun Prairie West High School 608.467.1808 Email Sam

Meet Sam Reierson

Relationship Banker - Financial Education Partner

Sam has been with Bank of Sun Prairie since 2022 as financial education partner and relationship banker. He brings more than five years’ experience in helping to design and organize a ministry teaching series with an area church. Sam holds a bachelor’s degree in human resource management from the University of Wisconsin ‒ Eau Claire. He’s also worked as a machine operator and electronics sales associate and is an accomplished musician and vocalist. He lives in Sun Prairie with his wife and two children.

I wanted to let you know how awesome I thought these courses were! They were so informative for me even after having worked in finance for the last 10 years! I really liked how detailed and useful the information/topics were and that they were worded in a way folks who maybe aren’t so familiar with the finance world can understand! I’m telling you if these would have been available to me when I was 16, 17, 18, it would have been a gamechanger! I really think this will take off and be extremely helpful to our customers, young and old!

I sincerely mean it; I think it was simple language but wonderfully written explanations on the how and why of so many VERY important financial topics! The sooner folks start learning the better, that is for sure!

Bank of Sun Prairie Colleague, July 2020