FFB Providing Help to Veterinary Hospitals Across the Country During COVID-19
Date: 05/18/2020
As part of the CARES Act, the Paycheck Protection Program provides resources to businesses to keep employees at work during the COVID-19 pandemic.
Chandler Promoted To Managing Director of Poultry Division
Date: 05/08/2020
Ben Chandler of Madison, MS was recently promoted to Managing Director of the Poultry Division for First Financial Bank. Chandler is a 2010 graduate of Mississippi State University with a BS in Agricultural Economics. He worked for the Mississippi Poultry Association as their Grower Relations Coordinator until 2013 when he became a lending officer for First Financial's Carthage, MS location.
FFB Employees Raise Money For United Way
Date: 01/31/2020
First Financial Bank began a Blue Jean Day campaign for the United Way of Union County in 2014 raising over $36,000 to date. Employees pay $5.00 each Friday to wear jeans to work. In 2019, they raised $3,690.
Nominations for the 12th Annual FFB Nonprofit Excellence Award Are Now Being Accepted
Date: 01/03/2020
First Financial Bank will once again recognize the important work being done by nonprofit organizations in our community. The 12th Annual FFB Nonprofit Excellence Award will be presented during the Chamber of Commerce's annual meeting on April 15th at the First Financial Bank Music Hall. First Financial Bank has awarded $82,000 to twenty-three different organizations since the award's inception in 2009.
Two MSU Seniors Awarded 2019 First Financial Bank Scholarships
Date: 12/20/2019
First Financial Bank of Carthage recently awarded two scholarships totaling $1,500 per year to two poultry science seniors at Mississippi State University. A committee of educators chose the recipients and the funding was provided through the Mississippi Poultry Foundation.