May 9, 2025
Nicole Young (South Hill) and Loren Allen (Lawrenceville) attended the Brunswick High School Career Fair. The pair enjoyed speaking with junior and senior participants about careers in the banking field.
May 9, 2025
Our very own Chris Bailey (Benchmark Financial Services), was a panelist at the recently held FID National Conference for Raymond James. He, along with a couple of his top advisor cohorts, were selected to share experiences, best practices and resources with the over 3,000 financial institution advisors in attendance. Kudos, Chris!
May 8, 2025
Lisa Shepherd (Farmville I) and Cheryl Morreim (Farmville I) graduated from the Town of Farmville's Citizens Police Academy (Class #10). Lisa and Cheryl dedicated nine weeks to learning about the Town of Farmville's Police Department with Lieutenant C.W. Moss and staff.
May 6, 2025
Chase City Elementary School was treated by our Chase City branch in honor of Teacher Appreciation Week. Dawn Rutledge prepared her delicious cupcakes and she and Patricia Matherly delivered the treats to the teachers. In addition to the cupcakes, there will be a drawing for a BCB Rolling Cooler and three insulated tumblers on Monday. Pictured with Dawn and Patricia is Raegan Cannon, Assistant Principal.
May 2, 2025
The Lawrenceville branch received Mother's Day baskets from a customer who owns a produce stand and nursery. Pictured with the baskets are Taylor Wells and Robin Moore.
May 1, 2025
The Clarksville branch had the pleasure of hosting approximately 40 Pre-K students and seven teachers from Clarksville Elementary School as part of their community helper field trip. The children enjoyed a story time session, received a tour of the branch, and had a fun visit with our friend SaveMore. Each student also left with some goodies to take home. It was a great opportunity to engage with the community and introduce the kids to the basics of banking in a fun and memorable way.
April 26, 2025
Tanya Currin (Chase City), Anna Rutledge (Treasury Services), and Rhonda Wilson (Chase City), participated in the YMCA Healthy Kids Day event in Chase City. Each child was given a passport card and had to complete an activity at each vendor station in order to get a sticker for their card. Once complete, they were eligible for a new bicycle drawing at the end of the event. For the bank activity, each child completed a worksheet counting coin. They did a great job! Rhonda noted, "We really enjoyed participating and also gave out information on YES Club and Smart Start. It was a very nice, well organized event and we are already looking forward to next year!"
April 26, 2025
The Emporia branch participated in the 2025 YMCA Healthy Kids Day held at the Family YMCA of Emporia-Greensville.
April 25, 2025
Gloria Robinson (Emporia) handed out useful Benchmark items to students at Greensville Elementary School for the annual SOL Kickoff event.
April 14, 2025
The Emporia branch is helping to man the CHAT (Community Health Action Team) Feed Boxes that are in the community park at the playground in Emporia. Different organizations keep the boxes supplied with healthy snacks for kids to eat while playing.
April 8, 2025
Eboni Lee (Admin) was selected by the Virginia Bankers Association (VBA) as one of its five recipients for the Emerging Leaders scholarship provided by the American Bankers Association (ABA) . This scholarship affords bankers the opportunity to attend the ABA's Washington Summit, which is known as "the biggest annual gathering of bank leaders in Washington to push for a bank policy framework that lets banks stay focused on serving customers, clients, and communities." The delegation of Virginia Bankers traveled to Capitol Hill to meet with legislators Sen. Mark Warner, Sen. Tim Kaine, Rep. Don Beyer, Rep. Ben Cline, and Rep. John McGuire.
When asked about the Summit, Eboni responded, "'Enlightening' is probably the best word to describe my experience. This was one of the BEST banking events I've ever attended, and I'm so grateful that I had the opportunity to participate!"
