December 2025

$1,700 in Random Kindness was sprinkled throughout our community last week as Bath State Bank’s Random Act of Kindness benefitted residents in several counties. Employees had the opportunity to nominate an organization or person for a random $100 donation. Every employee who submitted a nomination had their “kindness wish” granted.

Those receipts are: Union County Adopt-A-Dog, Heavenly Pet Hound Crematorium, Union County High School Choir/Musical, Sisters in Christ, Liberty FFA Chapter, 118 Foundation, Union County Foundation Chris Haas Memorial Scholarship, Franklin County Humane Society (2 nominations), St. Michael School PTO T.E.A.M., Union County Community Care, a family in Liberty (2 nominations), a family in Brownsville, and a family in Connersville (3 nominations.)

“I am proud of our staff for having thoughtful, generous hearts as they support causes near and dear to them and our community,” said BSB President/CEO Logue.

We are proud to share our Mission to ‘build genuine relationships with our customers and community by caring for them like family’ and making our community a better place to live. Merry Christmas!

In the spirit of joy and gratitude, we want to express our heartfelt holiday wishes to you and your family. May your Christmas season be filled with joy, laughter and good health.

As a reminder, Bath State Bank will close at Noon on Dec. 24th for Christmas Eve and will be closed on Christmas Day. Our online banking/mobile app and our ATMs (located in Bath, West College Corner, Liberty and Brookville) are available 24/7.

Thank you for your business. We will reopen on December 26. Happy Christmas!

As we buy and mail presents during the holidays, the high vol­ume of mail and packages provides many avenues for scammers. Deliveries can be easy targets for thieves and con artists, and so can email.

When you’re expecting a lot of packages over the holidays, shippers will often provide updates on the order status. Know­ing this, scammers will also send phishing emails pretending to be from companies like FedEx and UPS to lure us to phony web pages and get us to share personal information.

Look closely at delivery notifica­tions and email updates before you click on links or input information. Remember, UPS and FedEx won’t ask for personal information via email.

All of those packages stacking up outside your door can be tempting for thieves. Consider tracking your package so you’ll know when they’ve arrived or perhaps have them de­livered to your workplace to ensure packages arrive safely.

It's Santa Day! Santa Day is our holiday tradition for our BSB customers and shareholders for the past 35 years. Our event is Dec. 5 in Bath, 4:30 p.m.–7 p.m. We hope to see you for Santa Day. No early-birds please as we need time to prepare for Santa’s arrival.