VCNB has been celebrating 150 years of community banking this year and we’ve saved our biggest anniversary bash for McArthur this July 4^th weekend. We have partnered with the Vinton County Athletic Boosters to help with their 4^th of July celebration and, as part of the celebration, we are also hosting an open house at our McArthur office on Saturday, July 1 from 1 p.m. to 4 p.m.

This is very meaningful for us. You see, the bank began at this very location in 1867. Aside from a few months back in 1925 when we temporarily relocated during the construction of our existing building, our bank has always operated at this address.

This is our home.

And we are welcoming the community, visitors, customers, non-customers – anyone who wishes to attend – to join us for this important celebration. It doesn’t seem fair to call it an open house because we’re really hoping it’s more like a family reunion. So many people in our community have worked for us and countless others have banked with us. These folks are our friends and neighbors, they’re our families – they’re everything to us because they are our community and our customers.

We hope to see everyone come out to our open house and join in the fun. We will be opening our new Bank Museum and will have entertainment provided by the Adelphi Community Band. We will have ice cream and homemade pies that were baked by the United Methodist Church Women as well as some special giveaway items, speakers and more.

It is an honor to know that people trust us with their money and that they include us in special life events. We have customers who we have known since they were newborns. We’ve watched them grow up, bringing piggy banks filled with change to deposit in their Passbook Savings Accounts. We’ve helped those same kids finance their first car, we’ve helped them buy a home, watched them get married, have babies, save for retirement, upsize, downsize, put down roots and travel to places far away.

We love our community. We love our customers. We love our history and can’t wait to see what the future holds. Won’t you help us celebrate?

Want to learn more about the huge concert we’re sponsoring, the great car show and the truly unique way we’re celebrating on VCNB Day July 2? Read more here!