First Financial Bank and associates announce 2020 contributions

Staff Reports

First Financial Bank and its associates gave more than $3.5 million in financial contributions and more than 8,900 hours of volunteer service in 2020.

In Columbus, First Financial’s philanthropy included $95,000 in contributions and 818 volunteer hours.

While First Financial’s associates were generous with their time in the community last year, volunteering required a different approach because of COVID-19, the need for social distancing, and limitations on available in-person volunteer opportunities.

Volunteers often adjusted by switching to virtual volunteering, which allowed them to help organizations outside of their immediate neighborhoods, and in other parts of the First Financial Bank footprint of Ohio, Indiana, Kentucky and Illinois.