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MF-VFD to Host 2022 Christmas Parade

Thursday, November 17, 2022

Photo Caption: Getting the trucks in order for the big parade, standing in front from left to right are MFVFD Chief 1 Tom Kelly Jr. and Chief 2 Ron Hilton. In the driver’s seat is Unified Bank Retail Banking Executive & Area Sales Manager Stacy Carpino and in the back seat is Unified’s Jason Kordack.

Each year on the Friday after Thanksgiving, the Martins Ferry Volunteer Fire Department hosts the Martins Ferry Christmas Parade. The MFVFD has been hosting this time-honored tradition for over 34 years. The parade features floats from area groups and businesses, marching bands, mascots, and a favorite of all the kids, fire trucks, and police cars from around the valley.

Unified Bank is proud to sponsor the MFVFD Christmas Parade once again. Unified began in Martins Ferry in 1902 and has provided professional community banking services to the people of Martins Ferry ever since. Unified’s vision is to provide better lives and futures for the people and communities they proudly serve.

After a one-year absence in 2020 due to COVID, the MFVFD Christmas Parade returned last year with great success. This year the Christmas Parade will begin at 6:30 pm. Floats will be lighted, and candy and goodies will abound.

Unified Bank is a full-service FDIC-insured, state-chartered commercial bank headquartered in Martins Ferry, OH and has eighteen locations that serve the Ohio counties of Athens, Belmont, Carroll, Fairfield, Harrison, Hocking, Jefferson and Tuscarawas and Marshall County in West Virginia. Unified Bank is the sole operating subsidiary of United Bancorp, Inc. (UBCP), a publicly-traded bank holding company, and has been serving the financial needs of the Ohio Valley since 1902 from its headquarters in Martins Ferry, Ohio.