April is Community Banking Month and on Friday, April 29, Citizens National Bank will be highlighting local businesses with its annual gift basket giveaway and Community Shred Day. Refreshments will be served at each branch, including the 102 S. Main, Bluffton location.

Each CNB office is giving away a gift basket including local items from each of our branch communities. Anyone who visits a branch during the month of April may enter to win the Community gift baskets valued at more than $150 each.

Entries can also be made online at www.cnbohio.com. The drawing for the baskets will be held on Friday, April 29.

As a community service, CNB branches are also inviting the public to protect their identity by bringing personal paper documents to be shredded. Items to be shredded will be accepted during normal business hours of each office. There is a limit of 3 standard office size boxes or grocery bags per household.

Items to be shredded could include:

• Financial statements
• Canceled and blank checks
• Paycheck stubs
• Credit card and account numbers
• Personal records and tax records
• Medical records
• Any items containing your social security number or signature.
• Any mail or magazines that have personal identifiers
• No need to remove staples or paper clips

NOTE: No electronic items will be accepted. All paper material will be destroyed by Allshred Services, a NAID Certified Company.

Community banks comprise 99% of all banks, providing more than 60% of all small business loans and more than 80% of agricultural loans in the U.S. Unlike larger banks that may take deposits in one state and lend in others, community banks channel their loans to the neighborhoods where their depositors live and work, which helps local businesses and communities thrive.