Unlock Hope Campaign Funds Nonprofit Annex
South State Bank executives presented support to the Unlock Hope Capital Campaign for the expansion of the Jo Ann Carter Harrelson Center. Located downtown in the building that once served as New Hanover County’s Detention Center, the Harrelson Center’s nonprofit campus provides centralized humanitarian services that bring hope, opportunity, and empowerment to the Cape Fear Region. The Center has 13 nonprofit Partner organizations actively serving neighbors in half of the building, but much of the original jail structure from the Detention Center awaits transformation. The Harrelson Center and South State Bank relationship developed and strengthened with the Center securing and completing a loan with SSB for the first phase of renovation. South State Bank has been committed for several years as the presenting sponsor of the Center’s largest annual fundraising event, the Thankful Hearts luncheon held in November, and to other outdoor and golf fundraising events. Read more…