Project SAFE (Sewer Access for Everyone), Hilton Head Public Service District, the Community Foundation of the Lowcountry and Liberty Savings Bank have teamed up to create an easy and effective way for you to help your neighbors in need connect to the public sewer system. It’s called Bank for a Cause, and it lets you turn your everyday banking activities into donations for Project SAFE.

Septic systems continue to fail on Hilton Head Island, due to our high groundwater table. Septic system failures pollute the soil and groundwater, and pose a public health threat. Many systems are owned by low-income families who cannot afford the cost of converting their homes to the public sewer system. That’s where the assistance of Project SAFE, a charitable fund of the Community Foundation of the Lowcountry, comes into play. Property owners can apply to SAFE and receive grants toward their sewer connection costs, based on their household income. In the past year alone, SAFE has awarded nearly $100,000 in grants and helped more than a dozen families get connected to the sewer system.

Bank for a Cause checking allows you, as a client of Liberty Savings Bank, to support SAFE without affecting your budget. Every month you meet the criteria of the account, Liberty will donate 1% of your monthly purchases to your chosen 501(c)3 charity.* To learn more about the account, please visit www.BankForACause.com. To learn more, please call Liberty Savings Bank at 1-800-436-6300 or visit www.libertysavingsbank.com.

We urge you to consider opening a Bank for a Cause checking account today and name Project SAFE as your charity of choice. Together, we can make a difference.

*Restrictions apply. Member FDIC