Southern Bank Continues Capital Campaign Support

WINTERVILLE�Southern Bank representatives visited Pitt Community College this month to present the second installment of a pledge their business made to the PCC Foundation�s Futures First Capital Campaign.

Last summer, the Southern Bank Foundation pledged $100,000 toward the PCC campaign, which was launched in February 2008 to generate funding for an addition to the college�s health sciences facility.

Southern Bank officials have said supporting the Futures First campaign is another way for them to serve the people and communities of Eastern North Carolina, something their bank has done since 1901.

James Earl Jones, Senior Vice President/Market Executive for Southern Bank, called the Futures First pledge �an investment in the future health care professionals that will serve all of Eastern North Carolina.�

At a cost of just more than $5 million, PCC is in the process of adding 34,000 square feet to its William Fulford Building to meet a rising demand for health care training. The two-story addition, which will bear the name of ardent Pitt supporter Herman Simon, will provide classrooms, labs and offices for health sciences curricula when it is completed in early 2010.

Along with funding the Simon Building�s construction, Futures First revenue will be used to purchase new technology to help keep PCC programs up-to-date. Campaign funds will also be used to create endowments for student scholarships and for training and professional development for college employees.

PCC Foundation officials reported this week that Futures First�the first capital campaign in Pitt�s 48-year history�has met 90 percent of its $8 million-goal.

06/22/2009