Together at The Banks
Healing • Training • Preventing
State-of-the-art campus for survivors, their families, and the professionals that serve them.
The Support Needed to Heal
Located in the heart of South Carolina, The Banks will offer wraparound support to 350 survivors annually while also providing training for thousands of professionals who assist them. Every person, path, and plan at The Banks is thoughtfully selected to foster wisdom, confidence, and growth for our guests.
The Future Of The Banks
Campus
The Banks will feature a conference center for community and professional trainings, along with 14 cottages and a multipurpose building to accommodate counseling, legal, wellness, and dining services for survivors during their two-week stay.
Healing
Within this serene and safe environment, The Banks guests experience comfort while participating in various extracurricular activities such as gardening, art, recreational, and equine-assisted therapy.
Wellness
The Banks is not a treatment facility, but rather, an educational and restorative campus tailored to a specific community. By centralizing care in one location, The Banks minimizes re-traumatization through a unified wellness plan and continued support from our reliable specialists.
Support
Guests’ wellness plans also include a blueprint for continued support and healing beyond their two-week stay. Before leaving The Banks, our team connects each guest with vetted professionals within their home community to ensure long-term success.
From those we’ve helped
In Their Own Words
Cadie H.
“After my husband of less than a year strangled and beat me, Brett & Shannon were instrumental in connecting me with resources to ensure I had proper legal counsel, medical treatment, and most of all, a place where I was heard and seen. The Banks will allow so many more women to get the help, resources, and community they need.”
Karley Y.
“SASS Go was an angel to my family and me when we found ourselves in a seemingly dark and hopeless situation with no capacity to determine what was next. They showed up with answers, compassion, and hope. The Banks will give the heart of SASS Go a physical location to provide this level of care to countless more women and their families.”
Amelia S.
“After being kidnapped and sexually assaulted, I was lost in every way imaginable. My life was changed for the better and continues to be every day thanks to Brett and Shannon. I am incredibly thankful for all they have done for me, giving me hope and resilience to never give up. I am excited to see all that The Banks will offer for other victims and the hope that it will bring forth for others who may also be lost.”
Heather R.
“Having lived through many years of abuse and multiple assaults, I was barely surviving and had given up hope of having a stable and healthy life for my daughter and me. The help and support I received changed everything for my daughter and me. The Banks is a place I could have only dreamed of. I am so grateful that this place of healing is coming to life!”
Kinsey G.
“I endured abuse that kept me silent for a long time. I was strangled and raped by one of my abusers. I am no longer silent. I’m a survivor with a voice. I am here, praise be to my Savior Jesus Christ. SASS Go helped me take back my power, my voice, and helped me feel safe. The Banks needs to exist for people like me.”
Katie S.
“After leaving an abusive relationship of 7 years, I didn’t know who I was. I quickly became depressed, angry, and suicidal. When SASS Go found me I was able to breathe for the first time in what felt like years. I learned I am normal, what happened to me was not okay, and my story matters. The Banks is what my tribe and I have been silently praying for on our darkest nights.”
On The Banks Gala
Annual Fundraiser
Thank you to our donors + others
For Making The Banks Possible
- The Welch Family
- The Stewart Archer Family Foundation
- Will & Karley Yancey
- Caroline Bradley
- Rainey McBride
- Hattie Chancy
- Garrison Welch
- Windrose Health Investors
- Baptist Healthcare Board of Trustees
- The Parrish Family Foundation
- Bob & Kelly Castellani
- American Land Holdings
- Price Enterprises
- Victor & Sarah Jowers
- Aline Marketing
- Hidden Oaks Custom Homes
- Capital Concrete
- Carolina Handling
- J. Alan Homes
- And more!
With state support
Advancing the Vision for The Banks
SASS Go Board Members Dean Sinatra and Stephanie Parrish were honored to share The Banks vision with South Carolina Governor Henry McMaster and Representative Nathan Ballentine. We’re grateful for their support as we work to build a first-of-its-kind healing campus for survivors, families, and those who serve them across our state.
Learn more about The Banks
A Sass Go Community
About The Banks
Learn more about The Banks, what we do and why, second-stage care, and more! As well, learn more about our co-founders Shannon & Brett, and their positions in building The Banks.
Our History
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Our Future
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SASS GO: Bringing safety, hope, and healing to every woman on the planet.
- Still Protecting the Tribe, From Every Side
- Three Events You Can’t Miss
- The 2022 Giant Review
- Way to Go – 2021 End of Year Review
- SASS Go Keeps Going – 2021 Mid-Year Review!
- News You Can Use – Involuntary Druggings
- Good to Go – Quarterly Review!
- TOGETHER WE GO – 2020 Yearly Review!
- Keep Going with SASS Go – 2020 Mid-Year Review!
- Oh the Places SASS Went: 2019
Donate Today
Your donation has the power to
- Support Survivors
- Build The Banks
- Provide Prevention Education
- Empower Communities
- Sponsor I Will Survive Weekends
- Protect Lives from Violence & Abuse
- Train First Responders
- Provide Self Defense Courses