Is pumpkin carving one of your family's Fall traditions? Have you always wanted to try your hand at designing and hand-carving your own work of pumpkin art?

Why not join in the fun and enter our Pumpkin Carving Contest this year?

If you have access to a computer and a pumpkin (or pumpkins), you could be among the three winners who will be awarded prizes for the best of the best!

To participate in the contest:

1. The contestant must be 18 or older (but you can involve younger members of the family by getting them to consult on your design).

2. Get a pumpkin or pumpkins to carve. You can enter as many times as you'd like.

3. When you do your carving, be sure to incorporate the First Reliance Bank brand in some way with your pumpkin design (you can make Yellow Arc shapes, put in the bank name – be creative!).

4. Post a photo of your pumpkin (or each of your pumpkins) to our Facebook Page anytime during October. Be sure you do it before midnight on October 30, 2012.

The pumpkin photo entries will be judged by a panel of First Reliance Bank Associates who will be voting to select the winners based on these criteria: originality (25%); charm and personality (25%); and handiwork/skill (50%).

The top 3 winners will receive Visa Gift Cards. First place is a card worth $250, second place is a card valued at $150 and third place, $100.

See the contest rules for more details.

Winners will be announced on Halloween Day (October 31) on our Facebook Page!

And, just a reminder... for your convenience, all of our branches will be open on the upcoming Columbus Day holiday (Monday, October 8th). Our downtown Charleston office will be open from 8 a.m. until 5pm and all other locations will be open from 8am until 8pm.