Whether you're a runner or just looking for a fun-filled morning out with family and friends, our PACU Foundation's Charity Fun Run is for you. Our community-focused event centers around a fun run/walk of 5k and 1.5 mile options in which participants are doused with safe, food-based color powder at various points throughout the course.
Register Here to get your tickets today and support a great cause!
Triad and Charlotte communities include the counties of Davie, Forsyth, Guilford, Iredell, Mecklenburg and Rockingham as the following map reflects:
The Foundation was founded in January 2020, grown out of the desire to expand Piedmont Advantage Credit Union’s capacity to be the difference within the communities the Credit Union is privileged to serve.
Since forming in 2020, the PACU Foundation has gifted $69,000 to area charities.
Mary Vitale
Chair
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Jean Golden-Rumer
President
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Jeanette Stark
Vice Chair and Vice President
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Mike Fabregas
Treasurer
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Tracy Gilmore
Secretary
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Kim Adkins
Director
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Megan Brooks
Director
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Carla Hooker
Director
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Diana Santos Johnson
Director
Staff:
Dion Williams
Piedmont Advantage Credit Union President & CEO
Karla Castilleja
Assistant Secretary
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Kim Adkins
Marketing and Communications Chair
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Megan Brooks
Fundraising Committee Chair
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James Moore
Gifting Committee Chair
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The PACU Foundation is a Section 501(c)(3) charitable organization, EIN 84-4139152. All donations are deemed tax-deductible absent any limitation on deductibility applicable to a particular taxpayer. If goods or services were provided in return for a contribution, the amount of the contribution, which is tax-deductible, may be limited to the amount exceeding the value of such goods and services. The PACU Foundation maintains discretion over the use of all donated funds.
PACU Foundation gifts $24,000 in total to six charities to increase their capacity to help NC residents in times of financial hardship.
Foundation President Jean Golden-Rumer (above) welcomes attendees on “Giving Tuesday," celebrating these charities for their exceptional work.
Headquartered in Winston-Salem, North Carolina, and founded in 1949 within the aviation industry, Piedmont Advantage Credit Union (PACU) serves member-owners, who reside, work, worship, attend school or operate a business in one of the six counties it serves in North Carolina or who are employed by one of its many employer companies. These six counties are Davie, Forsyth, Guilford, Iredell, Mecklenburg and Rockingham.
