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Piedmont Advantage Credit Union Spends Day Off Serving Its Communities
On Columbus/Indigenous Peoples Day, while many businesses took the day off, PACU employees rolled up our sleeves. We got to work serving meals, organizing donations and listening to the stories of neighbors facing financial hardship. At Piedmont Advantage, the day is known as Simply Service Day, an annual tradition since 2021 that turns a federal…
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Partnership Built on Community: PACU Attends Winston-Salem Street School Fall Luncheon
As a not-for-profit cooperative, Piedmont Advantage Credit Union understands the importance of giving back to our communities. That’s why we highly value our connection with the Winston-Salem Street School (WSSS), a private alternative high school serving the at-risk youth of the Greater Winston-Salem area of North Carolina. On Tuesday, October 7th, 10 of our awesome…
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PACU’s 76th Annual Meeting: Investing in Members, Communities and the Future
Against a backdrop of economic uncertainty, Piedmont Advantage Credit Union held its 76th Annual Membership Meeting on Tuesday, Sept. 30, at Maple Chase Golf and Country Club. The event featured inspiring and thought-provoking remarks from Chairman of the Board Tom Mekis and President & CEO Dion Williams, who underscored the credit union’s resilience and unwavering…
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PACU Hosts Charlotte Branch’s Member Appreciation Day
By Dion Williams, President & CEO, Piedmont Advantage Credit Union Today we had our Member Appreciation Day at our Charlotte branch! We are so grateful to our loyal Charlotte members who came out today and enjoyed lunch, free goodies and thoughtful conversations with our President & CEO Dion Williams, COO Sandy Milton and Charlotte branch…
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PACU Hosts Mooresville Branch’s Member Appreciation Day
On Thursday, September 18th, PACU hosted another fantastic Member Appreciation Day at our Mooresville branch! Thank you to everyone who came out today and enjoyed lunch, free goodies and thoughtful conversations, not only with our President & CEO Dion Williams and COO Sandy Milton, but also Billy Boylston and Carson Butts from Carolinas Credit Union…
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PACU Hosts Advantage Way Branch’s Member Appreciation Day
At Piedmont Advantage Credit Union, we kicked off the second part of our Member Appreciation Days on September 2nd at our Advantage Way branch. Both members who have been with us for 60 years and members who only joined a few months ago enjoyed free goodies, tasty lunch and meaningful conversations with our CEO &…
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College Football Kickoff
As the days cool off, tree leaves begin to turn and the end of summer approaches. Which only means one thing: College Football is back! Today at PACU, we celebrated the start of college football while adorned in the colors of our alma maters or favorite collegiate teams. Check out some photos of our amazing…
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The Fine Print of Appreciation
Beyond the headlines and bold print, there’s you. The members, the stories and the small moments that make a big difference. In this week’s episode of Headlines and Fine, we discussed two words that the spotlight doesn’t often shine on regarding business strategy decks: Showing Up. And Show Up we did, twice. A few weeks…
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PACU Hosts Greensboro’s Member Appreciation Day
At Piedmont Advantage Credit Union, we kicked off July by showing how much we value our Greensboro members. Good food, free goodies and insightful conversations between members, our new Greensboro Branch Manager Sharnell Hairston, PACU President & CEO Dion Williams and COO Sandy Milton filled the day. A highlight of the day was that members…
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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.