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Youth Products and Resources

You’re already doing so much to prepare your kids for the real world. Let us help with the money part.

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Kids Growing Up Financially Savvy

Our youth accounts and resources consider your children’s financial future from their first savings deposit to navigating college costs. Explore our lineup of youth savings, student checking, private loans and hands-on learning activities because good money habits start young and grow stronger with your support.

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Youth Savings

  • Piggy banks will only go so far. Our Al Pacu Club Savings Account helps your children build healthy money habits early.
  • It’s the perfect first step toward financial confidence.
  • And, you’ll be relieved knowing their savings are safe and they’ll feel proud every time that balance grows.

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Student Checking

  • Real-world banking for real-life teens. Our PACU Student Checking Account is an all-digital, free student checking account with built-in safeguards and great benefits.
  • This student checking gives your teen the tools to learn money management in a safe, parent-engaged environment.
  • You stay connected while they gain independence.

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Student Savings and Loans

  • From building college savings to financing a first car or laptop, our student savings and private student loan options grow alongside your child’s goals.
  • We offer the tools and the guidance to make big financial steps feel less overwhelming.
  • Because big dreams deserve a smart plan to match, and you don’t have to figure it out along

Prepare for Their Future

Scholarship Opportunities

Education opens doors, and we’re here to help your teen (or you) walk (or fly) through them. We offer multiple scholarships each year in collaboration with the Carolinas Credit Union Foundation and Forsyth Technical Community College Foundation.

  • Piedmont Advantage Credit Union General Scholarships for high school seniors and beyond
  • Piedmont Advantage and Davidson Family Aviation Scholarship Fund for students pursuing a career in aviation systems technology
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MoneyY-ZER Youth Blog

Get in-depth financial education on saving, spending and budgeting to boost your financial knowledge. 

Tips and Tricks for Your Kids

Youth Learning Series

Take a financial journey to learn how and why to save; budget; manage and invest money; and avoid fraud, scams and predatory lending practices in the future.  

Become MoneyY-ZER

Al Pacu

Learn more about Al Pacu, the official PACU Youth Program mascot who loves aviation and teaching kids about financial literacy.

Meet Al Pacu

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.

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