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COMMUNITY ACTION
By Carla Carraway, President, Precision Planning, Inc.
G
iving back to the community
and civic involvement is part
of the everyday landscape
at Precision Planning, Inc. (PPI)
and has been since the company’s
inception in 1982. PPI understands
that it is tremendously important
to give back to not only the
community that is its home field,
but to those communities in which
it works.
If companies like PPI work to make
a difference in our communities and
promote a positive quality of life,
then we influence our employees.
In turn, our employees influence
their own friends and families and
it becomes a natural progression of
thought.
PPI supports the Gwinnett
community by having an active
involvement with the Gwinnett
Chamber and Partnership
Gwinnett and the many events that
are part of these organizations. One
of our favorite events each year is
the Valor Awards. We work with
many different public safety
organizations in the cities and
county and are very proud to be a
part of the event that recognizes the
tremendous job they do for our
community. Aside from being a
financial sponsor of the event, our
employees are involved in helping
to put together the gift baskets that
the winners receive. PPI also
supports organizations and/or
events like Gwinnett Clean &
Beautiful, Gwinnett Great Days of
Service, Mitsubishi Electric
Classic Golf Tournament and
Leadership Gwinnett. One example
of promoting community pride
with our employees was the Beaver
Ruin Watershed Cleanup as a part
of “Great Days of Service.” A group
of PPI employees volunteered on
a Saturday morning in the Beaver
Ruin watershed to help clean up our
streams, lakes and ponds. We also
support events such as the Sugar
Hill Sweet Life Concert Series, the
Gimme Shelter concert in Grayson,
Sparkle in the Park in Lilburn and
the Lawrenceville Summer Concert
Series.
Serving the communities that we
work in not only provides us the
opportunity to give back, it allows
members of the PPI team to expand
their personal and professional
networks, take on leadership roles,
while also providing visibility for
PPI. In the past few years, we have
had different members of our senior
leadership team chair the Gwinnett
Chamber, Walton County Chamber
and the Jackson County Chamber.
Business is all about relationships
and community involvement
provides us the platform to make
connections with individuals and
organizations that are the key to
our success.
Client service is our priority, so
community involvement is
“business as usual” at PPI and we
are proud to be associated with all
the communities we serve.
PPI employees participate in
Great Days of Service.
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