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2022 Installer
of the Year
Acadian Total Security
Giving Program that encourages vendors and
customers to donate to a charity of their choice,
this past year generating a total of $3,400.
Although many 2021 events were cancelled,
here's a sampling of a few that took place involving
ATS' sponsorships/participation: Acadian
Home Builders Association Golf TournaATS
always
puts the customer
first. We sell them
a solution that
fits their needs
instead of
just pushing
products.
- Brandon Niles,
Senior Director
ment (among many similar golf events), Gun's
and Hoses Volleyball Tournament, Vermilion
Rotary Club's St Pat's Comedy for a Cause,
St. Landry Parish Crime Stoppers, SWLA
Chamber Annual Banquet, Safety Council
Awards, Louisiana Council on Aging Directors
Conference, Louisiana Sheriffs Association
Conference, AHBA Parade of Homes, various
National Night Out events, banners at Bayou
Black Elementary, North Vermilion Youth Athletic
Association and Terrebonne High School,
T-ball sponsor for Lafayette Little League, and
Youngsville Sports Complex and City of Broussard
St. Julien Park entrance signs.
" For the fourth year in a row, ATS' division
was the top fundraiser in its area for the Annual
Walk to End Alzheimer's. These charitable
acts are not performed only at the company's
Acadiana and SWLA locations. Despite their
home being damaged from Ida, Sales Rep Dexter
Detiveaux and his wife continued work on
their nonprofit organization in the Bayou region
called Bags of Hope in Terrebonne Parish
that provides meals to school-aged, food-insecure
children, " adds Trahan.
ATS is a member of many local
Chambers of Commerce and
employees volunteer several
hours of service and serve on
those organizations' boards to
make Acadiana a better place
to live and work.
PILLAR OF COMMUNITY, INDUSTRY
As a whole, Acadian Companies' biggest response
to philanthropy is through the United
Way of Acadiana campaign. The organization
encourages employees to give an hour of their
pay each month to this cause and those who do
are entered into a drawing to win prizes. The
objective is to give more each year in hopes of
more than 50% of employees donating. Acadian
is annually a top contributor to the fund,
which helps one in three locals receive needed
assistance and resources.
" Founder Richard Zuschlag and many at
Acadian also support the Brees Dream Foundation,
which was a provider of help to first
responders during the pandemic, " says Trahan.
" Parent company Acadian Ambulance Service
has been at the forefront of the healthcare crisis,
with its medics among first in the nation to give
and receive lifesaving vaccines. "
In addition, ATS is a member of several local
Chambers of Commerce and employees volunteer
many hours of service and serve on those
organizations' boards to make Acadiana a better
place to live and work.
" Account Executive Robert Unterburger was
chosen as a member of Leadership Class I and
I was chosen as a member of the Leadership
Class II of Youngsville. Residential Sales Rep
Jacob David was also selected to participate
in the Vermilion Leadership Program. Other
chambers ATS belongs to are West Calcasieu,
Broussard, SWLA Economic Development,
One Acadiana, Iberia, Vermilion, Lafourche,
Acadia and St. Mary, " says Trahan.
ATS personnel also take part in other community
organizations promoting leadership at
the local, state and national levels. They include:
The 705, Bayou Board of Realtors, Acadiana
Board of Realtors, Acadiana Home Builders Association,
Southwest Louisiana Home Builders
Association, Southeast Louisiana Home Builders
Association, Women's Business Alliance and
Lafayette Kiwanis Chapter.
From a security industry perspective, ATS
members participate in the LLSSA, TBFAA
and MESA. Niles serves on TMA's Board as its
education chair.
" Using our parent company's governmental
connections, we push initiatives from ESA and
TMA to our legislators, " he says. " In fact, we
were one of the initial companies involved in
the ASAP to PSAP implementation. At the beginning
of the pandemic, Acadian assisted in
forwarding information to legislators on the
inclusion of security technicians and dispatch
operators as essential workers enabling them to
commute to and from work during the lockdown,
as well as providing critical documentation
on the 3G sunset. " SSI
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