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Shredding Events Scheduled in Pocatello and Idaho Falls

Shredding Events Scheduled in Pocatello and Idaho Falls

Join us August 30 and 31 and protect yourself from fraud and identity theft at these complimentary shredding events.

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Experts agree that shredding confidential documents is a good way to protect yourself from fraud and identity theft. Please join us for these free shredding events in Pocatello and Idaho Falls. There is a 10-box limit and this service is provided for personal documents only.

Register to attend AARP Idaho’s shredding event in Pocatello or Idaho Falls. Your documents will be shredded on-site, free of charge.

August 30, 2022 | 10 a.m. – 1 p.m.
L.E. and Thelma E. Stephens Performing Arts Center Parking Lot
1002 Sam Nixon Drive | Pocatello, ID 83209
Please RSVP online at aarp.cventevents.com/Pocatelloshred22

August 31, 2022 | 10 a.m. – 1 p.m.
Samuel Horne Bennion Student Union Building Parking Lot
1784 Science Center Drive | Idaho Falls, ID 83402
Please RSVP online at aarp.cventevents.com/IFshred22

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Union County Free Shredding Events – New Providence

Union County Free Shredding Events – New Providence

Union County residents can bring their personal documents and sensitive papers to the next free paper shredding events sponsored by the Union County Board of County Commissioners during the month of June.

“The free shredding service makes it easy and convenient for Union County residents to dispose of sensitive documents while also supporting our countywide recycling efforts, and we encourage everyone to participate in our 2022 recycling programs,” said Commissioner Board Chair Rebecca Williams.

Each shredding event begins at 9:00 a.m. and concludes at 1:00 p.m., rain or shine, but may finish earlier if the shredding trucks fill up to capacity.

The locations for June are:

  • Wednesday, June 1: Clark Public Works Facility (behind the Police Station), 315 Westfield Avenue, Clark
  • Saturday, June 11: Union County College, Parking Lots 5A and 5B, 1033 Springfield Avenue, Cranford
  • Saturday, June 25: Union County Vo-Tech, West Hall/Police Academy Parking Lot, 1776 Raritan Road, Scotch Plains

Participants are reminded pre-shredded, damp, or wet paper will not be accepted. Bindings, large plastic or metal clips, and other paraphernalia should be removed.

These events are drive-up only and contact-free. Drivers must remain in their cars while staff unloads their papers, which are shredded on site in a mobile shredding truck.

Union County’s free shedding events are intended for personal, sensitive documents only. Residents can recycle magazines, junk mail and other waste paper with their municipal recycling program. For information, contact the municipal recycling coordinator.

For the complete 2022 paper shredding schedule and information on all recycling programs hosted by Union County, visit ucnj.org/recycle or call the Union County Recycling Hotline at 908-654-9889.

For the latest news and updates on all municipal and countywide recycling programs in Union County, download the free Recycle Coach app. More information is available at ucnj.org/recycling/recycle-coach-app.

Quick links to all Union County environmental programs and activities are available at ucnj.org/green-connection.

The mobile paper shredding program is paid for through Recycling Enhancement Act Grant funds, which are applied for by Union County and received from the New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection.

For more information and updates on all Union County services during the COVID-19 outbreak, including free vaccination, free testing, emergency food distribution and other support services, visit ucnj.org/covid19. General information about COVID-19 is available through the New Jersey Department of Health at nj.gov/health.

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Shredding event benefits two Langley high schools – Aldergrove Star

Shredding event benefits two Langley high schools - Aldergrove Star

The Ron Dunkley Memorial Society wants to help people declutter some of the paper they have that’s no longer needed but is still lying around the home.

The society will host a shredding event Saturday, April 30 that will not only help people safely get rid of the documents but also raise money to help local high school students.

As with so many charities and community groups, COVID-19 prevented the society from holding traditional fundraising events. That meant the society wasn’t able to fully fund the scholarships for last year.

“We didn’t have it (shredding) in 2021, but, we did have a tree chipping event in January 2022 after Christmas, and raised money for one of our scholarships. This event on Saturday will hopefully raise enough for our second scholarship,” said Sandy Dunkley, the mother of Ron and the founder of the society.

The goal is to raise enough money to be able to provide $1,000 scholarships to Langley Secondary and Brookswood Secondary.

The public can take such things as cheques, confidential documents, bank statements, old bills, old tax returns, and even CDs for shredding and disposal.

People can drive up and the items will be unloaded from the backs of their vehicles or people can park and watch the items being shredded.

The event takes place from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. Saturday at the Town & Field Church, 20719 48th Ave. Shredding is by donation.

Dunkley, a Langley City firefighter, died 60 days after he was hit by a train in Seattle in 2010.

Ron was in the U.S. city in November, 2010 to attend a Seahawks game when, on his way back to his hotel, he stepped between the cars of a stationary train and into the path of a moving locomotive.

He was taken to hospital with catastrophic injuries and died 60 days later, on Jan. 4, 2011.

During the two months he spent in hospital, his medical bills had climbed to US $2.7 million.

Blue Cross would only cover the first $1 million. But after struggling to find the funds, the family was informed that an anonymous benefactor paid the entire bill.

That inspired creation of the society.

The Ron Dunkley Memorial Society, a registered charitable foundation, was formed to raise funds for a number of causes — the B.C. Professional Firefighters Burn Fund, Muscular Dystrophy Foundation, Canadian Blood Services and University of Washington Medicine among them.

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Southampton Rotary hosts secure and environmentally-friendly shredding event

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Want to safely dispose of personal, confidential and financially sensitive documents and spare the environment? Visit the Southampton Rotary Club’s second community shredding drive-through event April 23, from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m.

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The event, which marks “Earth Week”, takes place in the parking lot behind Rotary Hall, 39 Grey St. South, Southampton on a “first-come, first-served” basis.

The Club will again partner with Wasteco to bring an onsite service – a mobile shredding truck – to Southampton. The shredded material is used in recycled paper products.

Along with raising awareness of recycling and care for the environment, the event highlights the risks of identity theft and importance of safe, secure disposal of sensitive documents.

The environment is one of Rotary International’s Areas of Focus and in an April 12 news release, the Southampton Club said the community shredding event adds to events like the annual clean=ups of roadsides, Perkins Park and the beach.

There is no charge, but a donation $10 per banker’s box or similar size is suggested. Cash is preferred or payment may be made by debit or credit card.

Co-Operators, Port Elgin is again the signature sponsor for the shredding event, and sponsorship support also comes from RBC Meeting Place, Susan J. Dollar Law, Don Amy – McIntee Real Estate and in-kind support from Quality Inn Southampton and RONA Southampton.

Any proceeds will benefit Rotary’s causes, including the maintenance of Rotary Perkins Park.

For details visit: https://www.southamptonrotary.com/stories/shred-n-g

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Ask SAM: Are there any shredding events coming up?

Ask SAM: Are there any shredding events coming up?

Mount Tabor United Methodist Church, 3543 Robinhood Road, Winston Salem, will have a shredding event from 9 a.m. to noon April 23. They will accept monetary donations to benefit food programs serving children in Forsyth County and other missions of the United Methodist Women. Make checks payable to Mt. Tabor UMC-Circle 5. For more information, call the church 336-765-5561 or go to www.mttaborumc.org.

New Philadelphia Moravian Church, 4440 Country Club Road, Winston-Salem, will have a document shred from 9 a.m. to noon April 23. The cost is $5 per box. Enter from Kilpatrick Street. They will unload. You do not have to get out of your vehicle. The shredding is sponsored by the Advent Class. Proceeds will benefit outreach ministries of the Moravian Church. For more information, call 336-972-0494 or visit www.newphilly.org.

Fries Memorial Moravian Church, 251 N. Hawthorne Road, Winston Salem, will have a community shred day from 9 a.m. to noon April 30. Shamrock Shredding will be shredding documents on-site in the church parking lot. Donations of $5 per file box or bag are requested. Paper only, no plastic or non-paper trash will be accepted. Proceeds will benefit local youth and family ministries.

Hopewell Moravian Church will have two shredding events at the Griffith Volunteer Fire Department, 5190 Peters Creek Parkway, Winston-Salem. The first will be 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. April 30. The second will be 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. June 25. A $5 per bag or box donation is suggested.