BRATTLEBORO-Brattleboro Savings & Loan (BS&L) presents its annual "Shred Day" on Saturday, May 18, from 9 a.m. to noon at their main branch at 221 Main St.
This is a free event in which the public is encouraged to bring their confidential and sensitive papers from this past year - such as old bank statements and canceled or unused checks - that need to be disposed of securely. Individuals can bring up to five boxes to be shredded.
BS&L offers this service to help Vermonters prevent joining the 42 million Americans each year who fall prey to identity theft.
In addition to the precautionary reasoning for Shred Day, the company who provides the mobile shred truck, SecurShred, will recycle all the paper. At last year's event, 8,000 pounds of paper were shredded. The shredded paper was later recycled and turned into tissues and other paper products by a U.S. paper mill.
Each year at the end of Shred Day, SecurShred gives the bank a check for the recycled paper, which the bank then donates to a local charity. While Shred Day is provided as a free service to the community, BS&L welcomes donations to add to the funds donated by SecurShred.
BS&L will add all proceeds from this event, as well as other events throughout this coming year, to their Commitment to Community scholarship. This scholarship is offered to local high school seniors who make the community better and brighter. For information, contact Cassie Kelley at [email protected].
This Town and Village item was submitted to The Commons.