By Katie Melton
Do you have piles of sensitive documents that you are hesitant to simply toss in the recycling? Join Salal Credit Union at its Northgate branch, 11023 Eighth Ave. N.E., for its annual Shredathon from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. Saturday, May 14.
Photos from last year’s Shredathon courtesy Salal Credit Union.
Salal had its grand reopening and celebrated a new name last spring, also introducing us to the credit union’s annual Shredathon.
“People can just drop off their two grocery bags of shredables to be destroyed for free, it’s an open event,” said Lora Lee with Salal Credit Union.
The event is focusing on educating the public on the seriousness of identity theft, which continues to be on the rise. The goal is to understand the risks of disposing of sensitive materials, and what materials should be destroyed.
There is a charitable component, too.
Salal will be accepting donations of nonperishable food for Northwest Harvest, so visitors are encouraged to come prepared with their shredable documents and donations.
From start to finish, the shredder will be tearing up anything and everything you want to keep out of identity thieves’ hands, so stop on by Saturday for the Shredathon.
Katie Melton is the intern for Maple Leaf Life. She is a journalism student at the University of Washington.
Good morning! I’m an employee of Salal CU, and I actually set up the Shredathon. You are more than welcome to stand by the Shred It truck and watch as your documents are fed into the shredder. Shred It is a national company with an excellent reputation. You can be assured we wouldn’t put your documents in the hands of anyone we didn’t completely trust. And while fire is also “secure,” with shred it, your documents are pulped and recycled, which is far better for our planet. http://www.shredit.com/ Hope we’ll see you there!
Thanks for the tip, but giving a bag of paper with personal info on it to another person, without seeing it destroyed firsthand, seems not good to me.
My preference is to use paper material with my name, address, #’s of any kind as firestarter. Save it up for the winter months.
Will it be recycled accordingly?