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Protect your identity: First National to hold free shredding event
9/11/2010
You know those old checks, bank statements, credit card offers and personal papers laying around the house? Here’s your chance to get rid of them without the fear that someone’s going to steal your identity
By Jeff Werner; www.BucksLocalNews.com Editor
You know those old checks, bank statements, credit card offers and personal papers laying around the house? Here’s your chance to get rid of them without the fear that someone’s going to steal your identity.
On Saturday, Sept. 11 from 9 to 11 a.m., The First National Bank of Newtown will hold a free shredding event at its Newtown-Yardley Road office in Newtown. The public is invited to bring up to four boxes per vehicle.
A second shredding event is scheduled for Saturday, Oct. 16 from 9 to 11 a.m. at the Levittown office, 1279 E. Lincoln Highway, in the Langhorne Square Shopping Center.
“Old documents are a prime source of identity theft, even when they are thrown away. It’s a sad fact of today’s culture, but disposing of printed personal or business information properly is a great way to keep your identity secured,” said John Parry, president and CEO of The First. “We’re glad to offer this service to members of the community.”
Over the past four years, Doylestown-based Titan Mobile Shredding has shredded and disposed of about 50 tons, or 100,000 pounds, of paper from the bank’s public shredding events.
“We do a minimum of about two tons every time we do one and we’ve done 25,” said a Titan spokesperson. “We bring all that paper back here to our building. We run it through a bailer. We put it on a truck and ship it to a paper mill. Everything is 100-percent recycled.”
Titan’s mobile shredding trucks are equipped with high-security shredding units and video monitors that allow customers to witness the shredding process — without leaving the facility’s parking lot.
Barbara Miller, advertising and marketing director for the bank, said it’s important that people take measures to protect themselves against identity theft and the shredding day is a good way to start.
“We’re concerned about identity theft and we want to provide our customers with a way to dispose of their personal items without any kind of problems,” said Miller. “People have gotten to the point where they know that even the credit card offers they receive in the mail need to be shredded,” she said.
By Jeff Werner; www.BucksLocalNews.com Editor
You know those old checks, bank statements, credit card offers and personal papers laying around the house? Here’s your chance to get rid of them without the fear that someone’s going to steal your identity.
On Saturday, Sept. 11 from 9 to 11 a.m., The First National Bank of Newtown will hold a free shredding event at its Newtown-Yardley Road office in Newtown. The public is invited to bring up to four boxes per vehicle.
A second shredding event is scheduled for Saturday, Oct. 16 from 9 to 11 a.m. at the Levittown office, 1279 E. Lincoln Highway, in the Langhorne Square Shopping Center.
“Old documents are a prime source of identity theft, even when they are thrown away. It’s a sad fact of today’s culture, but disposing of printed personal or business information properly is a great way to keep your identity secured,” said John Parry, president and CEO of The First. “We’re glad to offer this service to members of the community.”
Over the past four years, Doylestown-based Titan Mobile Shredding has shredded and disposed of about 50 tons, or 100,000 pounds, of paper from the bank’s public shredding events.
“We do a minimum of about two tons every time we do one and we’ve done 25,” said a Titan spokesperson. “We bring all that paper back here to our building. We run it through a bailer. We put it on a truck and ship it to a paper mill. Everything is 100-percent recycled.”
Titan’s mobile shredding trucks are equipped with high-security shredding units and video monitors that allow customers to witness the shredding process — without leaving the facility’s parking lot.
Barbara Miller, advertising and marketing director for the bank, said it’s important that people take measures to protect themselves against identity theft and the shredding day is a good way to start.
“We’re concerned about identity theft and we want to provide our customers with a way to dispose of their personal items without any kind of problems,” said Miller. “People have gotten to the point where they know that even the credit card offers they receive in the mail need to be shredded,” she said.
