Alpine Bank to Host Annual Fall Community Shred Day September 7

Alpine Bank is holding its biannual fall Community Shred Day on Saturday, September 7, 2013, from 9 am until noon in the parking lot of Alpine Bank’s Belvidere Downtown Branch located at 600 S. State Street in Belvidere. Alpine Bank is hosting this FREE event open to the entire community. Attendees, without leaving the comforts of their vehicles, will be able to drop off their documents at the “shredding drive-thru” and watch Paper Recovery Service Corporation shred them during the event on site free of charge. 

People are invited to bring a maximum of 2 boxes/bags of the following materials to be shredded: clean paper of any color, file folders of any color, papers containing staples, paper clips, rubber bands, and/or small binders.Materials that cannot be shredded include: trash, cardboard, telephone books, hardcover books, hanging folders, 3-ring binders, lever-arch binders, and any plastics, including computer disks, CDs, DVDs, VCR tapes, ID badges, x-rays, transparencies, and etc. 

Identity theft continues to be a serious growing crime in the United States. As noted on the Federal Trade Commission’s Web site, nearly 9 million Americans are victims of some form of identity theft each year. Shredding personal documents and information is just one way to avoid becoming a victim. In 2011, Alpine Bank shredded a world record, collecting an astounding 253,318 lbs. of shred, which is more than the combined weight of all of the steel parts in the Statue of Liberty.

Alpine Bank hosts two Community Shred Days each year – one in the spring and one in the fall. 

More Information                                                                                                                                                                    For more information about this Community Shred Day, visit www.bankalpine.com or call 815.398.6500. For more information about identity theft and other important security tips, visit www.bankalpine.com/security.

About Paper Recovery Service Corporation                                                                                                                            Based in Loves Park, IL, Paper Recovery Service Corporation provides solutions from secure document destruction to recycling for businesses in manufacturing, retail, or professional services.