Potomac — Spring cleaning! With tax season over, it's a great time to get together those boxes and files of outdated records. Clear them out of the basement, home office, attic or wherever else they have been lurking for too long.
To help out, Friends of Clara Barton Community Center has scheduled a secure shredding event on Saturday, May 19 from 9 a.m. to noon at 7425 MacArthur Boulevard in Cabin John.
The ALL-SHRED truck will be parked behind the building and you can drive right up and drop off your bags and boxes. Volunteers will be there to help with unloading.
The records are placed in bins, rolled into a secure elevator, and automatically lifted and dumped into the shredder. Inside the truck a cross-cut shredder cuts your pages into tiny paper chips. You can even watch the process on a remote screen. The shreds are then baled and sent to paper plants to be recycled.
The Shred is a free event with a suggested donation of $5 a box (such as copier paper comes in) and $3 for a shopping bag. All income from the shred goes to support programs at the Clara Barton Community Center. Friends of Clara Barton Community Center is a registered charity and donations can be deducted as either charitable or business expenses. Receipts will be available.
ALL-SHRED Inc. Mobile Document Destruction service is AAA NAID Certified and meets HIPPA medical record and FACTA credit record standards.
Getting ready for the shred is easy. In addition to paper records, there's no problem shredding paper clips, staples, rubber bands, folders, binder clips, hanging folders (even with metal strips, and labels). They will not shred newspapers, cardboard boxes, 3-ring binders, heavy plastic, heavy metals, trash, floppy disks, or CD's.
Avoid fraud or identity theft. Prepare to bring those no longer needed bills, statements, medical records, letters - anything with private, confidential or sensitive information that you want to get rid of securely. If you need to borrow a hand truck or have help in loading boxes at your home, contact Leslie Barden 301-365-1311 or Lou Lombardo 301-365-0412 before the day of the event.