My husband’s grandma always said “Spring is sprung, the grass is ris, I wonder where the birdies is?” I’m just wondering where Spring is!! Regardless of the temperature outside, the calendar has told us Spring is here and the IRS is telling us taxes are due!
If you are like me, you are thinking about the spring cleaning you promise to do every year, and wondering where to put all that junk! You might also be scrambling to get your taxes done, and going through piles of paper that you kept around all year “just in case”. Many people make the mistake of just putting those unneeded papers in their garbage, not bothering to shred it, leaving themselves and their personal information available to some very crafty people.
- As many as 10 million Americans a year are victims of identity theft.
- 38-48% of victims find out about the identity theft within 3 months of it starting
- 9-18% of victims take 4 years or longer to discover that they are victims of identity theft
Don’t become a statistic, and don’t be a victim of identity theft. There are two events coming up shortly where you can take documents to be shredded and at one, all those boxes of “someone’s junk is another person’s treasurer”.
The first event is sponsored by NBC 17 and Shred It!
Saturday, April 9, from 10am – 2pm, and have your personal documents shredded for free! Goodwill Community Foundation trucks will also be onsite to collect your donations of clothing and household items (WooHoo added bonus!!)
Two locations!!!
Carolina Pottery in Cary
1801 N Harrison Ave
Cary, NC 27513Sir Walter Chevrolet in Raleigh
8501 Glenwood Ave
Raleigh, NC 27612
The second is sponsored by Raleigh Recycling, ProShred Security, Oak Park Shopping Center & NCDOJ
This event is for Raleigh residents only. Limit 3 banker size boxes per person. Only paper – no DVDs, CDs, disks or other forms of media will be accepted.
April 16, 2011, 9 am to 12 noon
Oak Park Shopping Center, 5208 Hollyridge Drive Raleigh, NC 27612
Spring is in the Air! I see it…it’s greenish yellow and all over my car!
Tags: community_watch, id_theft, raleigh, shred-a-thon, shredding