SAN DIEGO, CA (July 11, 2013) -- San Diego County Credit Union® (SDCCU®), San Diego’s largest locally-owned financial institution, has announced it will host the SDCCU Super Shred Event, featuring free document shredding services, from 7 a.m. to 4 p.m. on Saturday, July 20, in the Qualcomm® Stadium northwest parking lot located at 9449 Friars Road, San Diego.
The public is invited to bring all of their old documents containing personal and confidential information. Shred-It®, the world's leading document destruction and recycling company, will be onsite to shred documents on the spot at no charge. Paper documents should be removed from binders prior to shredding; however, staples, paperclips, CDs and floppy discs are okay to be shredded.
This year, SDCCU is planning to shred the Guinness World Record® for most shred paper collected in 24 hours. SDCCU hopes the community brings all of their shred and helps put San Diego on the map. The first 1,000 who take advantage of SDCCU’s free shredding services on July 20 will receive a free gift. Plus, there will be free food and donation are welcome for the San Diego Humane Society. Since 2007, when SDCCU began hosting its free Shred Day events, more than 476,545 pounds of confidential, sensitive paper documents have been shredded on the spot and recycled at no charge, saving approximately 4,698 trees. SDCCU will need to shred more than 111,920 pounds of paper to beat the Guinness World Record, currently held by Comerica Bank, Iron Mountain and KDFW FOX 4.
“SDCCU is committed to doing good in our local communities and helping our customers protect their confidential data and privacy,” said Teresa Halleck, San Diego County Credit Union President and CEO. “We are committed to preventing identity theft as well as our efforts to go green with our online banking services, such as eStatements and eReceipts. We’re really having fun with it this year in attempting to set a new world record.”
Qualcomm Stadium in San Diego’s Mission Valley area is home to the San Diego County Credit Union Poinsettia Bowl, the only college football bowl game among the 35 college football games to have a credit union as a title sponsor. The ninth annual game is set for Thursday, Dec. 26, 2013.
San Diego County Credit Union is San Diego’s largest locally-owned financial institution serving San Diego, Riverside and Orange counties. SDCCU has assets of over $6.2 billion, more than 247,000 customers, 31 convenient branch locations and 30,000 surcharge-FREE ATMs. From FREE Checking with eStatements and SDCCU Mobile Deposit, to home and auto loans, Visa® credit cards, money market accounts and business banking services, including commercial real estate loans; SDCCU provides breakthrough banking products that meet the demands of today’s lifestyle and delivers banking services that save customers money. Federally insured by NCUA and is an equal housing lender. For more information, visit www.sdccu.com.