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A new world record? San Diego County Credit Union offers free document shredding services at Qualcomm on Saturday

San Diego County Credit Union (SDCCU), San Diego’s largest locally-owned financial institution with three local East County branches in El Cajon, La Mesa and Santee, is inviting the public to its SDCCU Super Shred Event featuring free document shredding services from 7 a.m. to 4 p.m. this Saturday, July 20 at the Qualcomm Stadium northwest parking lot located at 9449 Friars Road, San Diego. SDCCU is hoping to shred the Guinness World Record for most shred paper collected in 24 hours. The current world record of 111,920 pounds of paper is held by Comerica Bank, Iron Mountain and KDFW FOX 4 in Dallas.

 

The public is invited to bring their old documents containing personal and confidential information to be shred 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. Shred-It, the world's leading document destruction and recycling company, is providing the shredding equipment.

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The first 1,000 people who take advantage of SDCCU’s free shredding services this Saturday will receive a free gift. Plus, there will be free food and donations will be collected 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 and recycled, saving approximately 4,698 trees.

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“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.

 

SDCCU’s East County branches are located at 312 W. Main St. in El Cajon, 8555 Fletcher Parkway in La Mesa and 286 Town Center Parkway in Santee.

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