Free document shredding in Lawrence to benefit community

Event highlights National Consumer Protection Week March 3-9

March 01, 2013 



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What:

LAWRENCE COMMUNITY SHRED DAY where the public can drop by and safely discard all personal, confidential documents – for free.

Who:

Hosted by:
• Richard Pace, Postmaster, Lawrence
• Central Massachusetts Postal Customer Council
• U.S. Postal Inspection Service

Other participants:
• Martha Velez, Executive Director, Lawrence Senior Center
• June Black, Regional & Constituent Services Director, Office of Congress-woman Niki Tsongas
• Highland Shredding On Demand Shredding, LLC
• Marie Finelli, Program Director, Consumer Protection Program, Greater Lawrence Community Action Council

When:

March 6, 2013  —  9:30 a.m.  - 11 a.m.

Where:

Lawrence Senior Center, 155 Haverhill Street Lawrence, MA 01840

Background:

The Lawrence Community Shred Day event, part of National Consumer Protection Week, is free, and open to the public. Consumer Protection experts will be available to answer your questions. You can bring up to three boxes of confidential documents to be shredded and disposed of properly.  Highland Shredding On Demand Shredding, LLC staff unloads your documents and they are immediately placed in a secured, locked container, then destroyed at the shred company’s secured site. In addition to your own information, please give some thought to the seniors in your life that may need assistance disposing of personal and financial documents.

 

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