A big thank you to all of you who participated in our 10 on Your Side “Shred-It event” on Saturday, May 16.

Hundreds of people came out, many arrived early, to have their personal documents shredded in the big mobile shredding trucks. In exchange for the service that helps protect your identity, participants brought non-perishable goods for the Foodbank of Southeastern Virginia.

We collected more than 3500 pounds of food for needy families.
Volunteers from Jackson-Hewitt tax services and the Foodbank helped out.

I was at the College Park Shopping Center in Virginia Beach, while Eric Harryman was at the Willow Oaks Shopping Center in Hampton.
The weather was threatening with dark clouds looming most of the time and a few downpours, but it didn’t keep people away.

It was nice to meet new people and reunite with old friends.
We hope to see you at our next Shred-it event in July. Keep checking out wavy.com for exact locations, date and time.

Thanks to everyone who came out to our Shred-It event on Saturday, November 8, 2008.  It was a rainy gray day, but that didn’t stop folks from bringing their bags, boxes and carloads of documents to be securely shredded.

In return, most people brought non-perishable food for the Peninsula Foodbank.   We really met some generous people.  One man stuck around and helped people lift their  items on the Shred-It trucks.  One woman brought an SUV full of cases of canned and boxed goods.  She told us she and her family are fortunate they don’t have to worry about where their next meal is coming from and they want to help others.  Still others donated money to the foodbank.

The weather could’ve been better- but hey, at least it wasn’t snow!! Thanks again to all who stopped by. Stay tuned to WAVY & Fox 43 tv- and online- to find out when the next Shred-It event will be.

WAVY TV partners with Shred-It 4 times a year (February, May, July and November) to offer free community shreds to the citizens of Hampton Roads.  Lots of folks come out and we always get lots of phone calls asking about our next event.

So get all of those old documents-bills, mail, medical records ready- because here’s the information about our next event:

Saturday, November 8th

11a-2p

Farm Fresh

353 Chatham Drive

Newport News, VA

I’ll be there to collect your documents and paperwork you want to keep private. Gather up your stuff and stop by and say hello!!

Cya there!