CHARTER OAK’S ANNUAL FREE SHRED DAY SET FOR APRIL 16TH

Free, Community Shred Day Scheduled for Saturday, April 16th at Dayville, Long Hill Road and Norwich Branch Locations

Groton, CT-March 18, 2011 -The community is invited to take advantage of free shredding services being offered at three Charter Oak Federal Credit Union locations on Saturday, April 16, 2011. Providing the public with a safe and environmentally friendly way to destroy documents containing personal information, the free Shred Day events will take place at Charter Oak’s Dayville, Long Hill Road (Groton) and Norwich offices from 9:00am until Noon.

Joined by Shred-It, Charter Oak sponsors the event in order to help educate and protect the public from the risks of identity theft.  All of the paper collected by Shred-It is shredded, recycled and reused. In addition to urging members to safeguard their personal information in an eco-friendly way, Charter Oak uses the event to help local food banks. Those utilizing the free shredding services on April 16th are urged to bring a canned good donation that will benefit area food pantries.

For more information about Charter Oak Federal Credit Union’s free Shred Day, or to get directions to participating branches, visit www.CharterOak.org or call 860-446-8085.