North Shore Bank to Host Free Community Shredding Day

North Shore Bank today announced it will hold its sixth annual bank-wide Community Shredding Day on Saturday, May 5, from 9 a.m. to noon. 

People can stop by any of North Shore Bank’s more than 45 Wisconsin branches – including – to have outdated, personal documents securely shredded.

Patch will also be at the event with prizes. We will have a fishbowl in which participants can guess the number of items in the bowl for a chance to win passes to the zoo or the Milwaukee Public Museum.  

“Properly disposing of materials that contain personal information is one of the best ways to guard against identity theft, and North Shore Bank encourages our neighbors and friends to take advantage of this free service during our sixth annual Community Shredding Day,” said Peggy Theisen, security officer for North Shore Bank.  “We collected more than 65,000 pounds of documents for secure shredding last year and as people clear out closets, desk drawers and boxes, we hope to collect even more outdated documents for disposal.”

This year, all Shredding Day attendees are also welcome to enter a drawing during the event to win $1500 of free gas.

While materials will be accepted at all North Shore Bank branches in the area, those who have larger quantities of papers for shredding (up to two boxes) are encouraged to visit one of four branches that will have shredding trucks and specialists on site.

Those locations are:

• Brookfield Square - 15700 W. Bluemound Rd. in Brookfield (two trucks available)
• Fox Point - 600 E. Green Tree Rd. in Fox Point
• Grafton - 2301 Wisconsin Ave. in Grafton (across from Sendik's)
• Southridge - 5101 S. 76th Street in Greendale

All shredded materials will then be recycled.  Tips on how to prevent identity theft, how to decide what to keep or toss, and additional information about Community Shredding Day are available on the bank’s website(shredit.northshorebank.com) and at any North Shore Bank office. 

North Shore Bank, headquartered in Brookfield, is one of the strongest banks in the country.  It has assets of nearly $1.8 billion and more than 45 offices throughout eastern Wisconsin, and northern Illinois. Wisconsin branch locations are in metro Milwaukee, Ozaukee County, Racine, Kenosha, Appleton, Menasha, the Green Bay area, Burlington, Union Grove, Muskego, and Door County. Locate a North Shore Bank office. You can also follow North Shore Bank onFacebook and Twitter.