Community shred event, Ashburn

The Ashburn Village Homeowners Association and the Loudoun County Sheriff's Office are teaming up to hold an identity theft and free shred event for the public May 31.

The event will be from 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. at the the Ashburn Village Mills Recreation Center, 43895 Grottoes Drive in Ashburn.

The event gives residents an opportunity to recycle old paper documents and confidential files safely and securely. The documents will be shredded on site into particle-size paper.

Residents do not need to removed staples or paper clips.

You can bring your paper in boxes and bags.

Some of the items residents may want to bring are old checks/carbon copies of checks, bank statements, pay stubs, receipts, credit card offers, medical information, bills/medical bills and retirement statements. The event is not for businesses.


-- Elizabeth Coe