The event drew approximately 3,000 people, who protected their identities in an environmentally friendly way by bringing 75,488 pounds of documents to be shredded. Veridian partnered with Iron Mountain and On-Site Document Destruction to provide on-site shred trucks for the events at Veridian branches in Ankeny, Cedar Rapids, Iowa City, Waterloo and West Des Moines.

The shredded material will be recycled into commercial grade paper towels, toilet paper and other paper products. Veridian estimates that the Community Shred Day saved 943 trees.

Veridian also partnered with Goodwill Industries’ Reconnect program to help participants safely discard old computer equipment at no cost.

Veridian Credit Union, founded in 1934 in Waterloo, Iowa, is a not-for-profit financial cooperative owned by its members. The credit union offers a full range of consumer financial services and employs more than 500 Iowans throughout 26 branches. For more information, visit www.veridiancu.org or call (800) 235-3228.

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For Immediate Release
October 3, 2011

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Ankeny: More than 1,200 central Iowans brought their confidential documents to Veridian Credit Union’s Ankeny and West Des Moines branches on October 1 for Veridian’s annual Community Shred Day.

Cedar Rapids: More than 26,500 pounds of documents were shredded at Veridian Credit Union’s Eastside Hy-Vee branch in Iowa City and Westdale branch in Cedar Rapids on October 1 for Veridian’s annual Community Shred Day.

Waterloo: Veridian’s Community Shred Day helped approximately 700 people at Veridian’s Ansborough branch properly dispose of confidential documents they no longer needed.