Community Shred Day

We host Community Shred Days and in-branch shredding opportunities each year in communities across Iowa and eastern Nebraska to help you protect your identity. 

Documents recommended for shredding include anything that contains your identifying information, such as old checkbooks, credit card offers, account statements, etc.  Shredding services are provided by Shred-it.

2025 Dates & Locations

Community Shred Day Events
Our Community Shred Day events are free and open to the public. A maximum of two containers with a 25-pound limit per container will be accepted. Dates are posted for 2025 below.

Location	Date / Time
Ankeny DMACC Ankeny Campus 2006 S. Ankeny Blvd.	April 19 9 a.m. to noon
Cedar Falls Veridian Credit Union office 6525 Chancellor Drive	May 17 Sept. 13 9 a.m. to noon
Omaha Legacy branch 17050 Wright Plaza	Sept. 13 9 a.m. to noon
West Des Moines Maple Grove Elementary School 1455 98th St.	Sept. 13 9 a.m. to noon
Cedar Rapids Westdale branch 2810 Edgewood Rd. SW	Sept. 20 9 a.m. to noon

In-branch Shred Opportunities
Members can safely discard their unwanted, sensitive documents in locked bins located inside select branches during regular business hours . Please limit documents to shred at these locations to 15 pounds per person. Participating branches include:

• Independence
• Oelwein
• Waverly
• West Broadway

How to Prepare

Documents recommended for shredding include anything that contains your identifying information, such as old checkbooks, credit card offers, account statements, etc.  Please avoid bringing magazines, newspapers, coupons or similar items that don't contain your sensitive information. Please follow shred limit guidelines below:

• Community Shred Day events - maximum of two containers, 25-pound limit per container
• In-Branch Shred Opportunities - maximum of 15 pounds per person

More tips for preparing to attend Community Shred Day are available in the video below.

 

Results

Since the first Community Shred Day in 2009, Veridian has helped approximately 57,000 people shred more than 1.4 million pounds of unwanted, sensitive documents. That equates to an estimated 12,565 trees and 2,226 cubic yards of landfill space saved. All shredded paper is recycled into commercial-grade paper towels, toilet paper and other paper products.