CHICAGO – Area residents are invited to protect themselves from identity theft by taking advantage of a free document shredding event at the Chicago High School for Agricultural Sciences Saturday, Aug. 11.

State Senator Bill Cunningham and State Rep. Fran Hurley are co-hosting the service, which will take place from 9 to 11 a.m. at the school, located at 3857 W. 111th St., Chicago.

Residents can bring confidential documents that are printed with personally identifiable information to be safely shredded. This includes old bank statements, old pay stubs, tax returns older than 7 years, bills, receipts, invoices, credit card applications and outdated medical records. (More details about what will or won’t be accepted can be found below.)

Some restrictions apply:

• The service is free and available to residents of the 18th Senate District and the 35th House District. No commercial document shredding available.
• Participants are limited to two boxes per car.
• Paper clips, staples and other bindings should be removed from all documents before shredding.
• Cardboard boxes may not be left at the event site.
• Shredding will be done until the shred trucks reach capacity.

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WORTH – Area residents are invited to protect themselves from identity theft by taking advantage of a free document shredding event in Worth Friday, July 13.

State Senator Bill Cunningham and State Rep. Fran Hurley are co-hosting the service, which will take place from 1 to 3 p.m. at Worthwoods School, 11000 Oketo Ave. in Worth.

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Residents can protect their identities by shredding confidential documents

PALOS PARK – Area residents are invited to protect themselves from identity theft by taking advantage of a free document shredding event in Palos Park Friday, July 13.

State Senator Bill Cunningham and State Rep. Fran Hurley are co-hosting the service, which will take place from 1 to 3 p.m. at Palos South Middle School, 7700 W. 127th St.

Residents can bring confidential documents that are printed with personally identifiable information to be safely shredded. This includes old bank statements, old pay stubs, tax returns older than 7 years, bills, receipts, invoices, credit card applications and outdated medical records. (More details about what will or won’t be accepted can be found below.)

Some restrictions apply:

• The service is free and available to residents of the 18th Senate District and the 35th House District. No commercial document shredding available.
• Participants are limited to two boxes per car.
• Paper clips, staples and other bindings should be removed from all documents before shredding.
• Cardboard boxes may not be left at the event site.
• Shredding will be done until the shred trucks reach capacity.

In addition to helping people protect their personal information, shredding documents helps keep paper out of landfills.

For more information, call Senator Cunningham’s office at 773-445-8128.

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