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IBM Southeast Employees’ Federal Credit Union to host free, community shred days
Local Credit Union Raises Identity Theft Awareness
DELRAY BEACH, FL (March 30, 2015) — IBM Southeast Employees’ Federal Credit Union is pleased to announce that they will be hosting spring Shred Days at all six of their South Florida branches during the month of April 2015. According to the Javelin Strategy & Research’s 2014 Identity Fraud Study, someone becomes an identity theft victim every two seconds. This free, community-wide event will raise awareness about identity theft and ways to protect oneself.
Locations and dates of the Shred Days are as follows:
Boca Raton Branch
790 Park of Commerce Blvd., Boca Raton, FL 33487
Tuesday, April 7, 2015, 10:00 a.m. – 1:00 p.m.
Cypress Creek Branch
1500 NW 62nd St. Ste. 308 Fort Lauderdale, FL 33309
Tuesday, April 7, 2015, 10:00 a.m. – 1:00 p.m.
PGA Branch
300 Avenue of the Champions Ste. 115 Palm Beach Gardens, FL 33418
Wednesday, April 8, 2015, 10:00 a.m. – 1:00 p.m.
Port St. Lucie Branch
2100 NW Courtyard Circle Port St. Lucie, FL 34986
Wednesday, April 8, 2015, 10:00 a.m. – 1:00 p.m.
Delray Beach Branch
1000 NW 17th Ave., Delray Beach, FL 33445
Tuesday, April 14, 2015, 10:00 a.m. – 1:00 p.m.
West Palm Beach Branch
3301 Gun Club Road, Building B-2 West Palm Beach, FL 33416
Tuesday, April 14, 2015, 10:00 a.m. – 1:00 p.m.
MicroShred LLC, a non-affiliated, third-party service provider of IBM SECU will be on site to safely dispose of financial and personal documents. The event will help Members and non-members free up space, eliminate unnecessary theft and security risks, and give them an opportunity to get rid of old, outdated, and useless files. IBM SECU will have experts on site to answer your ID Theft and fraud questions as well as provide free Credit Monitoring and ID Theft/Fraud Protection materials to attendees. Free refreshments will be served, giveaways and a shredder will be raffled off during each Shred Day event.
Members and non-members are encouraged to bring up to ten boxes of paper documents. For a list of accepted materials please visit our “Upcoming Events” page on our website or our Facebook Shred Day event.
Michael Miller, CEO of IBM Southeast EFCU, stated that providing free, ID Theft protection events to our Members and the communities we serve is very important to us. “We are very excited to provide this opportunity to our Members and the community to purge personal documents. This free event could possibly protect them from identity theft.”
About IBM Southeast Employees’ Federal Credit Union
IBM Southeast Employees’ Federal Credit Union, established in 1969, is one of the nation’s largest Credit Unions with more than 75,000 Members worldwide and approaching $900 million in assets. A Credit Union is a not-for-profit financial institution that is owned by its Members. Credit Unions generally offer high-yield deposits, low interest-rate loans and low fee structures. IBM Southeast EFCU offers a complete range of products and services including: Checking and Savings accounts, Money Market accounts, Certificates, IRAs, First and Second Mortgages, Car Loans, Visa® Credit Cards, Business Services, and much more.