Navajo County Coalition Against Drug Abuse partners with the Pinetop-Lakeside Sanitary District (PLSD) to help citizens protect their identity. This first Community Shred-A-Thon event is part of a statewide effort to make Martin Luther King, Jr. Day, Jan. 19, “a day on instead of a day off”.

Protect yourself from identity theft while you protect the environment. It’s free and easy. Anyone is invited to bring documents, papers and cardboard waste to the PLSD from 8-11 am, Jan. 19. Confidential documents may be offloaded directly on to the conveyer belt that takes them into the massive digester, mixing the paper with sludge that within hours is turned into unidentifiable residue that is used for landscape compost.

This event is a great opportunity to properly dispose of old bank statements, bills, tax records, and protect your identity. Document shredding is at no cost. However, tax-deductible donations to Friend of the Coalition will be gladly accepted. Participants will be eligible for a drawing for a Black and Decker home paper shredder donated by Walmart. Other prizes include recycled items donated by the Arizona Department of Environmental Quality Northeastern Arizona Recycling Committee.

Volunteer to assist on Jan. 19 by contacting the Coalition at navcoantimeth@gmail.com
For more information on the Coalition and its activities, visit www.navajocountydrugproject.com