GAF serves over 475 residents at shredding event
The Golden Age Foundation (GAF) held a shredding event March 14 and served 475 residents as volunteers braved the cold and windy weather. It was the highest number of people so far.
Despite the wet, cold weather, volunteers continued on throughout the consistent rain for the two-hour service.
A record number of cars streamed steadily for two hours. GAF volunteers worked hard to keep up with the traffic, which never slowed down until the end.
Security Director Victor Rocha and two other security officers directed the traffic to avoid any incident.
The drop-off method once again worked extremely well for the organization. GAF volunteers retrieved the items from the residents’ cars, which made it so much easier for everyone.
The next shredding event will be held on Tuesday, July 11. The GAF asks residents to place their shredding bags either in the passenger’s seat or trunk of their vehicles to stay in their cars.
For the next shredding event, the GAF asks the community to put all documents to be shredded in open paper bags and plastic bags; no boxes will be accepted. The Mobile Shredding Company has asked residents to untie the plastic bags to prevent truck fire.
Volunteers had to remove file hangers, binder paper clips and other non-paper items from tied plastic bags that would cause the shredding truck trouble. The GAF asks the community to remove all metal objects from files before bringing documents to the next shredding event.
TheGAF appreciates volunteers Carl Kennedy, Rosemarie Da Roza, Dave Forny, Ren Villanueva, Caryn Lynn Stel, Teresa Danton, and Anna Derby for their services. It couldn’t come a better time to have great help when the club needed it badly. Shery Wells also stood in the rain to collect donations from shareholders.
The GAF would like to thank those who dropped off generous donations to make the recordbreaking total in the last six years since GAF began taking the shredding event under the service program. The GAF is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit foundation.
For more information, go to www.GoldenAgeFdn.org. —Anna Derby
