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COURIER LIFE, APRIL 22-28, 2022
Let’s get ripped!
Shred your documents for FREE
with Schneps Media and AARP
BY MAC SORENSEN
Identity thieves are
known to mine through
receptacles looking for receipts
and personal documents
to help commit their
fraudulent crimes, which
makes shredding anything
containing your sensitive
information so important.
Schneps Media and
AARP New York want to
help you protect yourselves
from identity thieves by
partnering together to
sponsor seven free shredding
events across the Five
Boroughs and Long Island
in the weeks ahead.
We’re bringing shredder
trucks to seven locations
in April and May
so you can have your unwanted
personal documents
torn to bits. All you
need to do is register at
shred4free.com for any
one of the events.
“We do these events
starting in April because
it’s the end of the tax-filing
season; many taxpayers
like to do a spring cleaning
of their old financial statements
and other records,”
said Wilson Guzman, associate
state director of community
engagement for
AARP New York. “Shredding
old documents is one
of the best defenses to protect
yourself from Identity
theft. Thieves will go
through any length, including
rifling through
dumpsters and other trash
receptacles. It is one of the
main tricks of the scammer’s
trade. Shredding
community events will allow
consumers to discard
sensitive documents safely
and securely. On the other
hand, shredding documents
yourself is time-consuming,
and if you don’t do
it properly, papers can still
be pieced together.”
Each registered person
for the shredding events
are limited to three bags or
small boxes of confidential
documents for destruction.
If you haven’t removed staples
or paper clips, that’s
okay; they can be shredded
along with the documents
with the powerful shredders
on site.
Shredding equipment
will be available for three
hours at each location,
or until full capacity is
reached.
Among the items you
can shred at these free
events include tax information;
investment records;
bank statements; cancelled
checks; pay stubs; ATM
and credit card receipts;
credit card statements; insurance
information; utility
bills; and more.
Here are the seven locations
and dates of the Free
Shred Events coming up:
Bronx (Tuesday, April
26, 11 a.m.-2 p.m., AMC
Bay Plaza Cinema 13 parking
lot, 2210 Bartow Ave.);
Queens (Wednesday, May
4, 11 a.m.-2 p.m., Plaxall
parking lot, 5-25 46th Ave.,
corner of 46th Avenue and
5th Street, Long Island
City); Brooklyn (Wednesday,
May 11, 11 a.m.-2 p.m.,
in front of Erasmus High
School, 914 Flatbush Ave.,
between Church and Snyder
Avenues); Staten Island
(Thursday, May 12,
11 a.m.-2 p.m., Hilton Garden
Inn Staten Island, rear
parking lot, 1110 South
Ave.); Nassau County
(Wednesday, May 18, 11
a.m.-2 p.m., Sunrise Mall,
parking lot adjacent to
Chase Bank, off Sunrise
Highway, Massapequa);
Suffolk County (Thursday,
May 19, 11 a.m.-2 p.m.,
Walt Whitman Shops, 60
Walt Whitman Road, Huntington
Station, near the
Route 110 entrance behind
Citibank); Manhattan (Friday,
May 20, 11 a.m.-2 p.m.,
Adam Clayton Powell Jr.
State Office Plaza, 163 West
125th St., Harlem).
Register to attend at
shred4free.com.
Note: All are expected
to comply with COVID-19
safety precautions consistent
with CDC, federal, state
and local orders/regulations,
and at a minimum, to
wear masks if unvaccinated
and maintain social distance
of 6 feet or more.
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SEE WHAT'S POSSIBLE
WHEN HEALTH CARE
GETS PERSONAL.
* Premium, co-pays, coinsurance and deductibles may vary based on the
level of Extra Help you receive. Please contact plan for further details.
Call to enroll or make an in-person appointment
1-800-469-6292 (TTY 711)
villagecaremax.org 8 am to 8 pm, 7 days a week
VillageCareMAX is an HMO plan with Medicare and New York State Medicaid contracts. Enrollment in VillageCareMAX depends on contract renewal. Service area includes the
following counties: Bronx, Kings (Brooklyn), New York (Manhattan) and Queens. For accommodations of persons with special needs at meetings, call 1-800-469-6292 (TTY: 711).
VillageCareMAX complies with Federal civil rights laws and does not exclude people or treat them differently because of race, color, national origin, age, disability, or sex.
ATENCIÓN: si habla español, tiene a su disposición servicios gratuitos de asistencia lingüística. Llame al 1-800-469-6292 (TTY: 711).注意:如果您使用繁體中文,您可以免費
獲得語言援助服務。請致電1-800-469-6292 (TTY: 711).
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$225 up to FOR:
Over-the-Counter (OTC) items/
Non-prescription drugs and
Grocery items
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