Crime Stoppers hosts Shredding Day fundraiser today at Mary Maxim parking lot

By Casandra Turnbull

Today only, in Paris, you can get rid of that paperwork cluttering your home office, while supporting a vital service in the community.

Crime Stoppers Brant-Brantford is hosting a Shredding Day fundraiser in the parking lot of Mary Maxim from 9 am until noon. Norfolk Shredding has volunteered its services to support Crime Stoppers, ensuring 100% of the proceeds go directly back to the local chapter. For $10 per banker’s box, or five banker’s boxes for $35, you can get rid of any confidential paperwork and know it will be securely destroyed by professionals.

The donated proceeds will be dispersed in support of Crime Stoppers projects, operating expenses and anonymous cash payouts to the TIPS program, said Crime Stoppers Brant-Brantford Board Chair John Hart. Crime Stoppers is a non-profit, volunteer based organization whose mission is to mobilize communities to provide information on crime anonymously.

“The convenience, guaranteed security and disposal of sensitive personal records at below market rates further benefits the community and expands Crime

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Stoppers awareness,” said Hart in an email with The Paris Independent.

Fundraising revenue during a time when Canadians are struggling with inflation and rising mortgage rates is extremely difficult, Hart acknowledged. So, they had to think outside the box and come up with an idea that was practical yet financially beneficial. Recognizing the relationship Norfolk Shredding had with Norfolk Crime Stoppers, the Brant-Brantford branch approached the Norfolk family-owned business to pitch the idea of a twice a year collaboration in Brant and Brantford. Another Shredding day is planned later this year (to be determined) in Brantford.