Free Shredding Services Offered at the Foothills Community Business Expo

The Foothills Community Business Expo is just around the corner. It’s being held on Wednesday, Sept. 14 from
5 p.m. to 7:30 p.m. at USC Verdugo Hills Hospital. At the Expo you will find many businesses from La Crescenta, Montrose and La Cañada Flintridge sharing with you the services that they offer. There will also be free food from several local restaurants in the area for you to sample and enjoy while you walk around.

Another highlight of the event is that there will be free document “shredding” services available in the lower hospital parking lot. This service is being provided by Republic Services and SCORE of Greater Los Angeles to anyone who wants to come by. According to Dick Mader from Score, “I always shred old documents, not just throw them away. If you discard them in the trash, they may end up in the hands of identity thieves.”

A shredding truck will be parked in the lower hospital parking lot on the east side of the hospital starting at 5 p.m. Local residents and business owners may bring old documents to be shredded and turned to confetti on-site. The California Association of CPAs recommends shredding the following items after a year: IRA and 401(k) quarterly reports and bank statements (keeping only the statements that contain tax deductible information), utility and service bills, monthly documents for brokerage accounts (once you receive the year-end statement, credit card statements that don’t have any tax deductions or large purchase items on them needed for insurance purchases) and pay stubs once you receive your W2 from your employer. To participate just bring your documents in a box to the lower level parking lot of the hospital. You will drive through a line where your boxes will be taken out of your car for you and your documents shredded while you wait! It couldn’t be any easier than that. We hope to see you all there.

Please join us for our Oktoberfest kick off mixer at Citibank in Montrose from
6 p.m. to 8 p.m. at 2350 Honolulu Ave. There will be bratwurst and potato salad provided by Schreiner’s Fine Sausages and Samuel Adams Oktoberfest beer.

On Oct. 1, join us for the 39th Annual Oktoberfest in Montrose from noon to
11 p.m. For all the details follow us on Facebook or log onto
www.montroseoktoberfest.com.

Montrose-Verdugo City Chamber of Commerce: Your source for all things local! Our mission is to actively support and enrich the community, vitality and pride of Montrose, to help preserve the historic district and small town atmosphere, to promote economic stability and positive, productive relationships within Montrose and the surrounding communities.

Upcoming Events
Foothills Community Business Expo on Wednesday, Sept. 14 from 5 p.m. to 7:30 p.m. at USC Verdugo Hills Hospital council rooms – fourth floor, 1812 Verdugo Blvd, Glendale.

Oktoberfest kick-off mixer on Wednesday, Sept. 28 from 6 p.m. to 8 p.m. at Citibank Montrose, 2350 Honolulu Ave.

Oktoberfest on Saturday, Oct. 1 from noon to 11 p.m. in the 2200, 2300, 2400 blocks of Honolulu Ave, Montrose.

  melinda clarke