ROCKFORD (WIFR) -- Alpine Bank is holding its biannual fall Community Shred Day on Saturday, September 11, 2010, from 9 am until noon in the parking lot of Alpine Bank’s Belvidere Downtown Branch located at 600 S. State Street in Belvidere. For the third consecutive year, Alpine Bank is hosting this FREE event open to the entire community.

Attendees, without leaving the comforts of their vehicles, will be able to drop off their documents at the “shredding drive-thru” and watch Paper Recovery Service Corporation shred them during the event on site free of charge.

People are invited to bring a maximum of 2 boxes/bags of the following materials to be shredded: clean paper of any color, file folders of any color, papers containing staples, paper clips, rubber bands, and/or small binders. Materials that cannot be shredded include: trash, cardboard, telephone books, hardcover books, hanging folders, 3-ring binders, lever-arch binders, and any plastics, including computer disks, CDs, DVDs, VCR tapes, ID badges, x-rays, transparencies, and etc. Identity theft continues to be a serious growing crime in the United States. As noted on the Federal Trade Commission’s Web site, nearly 9 million Americans are victims of some form of identity theft each year. Shredding personal documents and information is just one way to void becoming a victim. At the last Community Shred Day held in April, Alpine Bank collected shredded documents weighing a total of 16,500 lbs. All of the shred collected at this event will be recycled by Paper Recovery Service Corporation.

Alpine Bank hosts two Community Shred Days each year – one in the spring and one in the fall.

More Information For more information about this Community Shred Day, visit www.bankalpine.com or call 815.398.6500. For more information about identity theft and other important security tips, visit www.bankalpine.com/security.