PHOENIX, Oct. 12, 2016 /PRNewswire/ -- Comerica Bank and
storage and information management services company Iron Mountain
Incorporated® (NYSE: IRM) are teaming up to host the third annual
Shred Day Phoenix, a secure document shredding event, on
Saturday, November 5, 2016, from
8 a.m. to 2 p.m. in downtown
Phoenix. The free event, which
will be held in front of Comerica Theatre at 400 West Washington
Street, is offered as a public service to the Phoenix community and designed to raise
awareness of identity theft prevention, hunger and recycling.
Shred Day Phoenix encourages Valley consumers and business
owners to securely destroy sensitive paper documents quickly,
efficiently and free of charge. Again this year, there is no box or
bag limit, meaning guests can bring unlimited amounts of paper for
secure destruction and recycling. In addition, there will be a
dedicated lane for trucks, trailers and vans with large quantities
of paper. One hundred percent of the paper collected at Shred Day
Phoenix will be securely destroyed and then recycled to make future
paper goods.
"We're honored to bring our popular Shred Day Phoenix event back
to downtown for the third consecutive year to help Valley
consumers, small businesses and non-profits securely destroy their
sensitive documents to help reduce the risk of identity theft and
fraud," said Annette G. Musa,
Comerica Bank's Arizona Market President. "Everybody wins
because we're helping prevent fraud, reduce pollution, preserve
landfill space, save trees and feed our community – it's a great
way to spend a few minutes of your Saturday!"
St. Mary's Food Bank volunteers will be onsite to collect
suggested donations of non-perishable food items and cash, although
a donation is not required for admittance. The Phoenix Police
Foundation is also a beneficiary of the event and will be utilizing
a grant from Comerica Bank to support critical non-budgeted needs
and officer recognition programs.
Since launching Shred Day Phoenix in 2014, Comerica Bank and
Iron Mountain have securely
shredded and recycled 227,335 pounds of sensitive documents while
collecting 147,788 meals for constituents of St. Mary's Food Bank
Alliance. Attendance at last year's event increased 61 percent over
year one, along with a 190 percent increase in paper shredded and a
76 percent increase in total meals provided by our generous event
participants.
Comerica Bank and Iron Mountain
have hosted similar shredding events throughout Michigan, California and Texas. Three-time world record holders for the
event, Comerica Bank and Iron
Mountain earned Guinness World Records® honors for the most
paper collected and shredded in a single day at their Shred Day DFW
event in North Texas in 2012, 2014
and 2015.
To learn more about the event, and what types of documents
should be shredded or retained, please visit
www.comerica.com/ShredDayPhoenix.
About Comerica Bank
Comerica Bank is a subsidiary of Comerica Incorporated (NYSE: CMA),
a financial services company strategically aligned by three
business segments: the Business Bank, the Retail Bank and Wealth
Management. Comerica focuses on relationships and helping people
and businesses be successful. Comerica Bank serves as the namesake
for Phoenix's premier
entertainment venue, Comerica Theatre, and operates 19 full-service
banking centers throughout the Phoenix-Scottsdale area. In addition to Arizona, Comerica Bank locations can be found
in its headquarters state of Texas, as well as in California, Florida and Michigan, with select businesses operating in
several other states, as well as in Canada and Mexico. Comerica reported total assets of
$71.3 billion at June 30, 2016. To find us on Facebook, please
visit www.facebook.com/Comerica. Follow Comerica on Twitter at
@ComericaCares and follow Comerica Chief Economist
Robert Dye on Twitter at
@Comerica_Econ.
About Iron Mountain
Iron Mountain Incorporated® (NYSE: IRM) is the global leader in
storage and information management services. Trusted by more than
220,000 organizations around the world, Iron Mountain's real estate network comprises
more than 85 million square feet across more than 1,400 facilities
in 45 countries dedicated to protecting and preserving what matters
most for its customers. Iron
Mountain's solutions portfolio includes records management,
data management, document management, data centers, art storage and
logistics, and secure shredding, helping organizations to lower
storage costs, comply with regulations, recover from disaster, and
better use their information. Founded in 1951, Iron Mountain stores and protects billions of
information assets, including critical business documents,
electronic information, medical data and cultural and historical
artifacts. Visit www.ironmountain.com for more information.
About the Food Bank
Now in its 49th year of serving Arizona, St. Mary's Food Bank
Alliance is a non-sectarian, nonprofit organization that alleviates
hunger by efficiently gathering and distributing food to 330
partner agencies at 500 locations that serve the hungry.
Serving two-thirds of our 15 counties, the organization is a member
of Feeding America, the national network of food banks, and is
committed to volunteerism, building community relationships, and
improving the quality of life for Arizonans in need. In Fiscal Year
2014-15, the Food Bank distributed 66 million pounds of food to
families and individuals and garnered more than 275,000 volunteer
service hours. Web site: www.firstfoodbank.org. Phone:
602-242-FOOD.
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