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Community Shredding Event

Identity protection focus of community shredding event

Now’s the time to clean out your files, your desks and your garage!

 LIVERMORE, Calif. (August 31, 2012) – Identity theft can happen to anyone, anywhere at any time.  In fact, one out of every six Americans was a victim of identity theft in 20081.   If your identity is stolen, it’s more than an inconvenience.  It puts your finances and credit rating at risk – and that’s just the beginning.

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 To help local families protect themselves against identity theft, Thrivent Financial will be sponsoring a community shredding event on Saturday, September 15, from 9:00 am to noon.   This event is free to the public!  An industrial shredding truck will be in the parking lot of Our Savior Lutheran Ministries at 1385 S. Livermore Ave., Livermore, CA (S. Livermore & Concannon).

 For more information, call Beth Young at 925.443.1779 or email Bethany.young@comcast.net

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 Coffee and pastries will be available, so start sorting!  Protect your identity by clearing out your unneeded files!

 (N.B.  The shredding truck is unable to accept boxes; documents will need to be removed from boxes prior to shredding.  All shredding is done on site.)

About Thrivent Financial

Thrivent Financial for Lutherans is a not-for-profit, Fortune 500 financial services membership organization helping approximately 2.6 million members achieve financial security and give back to their communities.  Thrivent Financial and its affiliates offer a broad range of financial products and services including life insurance, annuities, mutual funds, disability income insurance, bank products and more.  As a not-for-profit organization, Thrivent Financial creates and supports national outreach programs and activities that help congregations, schools, charitable organizations and individuals in need.  For more information, visit Thrivent.com.  Also, you can find us on Facebook and Twitter.

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