First National invites residents to bring documents to shred

According to recent Internet statistics, the Federal Trade Commission estimates as many as 9 million Americans have their identities stolen each year. Shredding documents containing personal information is one way to help prevent becoming a victim of such a crime.

‘First National Bank cares about our community and is hosting our first annual Shred Day for everyone in McMinnville and Warren County, not just our customers,’ said Tom Vance, First National Bank president and CEO. ‘Our community Shred Day is an opportunity for citizens to proactively protect themselves by properly destroying important documents and bank records that may contain sensitive, personal information. Identity theft is a very serious crime that has skyrocketed in today’s society and is often committed by individuals who actually dumpster dive and go through trash looking for discarded documents that contain names, addresses, Social Security numbers, bank account numbers, etc. By taking advantage of this opportunity to shred documents, our friends and neighbors can go a long way in preventing the rapid growth of identification fraud.’

People can consider bringing old tax forms, bills, pay stubs, canceled checks, bank statements, etc. The event is free, but please limit material to be shredded to two bankers boxes per person.

For more information, call First National Bank at 473-4402.