ROTARY SHREDDING EVENT RESCHEDULED TO JUNE 7

The New Bern Breakfast Rotary Club, in partnership with Carolina East Medical Center, has rescheduled the Shredding Event on Saturday, June 7, from 10:00 AM to 2:00 PM at 2015 Neuse Blvd., across from the Hospital, site of the former Pollock-Best Funeral Home.

A donation of $10 per box is requested for this fundraiser to support the Rotary Club’s community service projects. Although paper clips or clamps are not a problem, please understand that 3-Ring Binders cannot be shredded.

“One of Rotary International’s Seven Areas of Focus is the Environment. To recognize this commitment, the New Bern Breakfast Rotary Club has held a shredding event in previous years during the Earth Day weekend by providing a safe way to dispose of important papers and documents that are shredded on site,” said Club President, Clifton Pike. “Unfortunately, due to circumstances beyond our control, we had to cancel this event originally scheduled in April. We are so pleased to be able to partner with Carolina East Medical Center for a location that will be easily accessible for anyone wanting to shred their personal documents onsite at the ProShred truck. There will be Rotarians available to unload the boxes, so folks will not even have to get out of their car,” he explained.

This Shredding Event, like the club’s signature fundraiser, the B/S/H/ Oktoberfest on September 27, supports the community donations by the Rotary Club of New Bern Breakfast Charities. “Funds raised by our Rotary Charities are used in our community for such projects as Kicks-4-Kids that provides 300+ pair of new shoes annually to school children in Craven County, as well as five $1,000 scholarships to graduating seniors, four $250 scholarships for students at the VOLT Center, one $1,000 nursing scholarship at Craven Community College. We also support other activities in our community including, but not limited to, the Neuse River Bridge Run, the YMCA, the CarolinaEast Foundation’s Breakfast with Santa, Habitat for Humanity, Bike Box Project, Colors for Cancer,” Pike explained.

For additional information, contact Rotarian Deedra Durocher, coordinator of the Shredding Event, at Deedra.Rotary7720@gmail.com or 252-670-1907.