Northern BC Crime Stoppers will be hosting the spring edition of the Community Shred It event tomorrow. (Saturday)
The event is an opportunity to shred personal or important documents while supporting the Crime Stoppers program.
“There’s a lot of spring cleaning and a lot of people doing some purging,” said Northern BC Crime Stoppers Vice President Ron Polillo.
“We really anticipate it to be a really busy day, but we have this down to almost a science now where we get people through and very quickly. You may have to wait a few minutes if it’s busy, but usually you’re in and out in a few minutes.”
Polillo said they typically see between 200 and 300 vehicles during these fundraisers.
The cost for the service is a minimum donation of $10 per bag or box, and is not meant for business owners. In addition, Mr. Mikes will be on hand dishing out burgers for an additional $5 donation.
“It goes to run the program 24/7, because it runs 365 days a year,” Polillo said.
“This goes to operating costs, it goes to reward money that we hand out for successful tips as well too, and the every day cost of running a very successful program that’s been around in
Prince George for 40 years now.”
Polillo added in that 40 years, nearly $40 million has been recovered in property, cash and drugs directly due to tips from the program.
The event takes place in the PGSS parking lot from 10:00 am to 2:00 pm.
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