In This Issue
What To Shred
FTC Fines Las Vegas Man for Dumping Records
Security Tip of the Month
Recipe of the Month
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Environmental Savings Report
In January Allshred Services shredded and recycled1,132,596 pounds of paper!
This means by using our services you have helped save9,627 trees,3,964,086gallons of water,2,321,822 kwh of electricity, 215,193 gallons of oil and have saved over1,869 cubic yards of landfill space this year!
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Green Tip of Month
Valentine's Day Green Tip
Instead of giving Dora or Spiderman Valentines, why not eliminate all that paper waste with a cookie
Valentines?
Use your favorite sugar cookie recipe and a heart shape cookie cutter. You can even have your child help decorate theindividual cookies for his or her classmates.
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Valentine's Day Fun Facts
- In 1537, England's King Henry VII officially declared February 14th the holiday of St. Valentine's.
- More than 35 million heart-shaped boxes of chocolate will be sold for Valentine's Day.
- About 3% of pet owners will give Valentine's Day gifts to their pets.
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Brain Shredder
Every student in a second grade class sends a valentine to each of the other students in the class, for a total of 306 valentines. How many students are in the class?
**Please look in theMarch's newsletter to find the answer!
January's Brain Shredder Answer:
A window
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Yoda's Corner
Everyone at Allshred is anticipating Spring.
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What to Shred
Getting organized and cleaning out old files is a great way to start off the New Year. As many of you begin your clean-outs please remember to discard anything with your personal or company's information. This means anything from credit card information all the down to daily phone messages. Listed below are a few items to help remind you What To Shred.
- Bids and quotations
- Applications for employment
- Signatures
- Budget plans
- Invoices
- Customer Lists
- Accounting Information
- Personnel records
- Legal contracts
To read more on What To Shred please go to our website.
To schedule a clean-out please contact our customer service departmentor call 1-800-2B-SHRED.
FTC Fines Las Vegas Man for Dumping Records
The FTC finalized a $35,000 settlement with a Las Vegas real estate broker for dumping40 boxes of customer financial records in a public dumpster.
This is just another reminder how important it is to shred your confidential material.
To read this article in its entirety, please click here.
Customer Spotlight
Provided by:
Firelands Federal Credit Union is a full-service financial institution with offices in Bellevue, Norwalk, Bucyrus and Galion, Ohio. Because our members own the credit union, the earnings on the credit union's business activities are returned to the member-owner in the form of higher earnings on savings, lower rates on loans and a wide range of related financial services at the lowest possible cost.
Firelands Federal Credit Union had its humble beginnings at the railroad in 1955, when seven Nickel Plate employees joined together to form a financial savings club. Each of them put in $5-$10 and they applied for a charter from the federal government. Chartered in 1957, Firelands Federal Credit Union presently serves over 24,000 members. During its first 15 years, the credit union was open only to railroad employees, but in 1970, opened its membership to include anyone who lives or works in the community.
To learn more about Firelands Federal Credit Union visit www.firelandsfcu.org.
If you are interested in having your company featured in the next Customer Spotlight, please email Lindsey Orlando at lorlando@allshredservices.com
Recipe of the Month
Strawberry Swirl Cheesecake
Submitted By: Karen Adams
Director of First Impressions
What You Need:
- 1 cup graham cracker crumbs
- 3 Tbsp. sugar
- 3 Tbsp. butter, melted
- 5 pkg. (8 oz each) cream cheese, softened
- 1 cup sugar
- 3 Tbsp. flour
- 1 Tbsp. vanilla
- 1 cup sour cream
- 4 eggs
- 1/3 cup seedless strawberry jam
How to Make It:
HEAT oven to 325°F. Line 13x9-inch pan with foil, with ends of foil extending over sides. Mix cracker crumbs, 3 Tbsp. sugar and butter; press onto bottom of pan. Bake 10 min.
BEAT cream cheese, 1 cup sugar, flour and vanilla in large bowl with mixer until well blended. Add sour cream; mix well. Add eggs, 1 at a time, mixing on low speed after each just until blended. Pour over crust. Gently drop small spoonfuls of jam over batter; swirl with knife.
BAKE 40 min. or until center is almost set. Cool completely. Refrigerate 4 hours. Lift cheesecake from pan with foil handles before cutting to serve.
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