The Broward Sheriff’s Office will hold a dual event Saturday morning at Lauderdale Lakes City Hall. The event will include a prescription drug “take back” and a Shred-A-Thon.
9 a.m. – noon Saturday, May 14
Lauderdale Lakes City Hall
4300 NW 36th Street, Lauderdale Lakes
The prescription drug take back program, operating under the name Operation Medicine Cabinet, allows participants to turn in unused or expired prescription medication to receive a $5.00 gift card (while supplies last).
The Shred-A-Thon provides residents with a safe way to dispose of their personal documents, check stubs, credit card offers, receipts and any other paperwork that contains sensitive information. The service is free of charge. There’s a limit of five boxes per person.
Following very successful years of Shred-A-Thons from 2008 – 2010, during which tens of thousands pounds of documents were shredded, BSO and the Office of the Florida Attorney General are committed to continue helping the community fight identity theft by inviting them to shred their old documents.
The Shred-A-Thon events began in Broward County in May 2008, as a joint initiative by Broward Sheriff Al Lamberti and the Florida Attorney General’s Office, with the assistance of UNISHRED and The National Association of TRIADS.
For more information on the Shred-A-Thon, please call (954) 321-4100. For more information about the prescription drug “take back” event or prescription drug prevention presentations, contact BSO’s External Affairs Division at (954) 831-8902.