SDCCU is the current Guinness World Records® holder for the most paper shredded in 8 hours

SAN DIEGO, Calif., (May 11, 2026) – San Diego County Credit Union® (SDCCU®), one of San Diego’s largest locally-owned financial institutions, is offering free paper shredding services on Saturday, May 3 from 9 a.m. to 12 p.m. at the following three locations: the SDCCU El Cajon branch at 312 W. Main Street in El Cajon, the SDCCU Murrieta branch at 25165 Madison Ave. in Murrieta, and the SDCCU Operations Center at 6545 Sequence Dr. in Mira Mesa.

“We are very excited to be offering our SDCCU Shred Day event again this year and know this is a highly anticipated community service,” said SDCCU President and CEO Teresa Campbell. “Shredding confidential documents helps reduce the risk of fraud and identity theft, and the upcoming SDCCU Shred Day is a perfect way to properly dispose of confidential documents for free. We encourage everyone to take advantage of this free service!”

The first 200 people at each location who take advantage of SDCCU’s free shredding services will receive a gift. SDCCU members are invited to bring a maximum of two banker boxes per vehicle containing personal and confidential information to be shredded on the spot at no charge in the parking lot of the three SDCCU locations mentioned above. For a full list of acceptable items and additional details, visit sdccu.com/shred.

SDCCU began hosting its Free Shred Day events in 2007 and has since collected, shredded and recycled over 4.5 million pounds of paper at no charge, saving more than 39,000 trees (every 120 pounds shredded represents one saved tree).

SDCCU is one of the nation’s top credit unions and was named one of America’s Best Regional Credit Unions in 2026 by Newsweek, ranked a top credit union in California in 2025 by Forbes, and voted San Diego’s BEST Credit Union for 2025 in The San Diego’s Union-Tribune Readers Poll. SDCCU proudly serves the financial needs of customers in Southern California counties, including Imperial, Los Angeles, Orange, Riverside, San Bernardino, San Diego, San Luis Obispo, Santa Barbara and Ventura. SDCCU has more than 413,000 customers and 30,000 surcharge-FREE ATMs. SDCCU provides breakthrough banking products that meet the demands of today’s lifestyle and delivers banking services that save customers money. SDCCU is leading the way, offering FREE Checking with eStatements, SDCCU mobile banking, mortgage loans, auto loans, Visa® credit cards and business banking services. Federally insured by NCUA. Membership required. Equal Housing Opportunity. NMLS #580585. For more information, visit www.sdccu.com.
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