Point Breeze Credit Union Battles Hunger and Identity Theft

Hunt Valley, Md. – December 8, 2015 – On October 31, 2015, Point Breeze Credit Union held successful community initiatives to support the fight against both hunger and identity theft. All Point Breeze Credit Union locations hosted Shred Hunger events, providing access to a massive, commercial document shredder in return for donations of non-perishable food items.

Those who took advantage of shredding services at all three locations brought in more than 23,730 pounds of now destroyed documents. Additionally, more than 3,060 pounds of food were collected during the Shred Hunger events and donated to the Maryland Food Bank. The collected food will provide over 2,550 meals to families in Baltimore and Harford Counties.

Properly destroying documents containing private information is a critical tool in preventing predators from gaining access to and using secure information to steal your identity or fraud your financial assets. Participants were encouraged to shred documents containing personal information including their name, address, phone number, account information, social security number, password and PINs, birthdate or signature.

Currently Point Breeze Credit Union is collecting new, unwrapped toys for the US Marine Corps Reserves Toys for Tots program. Toys will be accepted at all Point Breeze locations through Saturday, December 12, 2015. Collected toys will be distributed by the Marine Corps Reserves to children in Baltimore and Harford Counties.

For more information about Point Breeze’s Toys for Tots collection, visit: www.pbcu.com.

About Point Breeze Credit Union

Point Breeze Credit Union is a member-owned, not-for-profit financial cooperative. Currently, Point Breeze currently has offices located in Hunt Valley, Rosedale and Bel Air. Point Breeze serves more than 500 employer groups and 50,000 members in the Greater Baltimore area, with total assets exceeding $740 million. Our mission is to provide a superior financial experience for our members. We are people helping people achieve their goals and, as neighbors, we believe that a prosperous community benefits all. Point Breeze offers consumer and business checking, savings and loan services. Federally Insured by NCUA. Equal Housing Lender. For more information, please visit www.pbcu.com.