The Tribune

LAST month, Sunryse Information Management teamed up with the Bahamas Sickle Cell Association to spread awareness and raise funds during the company's 11th annual 'Shred Day' event.

People were encouraged to bring personal documents to be shredded free of charge at the Western Esplanade. In turn, the country's largest document management company committed to donating $1 for every 10 lbs of shredded paper to the association. Using a mobile destruction unit, technicians from Sunryse Information Management shredded just under 7,500 lbs of confidential files and documents during the 11-hour period. The company donated almost $5,000 to the association.

Participants in Shred Day were able to view the shredding process in real time via a CCTV on the vehicle. They were also able to learn more about the outreach initiatives of the Bahamas Sickle Cell Association and make additional donations to the cause. This year, the company's founders, Chris and Nadine Sawyer, made the decision to donate all proceeds from the event to the organisation. Their daughter, Alisa is a sickle cell anemia fighter.

The Bahamas Sickle Cell Association provides members with funding for medical procedures, sponsors attendance to international summer camps and provides care packages to its membership. To date, an estimated 57,500 lbs of confidential records have been shredded at Shred Day events and approximately $25,000 has been donated to local non-profit organisations as a result of the initiative.