Next up is our bi-annual Neighborhood Garage Sale on Saturday, October 15, 2011. If you plan to participate, please send us your address so that we can add you to the list we will publish prior to the sale day.

Also on Saturday, October 15, 2011 the local branch of the Raindrop Foundation, at 12400 Amherst Drive will be holding a Turkish Food and Crafts Fair from noon until 6 pm. All proceeds will benefit the Bastrop restoration efforts.

(And don’t forget about the Neighborhood Garage Sale Day, April 30th. Send us your address if you want to participate.)

Shred Day 2011 Saturday, April 16, 2011

8:00 a.m. – 1:30 p.m.

Austin High Parking Lot

1715 W. Cesar Chavez

With the increased awareness of identity theft, it’s important to dispose of personal records carefully. To highlight this, the Austin Chapter of ARMA International, Financial Fitness Greater Austin and the City of Austin is sponsoring a Free event to help individuals and families with:

• Home records management
• Identity theft protection
• Recycling

Households can bring up to five file boxes of paper records for shredding. A mobile shredding truck from Balcones Shred will be on-site to shred the material.

Restrictions:

• No wet material
• No plastics/binders
• No electronic media

No three-ring binders In lieu of a fee for the service, monetary donations will be accepted for the Capital Area Food Bank.