Bronx Borough President visits South Bronx shredding company SHREDability

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Bronx Borough President greets SHREDability Workers

BRONX, NY (04/21/2014)(readMedia)-- Bronx Borough President Ruben Diaz, Jr. visited a secure document destruction facility in the South Bronx that focuses on hiring Bronx community members with disabilities. SHREDability, a service provided through AHRC New York City, employs 18 individuals with intellectual and developmental disabilities with 17 of them living and working in the Bronx. Bronx Borough President Diaz believes in the program wholeheartedly "This is an amazing business model, I always tell people 'think different,' 'think the Bronx.' So when you get SHREDability, the work that they've been doing here, the service that they provide, hiring [Bronx residents], making sure that they are doing that on an equal scale so that those who have certain disabilities also get job opportunities, this is exactly what we are trying to promote." Steve Towler, an Assistant Executive Director at AHRC New York City, was thrilled to welcome the Borough President, and believes "...that this site visit will bring more attention to our program to allow us to expand our placement of disabled individuals [at SHREDability]." The workers at SHREDability were very proud to welcome their Borough President and happy for the opportunity to discuss the work they do at SHREDability with their important guest. For more information on SHREDability their website's address is http://www.shredability.org or they can be reached by phone 1-347-498-1354. Video and photos of the visit are available upon request.

AHRC New York City provides lifelong services for Individuals with Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities in all aspects of their lives. On an annual basis, they serve over 16,000 individuals. Founded in the Bronx in 1949, AHRC New York City's services include residences, schools, camps, clinics, day habilitation programs, recreation programs, and employment services throughout all 5 boroughs. In the Bronx alone, their Employment and Business Services department serves approximately 400 individuals with disabilities to help them obtain, and maintain employment in the community.

SHREDability is a sustainable, Hunts Point based, social enterprise providing secure document destruction to the Bronx and greater NYC communities. SHREDability provides employment to 18 individuals with intellectual and developmental disabilities in an integrated community based business. SHREDability provides professional, customized, secure, document destruction services to over 300 private businesses, 66 of which are located in the Bronx. All services provided are unique to the customer and their needs. All customers receive customized pick up schedules from any location, tracking of all containers in a locked vehicle, and digital video recording of the destruction process from beginning to end. All shredded paper is pulped at a USA based mill, then recycled and turned into post-consumer goods, saving trees, water, power and landfill space. SHREDability was developed by AHRC New York City for people with Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities to become employed in an integrated community based job.