Ready to Shred on New Year's Eve?

Ready to Shred on New Year's Eve?

There a lot of ways to celebrate the arrival of the new year this year: a few million will be freezing their buns off in Times Square watching that giant crystal ball drop; many others will be out shakin' their booty at their favorite hotspot; still more will be spending a quiet evening either at home or at a friend's home sharing the moment and some bubbly in relative privacy, and watching the ballyhoo at Times Square on TV. And then, there will be those intrepid souls at First Night in Hartford, CT who choose to spend some time...shredding. No, I don't mean shredding as in wicked fast guitar playing, or even shooting down a snow-covered hill on a snowboard. I mean shredding.

As in PAPER.

Wallingford, CT's ProShred, a document security company, will be providing a 26-foot industrial shredding truck for people to use while at First Night in Hartford's Bushnell Park. Co-owner David Symonds says it's a good way to start out 2012 on a good note by shredding any bad memories of 2011. He came up with the idea after seeing similar shredders in use in Times Square during a past New Year's Eve celebration. If you have something on paper you want to get rid of, whether it's a report card, a mortgage, Dear John letters, pink slips, or some other paper connected with bad memories, you're invited to bring them to First Night and watch the shredded makes history out of them. If you don't have anything available, there will be blank sheets of paper on hand so you can write something down and excise whatever demons that happened to plague you in the past year. Sort of a paper exorcism, if you will.

Hey, whatever works...

ProShred is located at 801 No. Main Street Extension in Wallingford, and specializes in destroying secure documents for companies and individuals who don't want their security compromised and don't want to do the time-consuming work themselves. They can be reached at (203) 303-8500, or 1-87-PROSHRED (1-877-767-4733).

First Night Hartford will feature music, fireworks, and comedy and magic shows. Tickets are $10.00 for adults, $2.00 for kids 3-15, and free for kids 2 and under.