NEXT EVENT:
Yakima:
April 2026
More details to follow
Grandview:
April 2026
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Toppenish:
April 2026
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Thank you, Yakima County, for making our communities safer!
Please join us on Saturday, October 25th from 9-1 at the Yakima Chamber of Commerce for our fall Shreds & Meds event! Donations will be accepted for the Yakima County DOC K9s, Luka and Scout. Please come meet the dogs!
The safe destruction of documents reduces the risk of identity theft and safely discarding unwanted/unused medications reduces the risk of youth experimenting with prescription pills.
We also held our spring “Shreds & Meds” event in Yakima and Grandview and collected over 11,000 pounds of shreds and over 340 pounds of unwanted/unused medications in only 3 hours.
Our April 2025 Impact
Over 11,000 pounds of shreds collected
Over 320 pounds of medication collected
62 safety storage
lock bags
180 medication mail-back and destruction envelopes
Our October 2024 Impact
Over 11,000 pounds of shreds collected
Over 240 pounds of medication collected
200 safety & firearm trigger locks distributed
400 dispose Rx packets distributed
Twice a year, in April and October, Safe Yakima Valley REACH coalition partners with Crime Stoppers and the Yakima County Sheriff’s Office to host a "Shreds & Meds" event. The public is invited to safely drop off their expired or unused medications and drugs, no questions asked. Community members may also bring in their important documents to safely discard minimizing their exposure to identity theft.
Safe Yakima Valley also handed out Dispose Rx packets, drug de-activation packets designed to safely dispose of unused/unwanted medications at home.
Robert Udell, Yakima County Sheriff
“This is a great event for our valley. Getting drugs off of our streets creates safer homes for our families, less crime, and a safer community for our officers.”
Shawn Boyle, Chief of Yakima Police Department
"Anytime we can get together and help as a group and as a community make this a safer place to live and work and visit, it's a great opportunity for us to partner."
Mark Peterson, President of Yakima County Crime Stoppers.
"I want Yakima to be a great safe place. I love Yakima, Yakima is a cool place, and just making [it] a little bit safer—I think that's what people want, and so get involved in your community,"
THANK YOU TO OUR SPONSORS
who support the work we do to keep our communities drug-free!
Cashmere Valley Bank
CI Shred
Greater Yakima Chamber of Commerce
Leonard Rickey
El Triunfo
Yakima Valley Farm Worker's Clinic
Yakima Police Department
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