Shred Events And Operation Backpack
Each spring, we host a free shred event for our members and city employees. The event is free, however we do accept donations of backpacks and school supplies to help raise awareness for Operation Backpack. The Operation Backpack awareness and donation drive collects donations from April - July of each year in both Beach Municipal FCU branch locations.
Our next shred event date is scheduled for April 18, 2026 at our Thalia branch.
All donations are given to the Virginia Beach City Public Schools for students in need for the upcoming school year.
2026: April 18
Location: Beach Municipal FCU Thalia Branch
Time: 10am –1pm. Please do not come early, there will not be parking available. Enter only via the Thalia Branch main entrance.
What to expect: At 10:00 am the Thalia Branch parking lot area will be opened. Beach Municipal FCU employees will direct you to follow the orange cones up to the shred truck. When you reach the truck, please put your vehicle in park. Beach Municipal FCU employees will approach your vehicle to assist you with carrying your boxes to the shred machine. A donation will be accepted at that time. All vehicles will exit onto the side road of the branch.
Limit 4 boxes per vehicle.
During the events, donations of new backpacks or cash donations are accepted, but not required.
Both branches collect donations all summer long. Please contact the marketing department with any questions.
All donations are passed directly to the VBCPS Family & Community Engagement department and given to students during the Virginia Beach City Public School's Back-To-School Care Fair and school-related events.
In 2025, over 7,00 backpacks were distributed to VBCPS students.
| 2023 Donation Totals: | 2024 Donation Totals: | 2025 Donation Totals: |
| Cash and Check Donations: $1,754 | Cash and Check Donations: $1,780 |
Cash and Check Donations: $1,847 |
| Backpacks: 17 | Backpacks: 51 | Backpacks: 31 |
| Pencil packs: 20 | Pencil packs: 35 | Pencil cases: 5 |
| Eraser packs: 6 | Eraser packs: 3 | Colored pencils boxes: 20 |
| Marker sets: 7 | Marker sets: 17 | Crayon boxes: 16 |
| Ruler packs: 2 | Rulers: 7 | Glue stick containers: 5 |
| Crayon sets: 2 | Crayon sets: 32 | Loose leaf paper packages: 17 |
| Gluesticks: 8 | Gluesticks: 13 | Composition books: 9 |
| Sharpeners: 3 | Sharpeners: 14 | Spiral notebooks: 10 |
| Staplers: 2 | Staplers: 1 | Pencil cases: 16 |
| Index Cards: 5 | Index Cards: 2 | Pen cases: 10 |
| Ink Pens: 6 packs | Ink Pens: 26 packs | Mouse: 1 |
| Colored pencils: 8 packs | Colored pencils: 7 packs | Notecard packets: 8 |
| Loose leaf: 15 packs | Loose leaf: 32 packs | |
| Spiral notebooks: 36 | Spiral notebooks: 33 | |
| Folders: 20 | Folders: 107 | |
| Composition books: 4 | Composition books: 37 |