The Annual Employee Resource and Volunteer Fair is today, Tuesday, October 2, from noon-1:30 p.m. in Bodek Lounge and the Reading Room, Houston Hall. The purpose of the fair is to provide information to Penn faculty and staff regarding the vast and varied campus resources and services available to them as well as volunteer opportunities. The fair will be open to the entire Penn community. In addition to the Employee Resource Fair there will be a Volunteer Fair organized in tandem with the event. This Volunteer Fair takes place in the Reading Room of Houston Hall. There will be approximately 10-15 local non-profits represented at the fair. The Penn Professional Staff Assembly (PPSA) and the Penn Weekly-Paid Professional Staff Assembly (WPPSA), in partnership with the offices of the Executive Vice President and the Division of Human Resources, co-sponsor this event.

The University Archives and Records Center has arranged for Penn's shredding vendor, DocuVault, to shred personal papers free of charge for Penn employees during the Fair. This shredding service provides a great opportunity to reduce risks—such as the possibility of identity theft—by securely disposing of confidential papers that are no longer needed. The Records Center will also collect personally owned computer hard drives and personal consumer electronics (such as old TVs and monitors) that are brought to the Fair, and arrange for them to be transported at a later date to another Penn vendor, GigaBiter, who will securely dispose of them at no charge to Penn employees.