U-Haul Is Offering 30 Days of Free Storage to Families Affected by Recent Tornados in the Neighboring Communities of Springfield, Illinois

Friday, August 21, 2009 9:54 AM

SPRINGFIELD, Ill., Aug. 21 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- The U-Haul Company of Illinois is offering 30 days of free storage to families affected by recent tornados. Families needing more information about the 30-days-free self-storage assistance program should contact the storage facilities listed below.

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In addition to the 30-days-free self-storage assistance, people needing boxes can take advantage of the U-Haul Take a Box, Leave a Box Program. The program enables customers to return their reusable boxes and allows others to take them as needed - FREE. U-Haul encourages anyone who has any type of reusable box to drop it off at the nearest U-Haul location and allow another family to reuse the box, free of charge, instead of throwing the reusable box into the recycling bin.

Families needing more information about the 30-days-free self-storage assistance program should contact:

    U-Haul Center Stevenson Drive
    1032 Stevenson Drive
    Springfield, IL 62703
    217-786-2100
    U-Haul Center Bruns Lane
    410 North Bruns Lane
    Springfield, IL 62702
    217-546-2730

"These tornados have caused tremendous damage and inflicted extreme hardship on the communities we serve," stated Jay Bjork, president, U-Haul Company of Illinois. "I hope this effort will provide assistance to families that truly need a helping hand. We will continue to help our friends and neighbors in this time of need."

About U-Haul

Since 1945, U-Haul has been the best choice for the do-it-yourself mover, with a network of more than 15,800 locations in all 50 United States and 10 Canadian provinces. U-Haul customers' patronage has enabled the U-Haul fleet to grow to approximately 101,000 trucks, 76,000 trailers and 34,000 towing devices. U-Haul offers more than 395,000 rooms and approximately 35 million square feet of storage space at nearly 1,090 owned and managed facilities throughout North America. U-Haul is the consumer's number one choice as the largest installer of permanent trailer hitches in the automotive aftermarket industry. U-Haul supplies alternative-fuel for vehicles and backyard barbecues as one of the nation's largest retailers of propane.

U-Haul was founded by a Navy veteran who grew up in the Great Depression. Tires and gas were still rationed or in short supply during the late 1940s when U-Haul began serving U.S. customers. Today, that background is central to the U-Haul Sustainability Program: "Serving the needs of the present without compromising the ability of future generations to meet their own needs." Our commitment to reduce, reuse and recycle includes fuel efficient moving vans, neighborhood proximity, moving box reuse, moving pads made from discarded material and packing peanuts that are 100 percent biodegradable. Learn more about these facts and others at www.uhaul.com/sustainability.

    Contact:
    Joanne Fried
    Ashleigh Wagner
    U-Haul Public Relations
    (602) 263-6194
    publicrelations@uhaul.com

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