PHOENIX, July 1, 2008 (PRIME NEWSWIRE) -- The U-Haul Company of Western Arizona is offering 30 days of free storage to Prescott Valley area families who have been asked to evacuate or need to move their belongings away from the areas affected by recent wildfires. In addition to the 30-days-free self-storage assistance being offered, families 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 unused 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 recycle bin. Families needing more information about the 30-days-free self-storage assistance program and the Take a Box, Leave a Box Program should contact the following storage facilities.
U-Haul Storage Verde Valley 1650 East Cherry Street Cottonwood, AZ 86326 (928) 634-5180 U-Haul Center Prescott 2122 Highway 69 Prescott, AZ 86301 (928) 776-4805
"These fires have the potential to cause tremendous damage and inflict incredible hardship on the communities we serve," stated Jason Turcotte, president, U-Haul Company of Western Arizona. "I hope this effort will provide assistance to families that truly need a helping hand in areas affected by these fires. We will continue to help our friends and neighbors in this time of need."
To learn more about the U-Haul Take a Box, Leave a Box Program, and to see the other helpful options available to consumers, such as the Online Box Exchange, please visit: http://www.uhaul.com/sustainability/boxes/.
Since 1945, U-Haul has been the undisputed choice for the do-it-yourself mover, with a network of more than 15,650 locations in all 50 United States and 10 Canadian provinces. U-Haul customers' patronage has enabled the Company to maintain a fleet size of 96,000 trucks, 75,000 trailers and 35,000 towing devices. U-Haul offers more than 387,000 rooms and more than 34 million square feet of storage space at more than 1,075 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.
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