OKLAHOMA CITY, April 10, 2009 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- The U-Haul Company of Oklahoma City is offering 30 days of free storage to Oklahoma City area residents who have been evacuated or need to move their belongings away from the areas affected by the recent fires.
In addition to the 30-days-free self-storage assistance being offered, 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 the following storage facilities.
U-Haul Downtown U-Haul Crossroads 100 SE 2nd Street 6027 S High Avenue Oklahoma City, OK 73129 Oklahoma City, OK 73149 (405) 235-9446 (405) 631-0491 U-Haul Center Quail Springs U-Haul Storage Hefner 721 W Memorial Road 421 W Hefner Road Oklahoma City, OK 73114 Oklahoma City, OK 73114 (405) 751-2525 (405) 755-0406 U-Haul MacArthur Park U-Haul Storage Lincoln 6500 NW Expressway Street 2500 NE 36th Street Oklahoma City, OK 73132 Oklahoma City, OK 73111 (405) 721-0674 (405) 424-5442 U-Haul Southside U-Haul Storage Bethany 3101 SW 29th Street 2425 N MacArthur Boulevard Oklahoma City, OK 73119 Oklahoma City, OK 73127 (405) 681-5327 (405) 787-2450 U-Haul Storage Stillwater U-Haul Center Cache Road 5715 West 6th Street 1102 Cache Road Stillwater, OK 74074 Lawton, OK 73501 (405) 624-3434 (580) 248-8472
"These fires have already caused tremendous damage and inflicted extreme hardship on the communities we serve," stated Brett Hogan, president, U-Haul Company of Oklahoma City. "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."
Since 1945, U-Haul has been the undisputed choice for the do-it-yourself mover, with a network of more than 15,950 locations in all 50 United States and 10 Canadian provinces. U-Haul customers' patronage has enabled the U-Haul fleet to grow to more than 100,000 trucks, 78,500 trailers and 31,100 towing devices. As a result, U-Haul offers more than 384,000 rooms and more than 33.8 million square feet of storage space at more than 1,055 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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