MAGEE, Miss., March 27, 2009 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- U-Haul Company of Mississippi is offering 30 days of free storage to families who were hit by the recent tornado in Magee, Mississippi. Families needing more information about the 30-day-free self-storage assistance program should contact the following storage facilities.
In addition to the free storage program, 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. U-Haul also has propane available and urges customers to stop in to ensure that their propane tanks are topped off, since propane is a good thing to have on hand when these storms come through.
U-Haul Center Broadway 918 Broadway Drive Hattiesburg, MS 39401 601-545-2551 U-Haul Storage Hattiesburg 1303 West 7th Street Hattiesburg, MS 39401 601-544-7856 U-Haul Center Northview 4181 Northview Drive Jackson, MS 39206 601-368-9323 U-Haul Storage Gibraltar 1414 Gibraltar Drive Jackson, MS 39204 601-372-5764 U-Haul Center Westside 2234 Highway 80 West Jackson, MS 39204 601-352-2607 U-Haul Center of Pearl 2203 Highway 80 East Pearl, MS 39208 601-939-4770
"This tornado has caused tremendous damage and inflicted extreme hardship on the communities we serve," stated Doug Weston, president, U-Haul Company of Mississippi. "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."
Since 1945, U-Haul has been the first choice of do-it-yourself movers, 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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