VANCOUVER, Wash., Jan. 7, 2009 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- The U-Haul Company of Southern Washington is offering 30 days of free storage to Centralia and Chehalis area residents who need to move their belongings away from areas which may be affected by flooding.
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 Center Longview 364 Oregon Way Longview, WA 98632 (360) 577-8400 U-Haul Center Olympia 2516 East 4th Olympia, WA 98506 (360) 943-4511
"This flooding has the potential to cause tremendous damage and inflict extreme hardship on the communities we serve," stated Kim Merow, president, U-Haul Company of Southern Washington. "I hope this effort will provide assistance to families that truly need a helping hand in areas that may be affected by flooding. We will continue to help our friends and neighbors during their 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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