DES MOINES, Iowa, June 20, 2008 (PRIME NEWSWIRE) -- The U-Haul Company of Iowa is offering 30 days of free storage to families affected by recent flooding. 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 allow 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 facility.
U-Haul Center Southeast 4001 SE 14th Street Des Moines, IA 50320 (515)287-5225
"These floods are continuing to cause tremendous damage in addition to the extreme hardship being inflicted on our community," stated Randy Dickson, president, U-Haul Company of Iowa. "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."
To learn more about the U-Haul Take a Box, Leave a Box Program, please visit: http://www.uhaul.com/sustainability/boxes/
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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