U-Haul Continues to Offer 30 Days of Free Self-Storage and Also Is Offering 30 Days of Free U-Box Portable Moving and Storage to Oklahoma Tornado Victims

OKLAHOMA CITY, May 21, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- The U-Haul Company of Oklahoma City announced today that Company-owned U-Haul centers throughout Oklahoma remain open for business, and are still offering 30 days free self-storage to tornado victims.

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The U-Haul Company of Oklahoma also is offering 30 days free U-Box portable moving and storage to tornado victims. With U-Box portable moving and storage, you can conveniently pick up our custom-designed trailer and take your U-Box pod with you. U-Haul can also store the U-Box pod in our secure warehouse or even pick up and deliver it to a location of your choice, in which case delivery fees are applicable.   

In order to better serve all Oklahoma residents and families, the U-Haul Company of Oklahoma announced today that they have significantly lowered the price of small, medium, large and extra-large U-Haul boxes while increasing the daily flow of boxes and other much-needed supplies into local stores.  This will ensure availability of what the community needs to help with tornado recovery such as tarps, gloves, propane and propane tanks. U-Haul urges customers to stop in to ensure that their propane tanks are topped off, since propane is a good thing to have on hand in the event of long-term power outages.

Oklahoma residents also can take advantage of the U-Haul Take a Box, Leave a Box Program. The program enables anyone to bring in their reusable boxes, to allow 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, instead of throwing the reusable box into the recycling bin.

"This devastating tornado that swept through Oklahoma has caused just an unbelievably terrible amount of damage throughout the communities we serve in our state," stated Marketing Company President (MCP) Brett Hogan, U-Haul Company of Oklahoma City. "Our hearts, thoughts and prayers are with those who have been adversely affected by this tornado.  I hope these efforts will help provide assistance to Oklahoma residents who need support. We will do our best to help our friends and neighbors in this time of need."

Families needing more information about the 30-days-free self-storage assistance program should contact the following U-Haul regional office.

U-Haul Company of Oklahoma City
7525 SE 29^th Street
Midwest City, OK 73110
(800) 522-4236

U-Haul is receiving numerous requests for assistance and are currently working with the American Red Cross, the military, government agencies, local police and fire departments.

About U-Haul
U-Haul was founded by a Navy veteran who grew up during the Great Depression. Tires and gas were still rationed or in short supply during the late 1940s when U-Haul began serving U.S. customers. Today, that background is central to the U-Haul Sustainability Program: "Serving the needs of the present without compromising the ability of future generations to meet their own needs."  Our commitment to reduce, reuse and recycle includes fuel-efficient moving vans, neighborhood proximity, moving box reuse, moving pads made from discarded material and packing peanuts that are 100% biodegradable.  Learn more about these facts and others at uhaul.com/sustainability.

Since 1945, U-Haul has been the choice for the do-it-yourself mover. U-Haul customers' patronage has enabled the Company to maintain the largest rental fleet in the do-it-yourself moving industry which includes trucks, trailers and towing devices. U-Haul also offers self-storage throughout North America. The Company provides industry leading moving and self-storage boxes and an extended line of packing supplies to protect customer possessions. U-Haul is the consumer's number one choice as the largest installer of permanent trailer hitches in the automotive aftermarket. The Company supplies alternative-fuel for vehicles and backyard grills as one of the nation's largest retailers of propane.

Contact:
Joanne Fried
Ashleigh Wagner
U-Haul Public Relations
(602) 263-6194
publicrelations@uhaul.com

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