PHOENIX, Sept. 18, 2017 /PRNewswire/ -- U-Haul
International, Inc. is celebrating a golden anniversary with
longstanding partner St. Mary's Food Bank Alliance by renewing and
expanding its Food Drive Box title sponsorship while making a push
to fight hunger in Arizona.
In addition to the Food Box Drive sponsorship. U-Haul will be
providing 50,000 meals in honor of St. Mary's 50th year of
charitable service to Phoenix.
U-Haul is also celebrating its 50th year as a Phoenix-headquartered company after relocating
from Portland in 1967.
U-Haul will proudly mark Hunger Action Month on Sept. 19 by presenting St. Mary's with a combined
sponsorship check of $17,500,
delivering donated items from a two-week company food drive, and
having Team Members volunteer their morning to pack emergency food
boxes at the St. Mary's warehouse at 2831 N. 31st Ave.
"As two companies celebrating a half-century as community
hallmarks in Arizona in 2017, my
thanks to U-Haul for their continued support of St. Mary's Food
Bank," said Tom Keris, President and
CEO of St. Mary's Food Bank.
"The world's first food bank has provided a billion meals to the
hungry of Arizona, and it is only
through the generosity of partners like U-Haul that St. Mary's can
continue to say 'yes' to all those in need. Each time you see a St.
Mary's Food Bank donation box, you can also see the U-Haul
commitment to fighting hunger in our state."
The food drive collection boxes, which incorporate the U-Haul
logo, will help collect more than 2.5 million pounds of food for
St. Mary's to share with hungry families.
As part of St. Mary's "30 Ways in 30 Days" campaign to alleviate
hunger in Arizona, U-Haul is
taking its designated day of support on Sept. 19 to ask others to join the fight against
hunger by donating food, volunteering or making a financial
contribution to St. Mary's at firstfoodbank.org.
Every dollar donated translates to seven pounds of food at St.
Mary's, so let the giving begin as the holiday season
approaches!
About U-Haul
Since 1945, U-Haul has been the No. 1 choice of
do-it-yourself movers, with a network of more than 21,000 locations
across all 50 states and 10 Canadian provinces. U-Haul Truck Share
24/7 now offers customers access to U-Haul trucks every hour of
every day through the self-service options on their
internet-connected mobile devices. U-Haul customers' patronage has
enabled the U-Haul fleet to grow to more than 150,000 trucks,
112,000 trailers and 40,000 towing devices. U-Haul offers more than
581,000 rooms and more than 51 million square feet of self-storage
space at owned and managed facilities throughout North America. U-Haul is the largest installer
of permanent trailer hitches in the automotive aftermarket industry
and is the largest retailer of propane in the U.S.
Contact:
Jeff
Lockridge
Sebastien Reyes
E-mail: publicrelations@uhaul.com
Phone: 602-263-6981
Website: uhaul.com
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