BATON ROUGE, La., April 24, 2020 /PRNewswire/ -- U-Haul® is
offering 30 days of free self-storage to residents impacted by the
severe weather that slammed Zachary and surrounding regions early Thursday
morning.
High winds and hail damaged many structures as strong tornadoes
moved through Louisiana. Several
deaths were reported.
"The damage to these communities is devastating," said
Jerry Bowden, U-Haul Company of
South Central Louisiana president. "With the challenges brought on
by COVID-19, now our neighbors have another hurdle to jump. As
these communities begin the clean-up process, we want to offer
people a secure facility to keep their possessions at no cost for
one month."
People seeking more information about the U-Haul disaster relief
program or needing to arrange 30 days of free self-storage should
contact:
U-Haul Moving & Storage at Greenwell Springs Road
8415 Greenwell Springs Road
Baton Rouge, LA 70814
(225) 424-5995
U-Haul stores offer needed supplies to help with storm recovery
like boxes, tarps, propane and propane tanks. Customers
should ensure their tanks are topped off since propane is
good to have in the event of long-term power outages.
U-Haul offered one month of free self-storage on March 12 to college students whose school
schedules were interrupted by COVID-19. That offer is ongoing
across the U.S. and Canada.
As an essential service provider, U-Haul remains open to meet
the needs of customers and communities. For details on what U-Haul
has done to enhance cleaning protocols, protect Team Members and
customers, and encourage the use of programs that inherently
promote social distancing and contactless business, please
visit uhaul.com/announcement.
About U-Haul
Since 1945, U-Haul has been the No. 1 choice of
do-it-yourself movers, with a network of 22,000 locations across
all 50 states and 10 Canadian provinces. U-Haul Truck Share 24/7
offers secure access to U-Haul trucks every hour of every day
through the customer dispatch option on their smartphones and our
proprietary Live Verify technology. Our customers' patronage has
enabled the U-Haul fleet to grow to approximately 167,000 trucks,
120,000 trailers and 43,000 towing devices. U-Haul offers nearly
697,000 rooms and 60.7 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:
Andrea Batchelor
Jeff Lockridge
E-mail: publicrelations@uhaul.com
Phone: 602-263-6981
Website: uhaul.com
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