U-Haul Offers 30 Days of Free Storage to Myrtle Beach Fire Victims

April 27, 2009

MYRTLE BEACH, SC – April 23, 2009 – The U-Haul Company of South Carolina is offering 30 days of free storage and discounted truck and trailer rentals to Myrtle Beach residents who have been evacuated or need to move their belongings away from the areas affected by the recent fires.

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 or discounted-rental-equipment assistance program should contact the following storage facilities.

  U-Haul Storage Myrtle Beach
  5604 South Kings Highway
  Myrtle Beach, SC 29575
  843-238-5701

  U-Haul West Columbia
  400 Orchard Road
  West Columbia, SC 29107
  803-796-3724
  800-922-8805

These fires have already caused tremendous damage and inflicted extreme hardship on the communities we serve, stated Ray Moore, president, U-Haul Company of South Carolina. I hope this effort will provide assistance to families that truly need a helping hand in areas affected by these fires. We will continue to help our friends and neighbors in this time of need.

U-Haul

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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