Tropical Storm Bertha: U-Haul Offers Free Self-Storage in North Carolina and Virginia
LYNCHBURG, Va. (May 27, 2020) — U-Haul® is proactively offering 30 days of free self-storage and U-Box® container usage to North Carolina and Virginia residents forecasted to be in the path of Tropical Storm Bertha.
Potential flooding and strong winds are expected to impact a wide area as the storm moves north.
“We encourage these communities to prepare for the storm by taking advantage of our free self-storage disaster relief program,” said Jeffrey Messenger, U-Haul Company of Southern Virginia president. “We want to ensure our neighbors have a dry, secure place to store their belongings.”
U-Haul is making 13 stores across the two states available to offer assistance. People seeking more information or needing to arrange 30 days free self-storage should contact the nearest participating location:
NORTH CAROLINA
U-Haul Moving & Storage at Bragg Blvd.
5400 Bragg Blvd.
Fayetteville, NC 28303
(910) 864-2797
U-Haul Moving & Storage of Fayetteville at Coliseum
2346 Gillespie St.
Fayetteville, NC 28306
(910) 223-1556
U-Haul Moving & Storage of Florence
369 N. Irby St.
Florence, SC 29501
(843) 665-4061
U-Haul Moving & Storage of New River
425 S. Marine Blvd.
Jacksonville, NC 28540
(910) 455-2717
VIRGINIA
U-Haul Moving & Storage at Southpark
804 W. Roslyn Road
Colonial Heights, VA 23834
(804) 520-4840
U-Haul Moving & Storage of Dan River
2400 Riverside Drive
Danville, VA 24540
(434) 799-1730
U-Haul Moving & Storage of Downtown Lynchburg
1760 Park Ave.
Lynchburg, VA 24501
(434) 528-3115
U-Haul Moving & Storage of Timberlake
7401 Timberlake Road
Lynchburg, VA 24502
(434) 333-7603
U-Haul Moving & Storage at Crater Road
2540 S. Crater Road
Petersburg, VA 23805
(804) 861-9789
U-Haul Moving & Storage of Jefferson Park
4725 Jefferson Park Road
Prince George, VA 23875
(804) 458-7636
U-Haul Moving & Storage at Oaklawn Blvd.
5400 Oaklawn Blvd.
Prince George, VA 23875
(804) 458-7553
U-Haul Moving & Storage at Airport
2902 Hershberger Road
Roanoke, VA 24017
(540) 563-1644
U-Haul Moving & Storage at Salem Turnpike
3434 Salem Turnpike
Roanoke, VA 24017
(540) 344-3709
U-Haul stores offer needed supplies to help with storm recovery like boxes, tarps, propane and propane tanks. U-Haul urges customers to 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 develop 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