58 stores across the Chicago metro area and northern Indiana will offer a month of free storage services on new rentals
U-Haul® is offering 30 days of free self-storage and U-Box® container usage to residents affected by the powerful storms and tornadoes that devastated Chicagoland and northwest Indiana.
The National Weather Service stated seven tornadoes touched down across Chicago metro, Sugar Grove, Oswego, Manhattan and Joliet on Monday night. Countless homes were damaged or destroyed. Power lines were taken down by the intense storms.
Access to dry and secure self-storage units and portable storage containers is essential for communities during the recovery process.
Rick Rottweiler, U-Haul Area District Vice President of the Chicagoland area, has made 58 facilities in Illinois and northern Indiana available to extend the U-Haul disaster relief program with a month of free storage services.
“Many families were impacted by the severe weather that came through the Chicagoland area and northwest Indiana,” Rottweiler said. “We are a longstanding part of these communities and want to help. U-Haul would like to extend a hand to all those that could use it during this time.”
The 30-day free disaster relief program applies to new self-storage and U-Box rentals and is based on availability. U-Box containers can be delivered and picked up at no additional cost as part of the offer.
People seeking more information or needing to arrange storage services should call the U-Haul office nearest them or stop by any U-Haul-owned and -operated center in the cities listed below:
U-Haul Co. of Central Chicago
(708) 377-5169
Store locations: Arlington Heights, Broadview, Bellwood, Cicero, Chicago (3), Des Plaines, Forest Park, Melrose Park, Rolling Meadows
U-Haul Co. of Chicago South & Southwest Suburbs
(708) 389-2331
Store locations: Alsip, Chicago (8), Oak Lawn, Romeoville
U-Haul Co. of Chicago Western Suburbs
(630) 405-7455
Store locations: Aurora (2), Bolingbrook, Elgin, Hanover Park (2), Hoffman Estates, Montgomery, Naperville, Streamwood
U-Haul Co. of North Shore Chicago
(773) 862-3040
Store locations: Chicago (7), Evanston, Morton Grove, Niles
U-Haul of North Indiana & South Cook County
(219) 332-2905
Store locations: Calumet City, Elkhart, Glenwood, Hammond, Markham (2), Merrillville, Mishawaka (3), Park Forest, Schererville (2), South Bend
In addition to its 30 days free self-storage disaster relief program, U-Haul is proud to be at the forefront of aiding communities in times of need as an official American Red Cross Disaster Responder.
