LOS ANGELES, March 11, 2020 /PRNewswire/
-- Collegeboxes®, the No. 1 student storage and shipping
provider in the country, wants its customers to know their personal
belongings can be picked up and shipped or stored on short notice
as institutions like the University of
Southern California, Loyola
Marymount and others notify students they are suspending
classroom instruction for the coming weeks and encouraging students
not to return to campus after spring break due to coronavirus
precautions.
As these mass transitions to online instruction occur, the
probability rises that California
universities may follow the path of other schools and have students
evacuate campus housing facilities mid-term. This would require
students to return home, where they can meet their academic
requirements remotely, before customary campus move-out days in
late spring and summer.
Collegeboxes is responding to accommodate an influx of early
spring moves if this need arises in California. Contact (866) 269-4887 or
info@collegeboxes.com to find out when Collegeboxes will be on
campus picking up items for storage or shipping.
Customers should create an account at Collegeboxes.com to
initiate an order. FedEx® will then ship items to customers'
residences. Supply Kits include five double-walled boxes, packing
tape, a permanent marker, 10 label pouches and zip ties. Once
packed, an at-home service will pick up the boxes and save
customers the trip to the shipping center at no additional
charge.
With the international option, items can be shipped anywhere
across the globe. Students also may opt to have Collegeboxes
hold their personal belongings in climate-controlled storage at a
nearby U-Haul facility while they are away.
USC and LMU are among more than 175
universities that Collegeboxes serves, including 23 in California (Stanford, UC-Berkeley, UC-Davis, UC-San Diego,
San Diego State and San Francisco State among them).
Students who are not already customers can create a free account
at collegeboxes.com. Founded in 1999, Collegeboxes has been powered
by U-Haul® since 2009.
For universities seeking more immediate moving solutions, U-Haul
has the infrastructure to provide boxes, tape and other supplies to
campuses, and can offer free delivery during these challenging
circumstances in order to help. Go to uhaul.com to find a U-Haul
location near you or contact Reservations at 1-800-GO-UHAUL.
U-Haul Company of Los Angeles West offers 12 stores in close
proximity to USC and LMU with truck and
trailer sharing, moving supplies, self-storage, U-Box portable
moving and storage containers, and more. There are 181 U-Haul-owned
and -operated facilities available statewide able to assist college
students who may be planning moves on short notice.
U-Haul Moving & Storage of Downtown at 1836 S. Arapahoe
St. in Los Angeles is one of
several facilities within a few miles of USC's campus with self-storage and U-Box container
availability, and the expertise to help. U-Haul Moving &
Storage of Inglewood at 964 S. La
Brea is a short distance from LMU's Los
Angeles campus.
Students can visit MovingHelp.com to find local Moving Help®
Service Providers to assist with their moves home.
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:
Jeff
Lockridge
Sebastien Reyes
E-mail: publicrelations@uhaul.com
Phone: 602-760-4941
Website: uhaul.com
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