PHOENIX, March 19, 2020 /PRNewswire/ -- Many colleges
have suspended in-person classes with a hopeful return date in
April amid the coronavirus outbreak. There is the growing prospect
those schools will follow the list of colleges that have closed
campus for the remainder of the spring term in favor of virtual
instruction.
When that occurs, students will need immediate storage and
shipping solutions for their belongings as they are told to leave
campus dorms and apartments sooner than expected.
University officials, student services and campus housing
departments: How can Collegeboxes, the No. 1 student storage and
shipping provider in the country, serve you and your students
during this transition?
Students have access to immediate assistance via
Collegeboxes.com at more than 200 schools in the U.S.,
ranging from the nation's largest universities to small community
colleges. New schools are signing up daily during the COVID-19
crisis.
Since 1999, Collegeboxes has provided fast, easy and affordable
options for students moving to and from school. Right now, the
U-Haul-managed program has a message for all colleges: We got
you.
Bulk orders of boxes and moving supplies can be delivered to
colleges overseeing their students' needs. On Monday, Sarah Lawrence College in Bronxville, N.Y., placed and promptly received
an order for 1,465 boxes and 80 rolls of packing tape.
When students at participating colleges sign up and place
individual orders, boxes and tape are delivered to their dorm or
apartment. Boxes are then picked up from the same address at no
additional cost and, depending on the student's preference, shipped
home or stored at a secure U-Haul facility until the student
returns to campus. Students can call (866) 269-4887 or
info@collegeboxes.com to learn when Collegeboxes will be on their
campus picking up items for storage or shipping.
In addition to welcoming new schools for immediate service,
Collegeboxes isn't raising summer storage rates despite most
students needing storage for two more months. The cost of
$45 to store a large box for May
through August will remain the same when early pickups are made in
March or April.
Given the need for more help amid the current crisis,
Collegeboxes has offered the promo code "EARLYMOVE" for 20% off
orders as well.
"When the College of Holy Cross and
Clark University recently made the
decision to go virtual, we were able to get boxes loaded and
delivered immediately," said Dain
Howell, Director of Collegeboxes. "It helped that we've been
working with these schools for years. Both contacted their
Collegeboxes account executive, and we got moving supplies
delivered from a local U-Haul location that day."
"The staff at Collegeboxes was so helpful and accommodating with
this extremely challenging situation," noted Brenda Hounsell Sullivan, Assistant
Dean/Director of Student Involvement at Holy
Cross. "It is so nice to know that during such a hard time
in our community we are supported by the people we do business
with. They responded immediately with services and a box delivery
so that we were able to relieve some stress for our students and
their families. Thank you!"
Collegeboxes is among the many arms of U-Haul that is responding
in a time of need. Last week, U-Haul announced it would give any
student with college ID one month of free self-storage or U-Box
container usage as so many were being placed in limbo by university
schedule changes.
The free storage offer applies to new customers and is subject
to availability. Students should go to uhaul.com/storage to find a
U-Haul-owned and -operated facility near them, and stop by or call
to take advantage of the offer.
As an essential services provider, U-Haul will remain open for
business to help customers throughout this process.
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: 602-263-6981
Website: uhaul.com
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