SMARTBOX Forms Partnership
with Greater Richmond Red Cross

Portable Self Storage Firm to Aid with Disaster Relief Services

RICHMOND, Va., August 27, 2007 – SMARTBOX, the Richmond-based portable self storage and moving firm that is rapidly expanding across the country, today announces it will partner with the Greater Richmond Red Cross to enhance its disaster relief services.

In the event of an emergency such as a hurricane, the Greater Richmond Red Cross will contact SMARTBOX, which will deliver its portable storage containers to the Red Cross’ disaster staging center near Richmond International Raceway. The containers will be loaded with pallets of shrink-wrapped supplies and delivered by SMARTBOX to the Red Cross’ 15 to 20 area certified shelters, expediting the process the Greater Richmond Red Cross currently uses.

“We’re honored to be ‘on-call’ for the Greater Richmond Red Cross in assisting those in need in our community during an emergency,” said Mike Lowe, president and CEO of SMARTBOX. “It’s our hope that we can offer this service on a national level in the markets we serve, from Boston to South Florida to Denver to Los Angeles.”

Added Rick Russell, Disaster Services Director of the Greater Richmond Red Cross: “This is a terrific partnership that will enable us to be prepared in ways that we’ve never been before.”

The Greater Richmond Red Cross recently opened a warehouse at 4300 Carolina Ave. in North Richmond that is stocked with enough supplies (food, water, etc.) to distribute to half a million people for three days. The partnership with SMARTBOX will enable it to fill containers and deliver them to shelters before a disaster hits instead of after, as it currently does.

SMARTBOX, recently named one of the best franchises in the country by the Franchise Business Review, partnered with The Supply Room Companies to deliver more than 50,000 items to victims of Hurricane Katrina. Since the start of 2006, SMARTBOX has opened or announced franchise openings in: Atlanta; Baltimore; Boston; Chicago; Denver; Jacksonville, Fla.; Los Angeles (opening this month); Minneapolis/St. Paul; New Orleans; Raleigh, N.C.; San Antonio; and West Palm Beach, Fla. (opening this month).