SALT LAKE CITY, UT -- (Marketwire) -- 08/13/10 -- Extra Space Storage of Newbury Park and With Love Grandma have launched a partnership that will allow With Love Grandma free use of a storage space to store an array of new products donated by individuals, community-based groups, and corporations. With Love Grandma has a simple mission of building hope, pride, dignity and self-esteem in foster children.

With Love Grandma was founded by Mrs. Jeri Davis in 1997 to improve the lives of battered, abused and abandoned children during a time of crisis in their lives. The charity provides care packages to children removed by protective services who lose their family, their home and familiar surroundings. With Love Grandma stays with a child throughout the years they are in the system. The program starts with a backpack, follows up with a package or gift each time the child is moved, which continues to reinforce that they will not lose "Grandma." The impact of With Love Grandma is reflected in the number of case workers who need to move children for one reason or another. They often report the main concern the child has is that "Grandma" knows where they have gone.

With Love Grandma currently provides support to at-risk children in Ventura, San Benito, San Luis Obispo, Santa Barbara, Kern, Los Angeles, San Bernardino, Riverside, San Diego and Orange Counties. "We are truly touched by the noble efforts of Mrs. Davis and wanted to support her in any way we could. We are part of the community and this is our way of saying thank you," stated Mark Stanke, Divisional Vice President for Extra Space Storage.

Mrs. Jeri Davis, founder of With Love Grandma, states, "Having Extra Space Storage for the past 6 years has allowed us to keep our donations in a clean, dust-free, moisture-free environment with easy access so that when we pulled the stock for a shipment we are guaranteed the items are just as nice and new as day we received them from our donors. The dollars saved by the generous donation from Extra Space Storage has helped us serve many more children in crisis."

Extra Space Storage of Newbury Park is located at 3101 Grande Vista Dr. and has units for both residential and commercial storage needs. The property boasts a professional staff, state-of-the-art security, and 24-hour video surveillance. The building's units, which are available in varying sizes from 25 to 300 square feet, are available for short-term or long-term leasing, and accessible seven days a week, 365 days a year.

Mrs. Jeri Davis states, "The facility is always spotless, the elevator is always in good working order, on occasion when I have needed help from the managers they have always been courteous, informative and always eager to do whatever they could to ensure our comfort and ease. The equipment to help move items into or out of a unit is always there and in good repair."

Please visit http://withlovegrandma.com/default.aspx to donate items.

About Extra Space Storage Inc.

Extra Space Storage Inc., headquartered in Salt Lake City, Utah, is a fully integrated, self-administered and self-managed real estate investment trust that owns and/or operates 789 self-storage properties in 33 states and Washington, D.C. The Company's properties comprise approximately 525,000 units and over 57 million square feet of rentable space offering customers a wide selection of conveniently located and secure storage solutions across the country, including boat storage, RV storage and business storage. The Company is the second largest owner and/or operator of self storage properties in the United States and is the largest self-storage management company in the United States.

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