More than $50,000 Raised by Con-way Truckload for 20th Annual Truckloads of Treasures Holiday Giving Campaign

JOPLIN, Mo., Dec. 11, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- Con-way Truckload, a full-truckload carrier and subsidiary of Con-way Inc. (NYSE: CNW) today announced that its employees raised more than $50,000 during the company's 20^th Annual Truckloads of Treasures holiday giving campaign.

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Nearly 200 Con-way Truckload employees, family members and friends participated in a shopping spree last night at the Joplin Target to purchase holiday gifts for local children and senior citizens in need. A Con-way Truckload tractor-trailer was present at the event to make the special deliveries to the Salvation Army. Some of the funds raised for this year's event were distributed ($1,500 each) to seven local charities: Boys & Girls Club, Area Agency on Aging, Pro Musica, Children's Haven, Art Feeds, Camp Quality and Ronald McDonald House. The remainder was used for the shopping spree at Target.

"The donations we receive from Con-way Truckload allow us to focus on improving the lives of children in Joplin. They have provided supplies and funds that help us achieve our mission," said Meg Bourne, founder and executive director of Art Feeds. "In the past year, with the support of organizations like Con-way Truckload, we have impacted over 7,000 children with our programs."

To raise the necessary funds for Truckloads of Treasures, Con-way Truckload's executive management team and employees donated several raffle prizes. Tickets were sold to company employees in differing dollar amounts, depending on the prize. This year's items included one and two week(s) off with pay; Amazon, Walmart, Home Depot and Best Buy gift cards in amounts ranging from $200 to $350; a bag of cash; a Kindle Fire; and a driver-made wooden toy truck.

"Truckloads of Treasures has become a tradition that our employees look forward to every year," said Saul Gonzalez, president of Con-way Truckload. "Not only is it a fun day for employees, friends and family members, but it is an event of giving, and we feel fortunate to have the means to give back to the Joplin community."

Since 1993, Truckloads of Treasures has presented more than $612,000 in employee-raised donations to local organizations.

In addition to the Joplin shopping spree, each of the company's other terminal locations in West Memphis, Ark.; Taylor, Mich.; and Lancaster and Laredo, Texas, partnered with local organizations to provide holiday gifts and food for area children and senior citizens.

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About Con-way Truckload
Joplin, Mo.-based Con-way Truckload is an operating company of Con-way Inc. (NYSE: CNW) and a leading provider of expedited, time-definite full-truckload transportation services across North America. Formerly Contract Freighters, Inc. (CFI), Con-way Truckload today employs over 3,000 drivers with a fleet of more than 2,700 tractors and 8,000 trailers operating throughout the United States as well as internationally in Mexico and Canada. The company provides full-truckload transportation serving the transcontinental shipping needs of commercial and industrial businesses as well as sister company Con-way Freight. For more about Con-way Truckload, visit us on the Web at www.con-way.com/truckload or call (800) 641-4747.

Con-way Inc. (NYSE: CNW) is a $5.6 billion diversified freight transportation and global logistics company.

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