Con-Way Rolls into Nation's Schools To Support Red Ribbon Anti-Drug Campaign for Eighth Consecutive Year.

ANN ARBOR, Mich.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Oct. 22, 1998--

Company Teams With Teachers To Spread "Join Me ... Be Drug Free!"

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Con-Way Transportation Services (CTS), a $2-billion nationwide trucking company, has teamed with 1,000 schools to promote the annual "Red Ribbon Week" drug-abuse prevention campaign in schools and communities throughout the United States.

Con-Way operates a national network of regional freight trucking companies as well as full-truckload, expediting logistics execution businesses covering North America. In support of the nationwide Red Ribbon campaign, Con-Way has established an "Adopt-A-School" program in which employees at company service centers "adopt" a school in their local community and then provide it with red ribbons and "be drug-free" stickers to reinforce this positive message. Employees deliver these supplies to schools in Con-Way trucks and also speak to children about the importance of being drug-free.

This year, the Con-Way carriers are sponsoring more than 1,000 schools and giving away more than 600,000 "drug free" red ribbons to its employees and children at elementary, middle and high schools throughout the United States. The campaign runs from October 23 to 31.

"This is the eighth consecutive year in which our employees have supported the Ribbon Week campaign," said Gerald L. Detter, Con-Way's president and CEO. "It's a good measure of the people we have that they are not only willing, but enthusiastic about giving time and effort back to the communities where we live and work, to help promote awareness and understanding of a vitally important issue."

"The fact that our school children are seeing respected, successful, professional people telling them about the dangers of drugs reinforces the credibility of the message," Detter continued. "These are excellent role models for our children to look up to as examples of what you can achieve when you avoid drugs and strive to be successful."

Red Ribbon Week is a national public awareness campaign that promotes drug-free living and encourages community and parental involvement in preventing drug abuse. To help celebrate the week, Con-Way employees nationwide will be arriving at local schools in company trucks to deliver the distinctive red ribbons and present their drug-free message. The company is encouraging employees to spread the "Join Me ... Be Drug Free!" slogan with stickers and high-visibility red ribbons distributed to families and customers.

"Californians for Drug Free Youth is grateful that Con-Way Transportation Services has made an ongoing commitment to support Red Ribbon Week," said Bonnie Beach, director of CADFY. "Their participation as our biggest corporate sponsor of this program serves as a shining example of how businesses in local communities can contribute to anti-drug efforts across the nation."

Con-Way Transportation Services is a $1.7-billion company that provides time-definite and day-definite freight delivery services for commercial and industrial businesses. Within the CTS family are regional less-than-truckload carriers Con-Way Central Express, Con-Way Southern Express, and Con-Way Western Express; Con-Way Truckload Services, providing multi-modal, full-truckload shipping nationwide; Con-Way NOW, an expedited carrier specializing in emergency shipment service; and Con-Way Integrated Services, a contract supply chain execution service provider. CTS is a subsidiary of Palo Alto, CA-based CNF Transportation Inc., a $5-billion diversified transportation company with operations worldwide.

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