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Con-way Employees Deliver Red Ribbons and Anti-Drug Message to U.S. Schools

Hundreds of Employees Donate Time for 2007 Red Ribbon Campaign

SAN MATEO, Calif. - Oct. 22, 2007 -

For the 17th consecutive year, Con-way Inc. (NYSE:CNW) employees will turn out in force to bring messages about the dangers of drugs to U.S. schoolchildren and encourage drug-free living. Their efforts are part of the National Family Partnership and U.S. Department of Defense’s annual Red Ribbon Week, a national drug abuse prevention campaign created in honor of slain Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) agent Enrique “Kiki” Camarena. Con-way is a $4.7 billion freight transportation and global logistics services company headquartered in San Mateo, Calif.

As part of the program, employees “adopt” schools where they distribute red ribbons, make presentations about the dangers of drugs and ask students to pledge to stay drug-free. This year, more than 300 Con-way employees will distribute nearly one million red ribbons during the week of Oct. 22 at more than 1,000 schools across the country from Maine to California. Scheduled activities during the visits include anti-drug speeches, parades and pep rallies. Con-way has supported Red Ribbon Week since 1990.

Each adopted school will also display a poster featuring three-time NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series champion Jack Sprague and his daughter Paige. Sprague drives the No. 60 Con-way Freight Toyota for Wyler Racing in the year-long racing series.

The Red Ribbon Campaign was started posthumously in Camarena’s home state of California in 1985. The oldest and largest drug prevention program in the nation, reaching millions of young people every year, it drew nationwide recognition in 1988 when President Ronald Reagan and First Lady Nancy Reagan served as honorary chairpersons. More than 80 million people a year show their commitment to living drug-free lives by wearing the Red Ribbon.

About Con-way Inc.
Con-way Inc. (NYSE:CNW) is a $4.7 billion freight transportation and logistics services company headquartered in San Mateo, Calif. Named FORTUNE magazine’s “Most Admired Company” in transportation and logistics for 2007, Con-way delivers industry-leading services through primary operating companies Con-way Freight, CFI and Con-way Truckload Services and Menlo Worldwide. These operating units provide high-performance, day-definite less-than-truckload (LTL) and full truckload and intermodal freight transportation, as well as logistics, warehousing and supply chain management services, and trailer manufacturing. Con-way Inc. and its subsidiaries operate from more than 500 locations across five continents, including North America. For more information about Con-way, visit www.con-way.com.

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