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CFI Raises $41,000 for Children and Senior Citizens at Christmas

JOPLIN, Mo. - December 06, 2007

Contract Freighters, Inc. (CFI), a Con-way (NYSE: CNW) company and international truckload carrier based in Joplin, Mo., recently raised $41,000 through an in-house raffle to purchase Christmas gifts for local children and senior citizens.

Contract Freighters, Inc. (CFI), a Con-way (NYSE: CNW) company and international truckload carrier based in Joplin, Mo., recently raised $41,000 through an in-house raffle to purchase Christmas gifts for local children and senior citizens.

Executive management personally donated prizes that were raffled to CFI employees. Prizes included a day off with pay, $250 cash and gift cards valued at $200 to various retail outlets. Employee volunteers sold raffle tickets for $1.00 each. In December, CFI employees will use the proceeds for a shopping spree to purchase gifts for 100 senior citizens through the Empire District Electric Company’s Christmas Elf Network and for 200 children through the Salvation Army.

This year, several other area organizations will benefit from the raffle. Each of the following charities will receive a one-time holiday donation of $2,566: The Bridge, Big Brothers Big Sisters of Southwest Missouri, House of Hope, Ronald McDonald House, Boys & Girls Club, Children’s Miracle Network, Joplin Family Y children’s programming, Spring River Christian Village, and Camp Barnabas. A check presentation ceremony is scheduled as part of the December shopping spree to honor these charities for their work in the community.

“Our employees raised an incredible sum of money. This success demonstrates their generosity and commitment to helping others,” says Herb Schmidt, president of CFI. “We’re proud to give back to our community. It’s a great way to kick off the holiday season.”

Since the inception of Truckloads of Treasures in the mid-‘90s, the fundraiser has donated nearly $190,000 to the community. This year’s total is the most the raffle has raised in a single year.

About Contract Freighters, Inc.
Joplin, Mo.-based Contract Freighters, Inc. (CFI) 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. Acquired by Con-way in 2007, CFI was combined with Con-way Truckload to create an organization that employs over 3,000 drivers with a fleet of more than 2,700 tractors and 8,600 trailers operating throughout the United States, 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.

CFI/Con-way Truckload is a subsidiary of Con-way Inc. (NYSE: CNW), a $4.7 billion freight transportation and logistics company and FORTUNE magazine’s “Most Admired Company” in transportation and logistics for 2007. For more information, visit www.con-way.com/truckload.