Conway Truckload Employees Raise Nearly $62,000 in Holiday Giving Campaign

Con-way Truckload employees raised $61,780 in the company's annual Truckloads of Treasures campaign to support deserving area children and senior citizens during the holidays. Employees purchased gifts including toys, blankets, clothing and food for 200 children and 100 senior citizens in the Joplin area.Nearly 200 employees, along with their friends and families, met at Joplin's Target store Dec. 4 for a Truckloads of Treasures shopping event to buy gifts for this year's recipients. Of the remaining funds, $7,000 will be donated to The Salvation Army for food baskets. Each of the following charitable agencies will receive a donation of $4,540: Agency on Aging, Camp Quality, Joplin Family Y, Boys and Girls Club, Ronald McDonald House, Children's Miracle Network and The Bridge."We thank Con-way Truckload employees for their great generosity and hard work with this program," said Captain Mary Poff, pastor for the Joplin Salvation Army. "The food baskets they are providing our local community will help feed the hungry and provide healthy holiday meals at a time when people are finding it harder and harder to feed their families."Truckloads of Treasures funds are raised through an employee raffle of prizes donated by executive management. This year's items included a day off with pay plus $250 in cash; $400 cash; one week off with pay; two weeks off with pay; and $200 gift cards to local and national businesses. Truckloads of Treasures team members sell tickets at different dollar amounts depending on the raffle prize. For every $20 in tickets purchased, employees received one ticket for a drawing to win a $400 gas gift card.