Service Manager Awarded RentWay's Highest Honor
March 01 2005 - 2:11PM
PR Newswire (US)
Service Manager Awarded RentWay's Highest Honor ERIE, Pa., March 1
/PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Derrick Peterson, Service Manager at
RentWay's Service Center in Ashland, VA, was awarded the 2004 Bill
Morgenstern Spirit Award honoring the top two associates whose
exceptional character and performance have made a positive, lasting
difference at work and in the community. Peterson and Melani Scott
from Erie, PA were selected from an organization of over 4,200
employees as recipients of this prestigious award. The award is
named after the company's founder and current Chairman and CEO Bill
Morgenstern. The awards were presented at Caesar's Palace in Las
Vegas on February 13, during RentWay's annual Store Manager's
conference. Those who nominated Peterson for the Spirit Award noted
his "commitment to improving the lives of people in his community
by undertaking a number of service projects such as coaching youth
football, tutoring elementary and secondary school students and
mentoring at-risk youth." He also serves as a voter registration
coordinator, and is campaigning to restore voting rights for former
felons. As part of the "My Buddy" program, Peterson helps
individuals in adult-assisted homes by transporting them to church
every Sunday. "Derrick is a unique and inspiring individual both to
the team of technicians he supervises at RentWay and to the
community he loves and serves as well," said Bill Short, RentWay's
Chief Operating Officer. "I want to thank Derrick and everyone else
on our team that works so hard every day to make a difference in
the workplace and in the communities we serve." RentWay (NYSE:RWY)
is one of the largest Rent-To-Own companies in the United States
with 766 stores in 34 states. The company rents quality name brand
appliances, computers, electronics and furniture. DATASOURCE:
RentWay CONTACT: Larry Gorski, Vice President Human Resources of
RentWay, +1-814-461-5291, or Web site: http://www.rentway.com/
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