Service Manager Awarded RentWay's Highest Honor

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,

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Web site:  http://www.rentway.com/ 

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