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October 6, 2009

The Grainger Foundation Donates
$5,000 to Calhoun Community College

Decatur, AL – The Grainger Foundation recently made a $5,000 donation to the Calhoun Community College Foundation during a presentation at Calhoun's Decatur campus. The donation was made following a recommendation from John Hunter, manager of Grainger's branch in Decatur . The gift will fund five $1,000 scholarships for deserving students pursuing technology degrees.

“Grainger has a strong commitment to technical education across the country,” said Hunter . “We are proud to support Calhoun Community College and its goal to build a skilled local workforce.”

Calhoun Community College students selected to receive Grainger Scholarships for the 2009-10 academic year are (pictured above l-r): Robert King of New Market, Graham Wilson of Decatur, John Hunter and Darious Bland of Huntsville, Cody Lanford of Somerville , and Josh Reyer of Ardmore . King and Bland are majoring in Electrical Technology. Wilson is a Machine Tool major. Lanford is in Calhoun's pre-engineering program and Reyer is a Design Drafting student.

The Grainger branch in Decatur has been serving the local community for nearly 10 years and is committed to helping the communities in which its employees and customers live and work. Grainger has been serving Alabama businesses for more than 60 years, providing supplies and equipment needed to keep their facilities running.  The company has six locations across the state, including its Decatur location.  For more information about Grainger's support of local communities across the country, please visit www.grainger.com/community .

Illinois-based W.W. Grainger, Inc. (NYSE: GWW), with 2008 sales of $6.9 billion, is the leading broad line supplier of facilities maintenance products serving businesses and institutions in the United States, Canada, Mexico, China and Panama. Through a highly integrated network including more than 600 branches, 18 distribution centers and multiple Web sites, Grainger's employees help customers get the job done.

Janet Kincherlow-Martin
Director of Public Relations
(256) 306-2561

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