The Weyerhaeuser Company Foundation today announced that it has awarded $100,000 in direct cash donations to support relief and rebuilding efforts in areas affected by storms earlier this month.

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Five relief organizations in five counties in Washington and Oregon will receive donations for emergency disaster relief, including:

  -- United Way of Lewis County - A $40,000 donation for relief activities
     in Lewis County, Washington
  -- American Red Cross, Lewis County - A $20,000 donation for relief
     activities in Lewis County, Washington
  -- American Red Cross, Oregon Trails Chapter - A $20,000 donation for
     relief activities in Clatsop and Tillamook counties, Oregon
  -- Coastal Community Action Program - A $20,000 donation for relief
     activities in Grays Harbor and Pacific counties, Washington

The cash donations will aid the hardest hit communities, providing shelter, food, counseling and other assistance to those in need.

"It is important for us to offer help to communities affected by the storm," said Karen M. Johnson, president of the Weyerhaeuser Company Foundation. "Weyerhaeuser operates in all these communities and our thoughts are with everyone who is struggling to recover," she said.

Weyerhaeuser Company owns more than 2 million acres of forests and employs over 11,000 people in Washington and Oregon, including the heavily impacted communities in the five county area.

The mission of the Weyerhaeuser Company Foundation, established in 1948, is to release the potential in people to strengthen our communities and advance sustainability. To learn more about Weyerhaeuser Company Foundation, visit: http://www.weyerhaeuser.com/citizenship/philanthropy/.

Weyerhaeuser Company, one of the world's largest forest products companies, was incorporated in 1900. In 2006, sales were $21.9 billion. It has offices or operations in 18 countries, with customers worldwide. Weyerhaeuser is principally engaged in the growing and harvesting of timber; the manufacture, distribution and sale of forest products; and real estate construction, development and related activities. Additional information about Weyerhaeuser's businesses, products and practices is available at http://www.weyerhaeuser.com/.

   For more information contact:
   Kate Tate, 253-924-7250
   Frank Mendizabal, 253-924-3357

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SOURCE: Weyerhaeuser

CONTACT: Kate Tate, +1-253-924-7250, or Frank Mendizabal,
+1-253-924-3357, both of Weyerhaeuser

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