FRAMINGHAM, Mass.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Dec. 6, 2004--Once again, Courion(R) Corporation hosted its annual charity auction to benefit local charities during the holiday season. This, the company's fourth annual charity auction, was the culmination of a series of charity auctions it held this year and was its most successful yet, bringing in over $11,000. In the past four years Courion has raised more than $38,000 through these auctions. As always 100 percent of the auction proceeds benefit the selected charities. This year Courion employees chose to donate the proceeds to The Cam Neely Foundation for Cancer Care (http://www.camneelyfoundation.org/) and The Doug Flutie, Jr. Foundation for Autism (http://www.dougflutiejrfoundation.org/).

Dubbed its "Season of Giving" program, Courion has been hosting charity auctions throughout the year to benefit these two local charities. Employees bid on items ranging from a baseball autographed by World Series Champion and Red Sox Pitcher Keith Foulke, to Boston Red Sox and New England Patriots tickets to a weekend Hummer rental to eight hours of handyman services dubbed "Rent a Handy Man" from Courion's own Howard Chorney. Incidentally, Chorney provided his professional auctioneering skills for the event again this year.

"Everyone in the company looks forward to this event each year, so we decided to expand in 2004 to an effort we called our 'Season of Giving,' which simply means not waiting for December to host auctions and donate the proceeds," said Chris Zannetos, president and CEO, Courion. "It's our fun way of giving back to our communities and we hope the energy is contagious."

The Doug Flutie, Jr. Foundation for Autism, Framingham, MA
Its mission is to aid financially disadvantaged families who need assistance in caring for their children with autism; to fund education and research into the causes and consequences of childhood autism; and to serve as a clearinghouse and communications center for new programs and services developed for individuals with autism.

The Cam Neely Foundation for Cancer Care, Boston, MA
The Cam Neely Foundation for Cancer Care, The Neely House, and The Neely Cancer Fund exist for one reason - to help cancer patients and their families during their treatment. The general mission of The Neely House is to provide comfort, support, and hope to cancer patients and their families by providing shelter and support services for families of both adult and pediatric patients undergoing cancer treatment at Tufts - New England Medical Center, as well as those families of patients undergoing treatments at other medical facilities in Boston. The Neely Cancer Fund was created to continue the mission of The Cam Neely Foundation for Cancer Care - to help cancer patients and their families during and after treatments. Neely Cancer Fund projects assure tangible results and immediate impact to benefit cancer patients and their families.

About Courion
Courion Corporation provides award-winning self-service identity management solutions in Identity Management Suite(TM). Over 235 enterprise customers worldwide including 50 of the FORTUNE 500 utilize the Suite to securely automate routine, manual processes for user provisioning, password management, industry and regulatory compliance, profile management and digital certificate management. By leveraging the existing infrastructure and integrating disparate workflows within the enterprise, Courion solutions drive operational efficiency, optimize user productivity, strengthen security, reduce costs and ensure efficiency in achieving policy compliance. For more information, contact Courion's headquarters in Framingham, MA, USA at 508-879-8400 or visit www.courion.com.

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