Jarden Consumer Solutions Donates More Than $93,000 to South Florida Charities in Fourth Quarter 2005; Employee-Funded Program Donates over $300,000 in 2005.

BOCA RATON, Fla. -- Jarden Consumer Solutions (JCS) announced today that its Community Fund has donated more than $93,000 to some of South Florida's most deserving charities in the fourth quarter of 2005. Through its ongoing efforts to give back to the communities in which its employees live and work, the Company has donated $30,000 to the Regis House, $20,000 to The Cooperative Feeding Program, $16,000 to the Bethesda Hospital Foundation, $10,000 to Gilda's Club of South Florida, $10,000 to Gateway Community Outreach, $5,000 to Expanding & Preserving Our Cultural Heritage (EPOCH), and $2,500 to Dress for Success Palm Beach County.

Rocki Rockingham, Jarden Consumer Solutions vice president, community relations and communications, stated, "Every year, our employees raise the bar on their commitment to make a difference. In total for 2005, The Community Fund distributed more than $300,000 to qualified charitable organizations. This dedication and generosity ultimately enables us to strengthen the communities in which the Company operates and our employees reside."

Organizations receiving JCS Community Fund grants during the fourth quarter of 2005 include:

--The Regis House, which provides ongoing support for the agency's after-school program for high-risk youth in grades one through three, drug- and violence-free alternatives, and helps working parents with child care. Regis House's Children's Programs provide structured activities to more than 120 elementary youth in Miami-Dade daily. The grant will be put to immediate use for Regis House's youth after-school programs.

--The Cooperative Feeding Program (CFP), which delivered more than 1.1 million meals in 2005 alone. The funds donated will be used to purchase food, an industrial-sized steam kettle used to prepare hot meals, an industrial-sized reach-in cooler, and repair a non-operational forklift used to move pallets and boxes in the food pantry.

--The Bethesda Hospital Foundation, which assists the hospital in the acquisition, management and disbursement of philanthropic assets. Bethesda Hospital cares for 77 percent of the uninsured located in southern Palm Beach County. The donated funds will be used to purchase a new electronic fetal monitor to help improve prenatal care services.

--Gateway Community Outreach, an organization that works to prevent hunger and homelessness and help families and individuals reach self-sufficiency. This is accomplished through targeting individual needs such as food, clothing, one-time financial assistance and counseling. The Community Fund's donation is for general support of the agency's programs.

--Gilda's Club of South Florida, which provides social and emotional support to anyone touched by cancer in the community. It serves more than 2,700 members, including 475 children. The funding represents ongoing support for the organization's "Ask the Doctor" monthly dinner series, in which medical professionals share with Gilda's Club members the latest scientific advances in cancer treatment and other specialties.

--Expanding & Preserving Our Cultural Heritage (EPOCH), an organization that collects and preserves Palm Beach County's African-American history, culture and artifacts, and educates succeeding generations about the history and development of the community. The Community Fund's donation is designated to the Kids' Cultural Club, which provides an opportunity for at-risk children to learn how to utilize public services, access and make appropriate requests for information, work with elders/authority figures and achieve results.

--Dress for Success Palm Beach County assists low income women improve their quality of life through the provision of interview suits, confidence boosts and career development when seeking employment. The organization partners with school guidance counselors, community college resource centers, staffing agencies and non-profit agencies to identify and reach out to women in need of their service.

The Jarden Consumer Solutions Community Fund, the Company's employee-funded charitable giving arm, provides monetary grants to qualified charitable organizations that focus on community development (at-risk women, families and youth, low-income families and food programs) and serve the communities where the Company's employees live, work and care for their families.

Jarden Consumer Solutions (JCS), a subsidiary of Jarden Corporation (NYSE:JAH), is a leading consumer products company that designs, manufactures and markets, nationally and internationally, a diverse portfolio of consumer products under such world-class brands as Bionaire(R), Crock-Pot(R), FoodSaver(R), Health o meter(R), Holmes(R), Mr. Coffee(R), Oster(R), Patton(R), Rival(R), Seal-a-Meal(R), Sunbeam(R) and VillaWare(R). JCS is headquartered in Boca Raton, Florida, and employs more than 13,000 people in ten countries. JCS can be found on the Web at http://www.jardencs.com.