Louisville-Area Companies Benefit From Boise Office Solutions' Free Professional Development Training

		BOISE OFFICE SOLUTIONS DONATES $5,000 TO AMERICAN CANCER SOCIETY Dick Vitale and Cam Willis, general manager for Boise Office Solutions, present Carol Wade and Denise Taylor, of the Louisville-area chapter of the American Cancer Society, with a $5,000 donation at the Boise POWER Series Seminar held Wednesday, April 14, 2004 in Louisville. More than 500 Boise Office Solutions' greater Louisville-area customers attended the event. Pictured left to right: Cam Willis, Carol Wade, Dick Vitale and Denise Taylor. (PRNewsFoto)[RV] ITASCA, IL USA

Boise POWER Series Keynote Speaker Dick Vitale Applies Sports Lessons to Business and Daily Life ITASCA, Ill., April 14 /PRNewswire/ -- More than 500 greater Louisville-area employees are now better prepared to tackle business challenges due to their attendance at BOISE(R) Office Solutions' POWER Series seminar. The half-day seminar, held today, featured presentations by four business education experts and concluded with a keynote address by motivational speaker and television sports broadcaster Dick Vitale. (Photo: NewsCom: http://www.newscom.com/cgi-bin/prnh/20040414/CGW070 ) The event, held at the Kentucky International Convention Center, was offered exclusively to customers of Boise Office Solutions and attracted attendees from businesses as far away as Ohio and Indiana. In its eighth year, the POWER Series, which stands for Productivity Organization Work Enhancement Resource, is another way that Boise Office Solutions is continuing its dedication to customer service and adding value. In his speech, titled "The Game of Life," Vitale spoke enthusiastically about how the lessons he learned from sports can be applied to business and daily life. At the conclusion of the speech, Boise Office Solutions presented a donation of $5,000 to the Louisville Chapter of the American Cancer Society. In addition to Vitale's keynote address, the seminar included business education workshops presented by Esselte, Sanford, 3M and Avery Dennison. All four companies are Boise Office Solutions' supplier partners and sponsors of the POWER Series events. Esselte presented tips for workspace organization; Sanford provided information on writing more professionally; 3M instructed on improving work performance; and Avery Dennison offered ways to resolve conflicts successfully. About Boise Office Solutions and OfficeMax Boise Office Solutions, a leader in business-to-business office product solutions, has combined with OfficeMax, a leading office products retailer, to provide office supplies, technology products and solutions, paper and furniture to large, medium and small businesses and consumers. The combined business serves all customers through direct sales, catalogs, Internet and nearly 1,000 superstores. Combined, the business had revenues of $8.3 billion in 2003, more than 40,000 employees, and more than 1,000 retail outlets. Boise Office Solutions is a division of Boise Cascade Corporation (NYSE: BCC). About Boise Cascade Corporation Boise, headquartered in Boise, Idaho, provides solutions to help customers work more efficiently, build more effectively, and create new ways to meet business challenges. We own or control more than 2 million acres of timberland, primarily in the United States, to support our manufacturing operations. Boise had sales of $8.2 billion in 2003. Visit the Boise website at http://www.bc.com . Boise Office Solutions Contact Media Contact Cedric Thompson Cari Trayner, Bader Rutter & Associates 630 438 8591 262 784 7200