[April 21, 2018] |
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More Than 5,000 Volunteers to Support Nearly 60 Community Projects across Colorado on Comcast Cares Day
On Saturday, April 21, more than 5,000 local Comcast
NBCUniversal employees and their families, friends and community
partners will "make change happen" as they volunteer at nearly 60
project sites in 16 cities throughout Colorado as part of the 17th annual
Comcast
Cares Day. This year, volunteers in Colorado will also be a part of
and celebrate a significant milestone of Comcast (News - Alert) Cares Day - reaching 1
million volunteers since the program began in 2001.
Comcast Cares Day is more than just a day - it is a celebration and
opportunity to spotlight our year-round commitment to volunteerism that
began with our founding 55 years ago. From using technology to create
positive change, such as teaching digital literacy skills and wiring
community centers and libraries, to mentoring youth, to beautifying
parks, Comcast NBCUniversal employees volunteer on this day, and
throughout the year, to make a lasting impact. This year, the Company
expects more than 100,000 volunteers to participate in about 1,000
projects across the country and around the world. To date, volunteers
have contributed more than five million volunteer hours at 8,800
projects.
Colorado projects include a skills-based training class helping a group
of 9th grade girls from Girls Inc. of Metro Denver prepare
for summer internships, a painting and deep-cleaning project at Paragon
Learning Center in Pueblo and a beautification and landscaping project
with Putnam Elementary School in Fort Collins.
"As we celebrate our 17th annual Comcast Cares Day, we're
proud to continue to work with local community partners to make the
greatest impact possible throughout our state," said Rich Jennings,
Comcast senior vice president of the Mountain West Region. "The
collaborative support shown by our employees, their family and friends,
and our community partners is a testament to how anything is possible
when we rally together to make change happen. I am grateful to everyone
who comes out in support of our communities today and throughout the
year."
Comcast Cares Day projects will take place in 16 communities across
Colorado serving the following community organizations:
Aurora Children's Hospital
Colorado Global Village Academy Mile High Workshop Plains
Conservation Center Techno+Rescue, 9News & Better Business Bureau
E-Cycle Event
Boulder City of Boulder Parks &
Recreation - Boulder Reservoir
Carbondale Mt. Sopis
Montessori School
Colorado Springs Care and Share
Food Bank Cheyenne Mountain Zoo Children's Hospital Colorado El
Pomar Boys & Girls Club Great American Cleanup with City of
Colorado Springs Swigert Aerospace Academy
Denver
Arbor Day Foundation & The Park People: Denver Digs Trees Bonfils
Blood Center Boys & Girls Clubs of Metro Denver:
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Denver Broncos Club
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Owen Club
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Wilfley Club
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Vickers Club
The Center Advancing LGBT Colorado - Rainbow Alley City and County
of Denver-Parks and Recreation:
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Cheesman Park
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Spring RiverSweep with The Greenway Foundation
Clayton Early Learning Cleo Parker Robinson Dance Denver Health Denver
Housing Authority:
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Quigg Newton Homes
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Westwood Homes
Denver Public Schools:
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Castro Elementary School
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CMS Community School
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Godsman Elementary School
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Goldrick Elementary School
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Kepner Beacon Middle School
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Knapp Elementary School
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Munroe Elementary School
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North High School
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Skinner Middle School with City Year Denver
Environmental Learning for Kids (ELK) Food Bank of the Rockies Girls
Inc. of Metro Denver Lighthouse Writers Workshop Matthew
Shepard Foundation RAFT Colorado-Resource Area for Teaching St.
Francis Center
Empire Easterseals Colorado
Rocky Mountain Village
Englewood Freedom Service Dogs
Fort Carson USO Colorado
Springs at Fort Carson
Fort Collins Putnam Elementary
School United Way of Larimer County
Frederick Carbon Valley Academy
Golden Compass (News - Alert) Montessori School
Lakewood The Action Center Easterseals
Colorado
Littleton Audubon Society of
Greater Denver Hudson Gardens Humane Society of the South
Platte Valley Powell Middle School
Pueblo Paragon Learning Center
Steamboat Springs Boys & Girls
Clubs of Northwest Colorado
Trinidad Trinidad Community
Foundation
"We appreciate the support of Comcast throughout the year," said James
Sullivan, president and CEO of the Boys & Girls Club of the Pikes Peak
Region. "Comcast Cares Day is such a tangible expression of the great
support that's offered consistently."
The Comcast Foundation will also provide grants to local community
partner organizations across the country on behalf of everyone who
volunteers on Comcast Cares Day. The grants will help Comcast's
community partners continue their mission of serving the community
throughout the year. To date, the Comcast Foundation has awarded more
than $22 million in grants to local non-profit organizations who have
served as partners on Comcast Cares Day.
Additionally, Comcast will once again fold in the broad support and
amplification of Global
Citizen and Red
Nose Day, organizations aiming to end extreme poverty globally and
in the United States. These organizations use the universal language of
music and entertainment as a vehicle to engage people around the world
to make a difference. By amplifying our support of these initiatives on
Comcast Cares Day, Comcast NBCUniversal is providing additional ways to
help drive positive change in our communities.
For more information on Comcast NBCUniversal volunteer and community
investment initiatives, visit www.comcast.com/community.
About Comcast Corporation
Comcast Corporation (Nasdaq: CMCSA) is a global media and technology
company with two primary businesses, Comcast Cable and NBCUniversal.
Comcast Cable is one of the nation's largest video, high-speed internet,
and phone providers to residential customers under the XFINITY brand,
and also provides these services to businesses. It also provides
wireless and security and automation services to residential customers
under the XFINITY brand. NBCUniversal operates news, entertainment and
sports cable networks, the NBC and Telemundo broadcast networks,
television production operations, television station groups, Universal
Pictures and Universal Parks and Resorts. Visit www.comcastcorporation.com
for more information.
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