Partnership Expands Comcast NBCUniversal’s
Year-Round Commitment to Strengthening Communities in the U.S. and
Globally
We are proud to announce that Comcast Cares Day, the nation’s
largest single-day corporate volunteer effort and a culmination of
Comcast NBCUniversal’s year-round commitment to community service,
is incorporating the broad support and amplification of two other
Company partnerships: Global Citizen and Red Nose Day,
organizations aiming to end extreme poverty globally and in the
United States. Global Citizen and Red Nose Day 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,
including NBC and MSNBC, is providing additional ways to help drive
positive change in our communities.
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This Saturday, April 30, volunteers will contribute their time
and energy to improve nearly 900 project sites around the world as
part of the 15th annual Comcast Cares Day. More than 100,000
employees, their family and friends, and local non-profit partners
will make change happen by giving back to their communities.
Through Comcast Cares Day, volunteers to date have contributed more
than 4 million service hours to improve 6,800 community projects.
The Comcast Foundation has contributed more than $18 million to
participating local non-profit organizations since Comcast Cares
Day started in 2001.
“This year marks the 15th anniversary of Comcast Cares Day. I am
very proud that Comcast Cares Day has grown to attract more than
100,000 volunteers around the globe,” said Brian L. Roberts,
Chairman and CEO, Comcast Corporation. “Each year, I look forward
to working alongside my Comcast NBCUniversal colleagues and their
families and friends, and I thank them for their time in helping to
improve our communities and neighborhoods.”
“Comcast Cares Day is a true celebration of our company’s
commitment to our communities, bringing together our employees,
their families, friends and community partners around the world to
make change happen," said David L. Cohen, Senior Executive Vice
President and Chief Diversity Officer, Comcast Corporation. “This
Comcast Cares Day, I am thrilled that we are folding in companywide
support and amplification of two incredible company partnerships,
Global Citizen and Red Nose Day. We are always looking for ways to
do more at Comcast NBCUniversal and these initiatives will help to
further drive positive change in our communities.”
During this year’s Comcast Cares Day, volunteers will serve at
sites across the country and worldwide with NBCUniversal managing
projects in 18 additional countries and Puerto Rico, including
Australia, Brazil, China, Germany, Russia, Singapore, Switzerland
and the United Kingdom.
Projects planned for this Saturday include revitalizing
neglected neighborhood parks, beautifying schools, stocking
community food banks, planting trees, refreshing playgrounds,
installing computer labs at community centers, and much more.
Comcast NBCUniversal will partner with many non-profit community
organizations and local chapters of the National Council of La
Raza and the National Urban League, who will be working
side-by-side with Comcast Cares Day volunteers on Saturday.
Additionally, employees from Comcast NBCUniversal will be
partnering with Boys & Girls Clubs of America, Big
Brothers Big Sisters of America, City Year, and Easter
Seals, along with hundreds of other local community
organizations.
Below is a sampling of the nearly 900 projects taking place as
part of Comcast Cares Day:
- Chicago, Ill. (Marquette Park) –
Approximately 300 volunteers, including those from PODER Learning
Center, an NCLR affiliate, will help paint, clean-up and landscape
this 300-acre park and its facilities that serve many low income
families throughout the Chicago Lawn neighborhood.
- New York, N.Y. (P.S./M.S. 149
Sojourner Truth Middle School) – Approximately 300 volunteers,
including local City Year New York corps members, will paint
murals, clean out underutilized classrooms to create additional
learning space, and assemble healthy eating kits.
- Philadelphia, Pa. (Bridesburg Boys
& Girls Club) – Approximately 200 volunteers will clean,
paint and make repairs inside the Club and remove litter and
landscape the property surrounding the Club. Additionally,
volunteers will work alongside Rebuilding Together Philadelphia and
Scripps Networks Interactive to create a one-of-a-kind arts and
crafts room.
- Detroit, Mich. (Detroit Rescue
Mission Ministries) – Approximately 150 volunteers will create
enhanced living spaces in both the teen and women’s shelters,
including installing computer labs, constructing playground
equipment, interior painting, and boxing and distributing food to
the hungry.
- Los Angeles, Calif. (Toluca Lake
Elementary) – Approximately 700 volunteers along with City Year
Los Angeles will create an exciting learning environment for
students by painting murals and blacktop games, and improving areas
throughout the campus.
- Houston, Texas (Post-Traumatic
Stress Disorder (PTSD) Foundation of America Camp Hope) –
Approximately 300 volunteers will landscape a portion of the Camp
Hope Campus, update the playground, remodel an onsite family
residence, and assist with the construction of rooms in a new
multipurpose facility that offers a recovery program for veterans
suffering from PTSD.
- Bayamón, Puerto Rico ("Re-build"
house with Habitat for Humanity) – Approximately 40 volunteers
will help rebuild a house for families that are victims of domestic
abuse by painting the exterior and interior of the house and
planting a garden. Comcast is also donating the materials for the
wiring and electrical of the interior of the home.
A few weeks after Comcast Cares Day, Red Nose Day will take
place on May 26, aiming to raise awareness and money for children
and young people most in need, in the U.S. and around the world.
The campaign brings people together to have fun and make a
difference through a combination of grassroots and workplace
fundraising, social media challenges and retail cause marketing,
and uses the signature Red Nose as a fun way to raise awareness and
funds for the cause. It all culminates with a celebrity-packed
two-hour primetime television special on NBC on May 26 at 9 p.m.
ET., combining great entertainment and compelling content to raise
awareness and life-changing funds to help lift kids out of poverty.
Money raised in 2016 will support programs in all 50 states and
around the world that ensure kids in need are safe, healthy and
educated. Comcast will also create a unique Video On Demand
collection for Xfinity customers that will include segments from
several celebrities and additional content.
The momentum continues throughout the summer culminating in the
5th annual Global Citizen Festival in September. MSNBC and Global
Citizen will focus on empowering everyday citizens to use their
voices to combat extreme poverty. Activating the public through a
series of “actions” tied to domestic and global policies and
government commitments, the campaign aggregates the voices of
globally-minded people to influence world leaders and
decision-makers on issues of world poverty. On September 24th,
MSNBC will air the Global Citizen Festival where more than 60,000
people who have earned their entry through taking action, come
together with world-class artists, thought leaders, and influencers
to champion the fight against poverty. Comcast will also create a
unique Video On Demand collection for Xfinity customers that will
include behind-the-scenes access to the Festival and exclusive
content.
Comcast NBCUniversal supports the communities we serve by
volunteering, providing access to innovative technology, giving
financial support and partnering with organizations to make
communities stronger. Comcast primarily invests in programs and
nonprofits that address digital literacy, youth leadership
development and community service. Since 2001, Comcast’s overall
giving has exceeded $4 billion in cash and in-kind contributions to
support nonprofit organizations and other charitable partners
across the country.
About the Comcast
Foundation
The Comcast Foundation was founded by Comcast Corporation in
June 1999 to provide charitable support to qualified non-profit
organizations. The Foundation primarily invests in programs
intended to have a positive, sustainable impact on their
communities. The Foundation has three community investment
priorities—promoting service, expanding digital literacy, and
building tomorrow’s leaders. Since its inception, the Comcast
Foundation has donated more than $176 million to organizations in
the communities nationwide that Comcast serves. More information
about the Foundation and its programs is available at
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. 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.
About Global Citizen
Global Citizen works in partnership with and supports some of
the most effective organizations working to end extreme poverty.
Committed to providing the most interesting stories, effective
actions and powerful campaigns, Global Citizen aims to unlock the
power of every individual to play his or her part in the movement
to end extreme poverty in the next 15 years. Global Citizen
believes that when an organized, critical mass of individuals in
society aspire to the values of Global Citizen, and when they are
equipped to take meaningful action, we can change the policies and
practices that contribute to keeping people in extreme poverty.
About Red Nose Day
Red Nose Day (rednoseday.org) is a fundraising campaign run
by the non-profit organization Comic Relief Inc. (comicrelief.org),
a registered 501(c)(3) public charity. Red Nose Day has raised
over $1 billion globally in the last 25 years, and in the UK has
become a cultural phenomenon where people across the country
come together to have fun, raise money and change
lives. Red Nose Day launched in the U.S. in
2015, dedicated to raising money to help children
who are most in need, both in the U.S. and in some of the poorest
communities in the world. Last year it benefited children and
young people in all 50 states and in 15 countries
internationally.
Red Nose Day returns this year on Thursday May 26,
2016. The day's events will culminate in a two-hour live
primetime TV special on NBC at 9 p.m. ET, featuring the biggest
stars across comedy, music, TV and film. Funds raised go to the Red
Nose Day Fund which distributes the money through
programs to keep children and young people safe, healthy and
educated. Comic Relief, Inc. in the US and Comic Relief UK are
independent sister organizations that are joined by their shared
vision of a just world, free from poverty and the mission to drive
positive change through the power of entertainment.
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