BERLIN, Conn., April 30, 2016 /PRNewswire/ -- Nearly
1,000 local Comcast NBCUniversal employees and their families,
friends and community partners will "make change happen" today,
April 30th, as they
volunteer to improve eight sites across Connecticut as part of the 15th
annual Comcast Cares Day.
Comcast Cares Day, which takes place each April during National
Volunteer Month, is Comcast NBCUniversal's companywide celebration
of their year-round commitment to service and the nation's largest
single-day corporate volunteer effort in the country. Today,
Connecticut volunteers will roll
their sleeves up at sites in Danbury, Hartford, Middletown, Naugatuck, New
Haven, Norwich,
Stamford and West Hartford.
For example, at Lincoln-Bassett Community School in New Haven, a record 400 volunteers will
contribute to various projects of all shapes and sizes for all ages
and abilities to spruce up the school.
"Our communities would not be the same without the efforts of
volunteers who spend their time and energy making them better
places to live, learn, and grow," said Congresswoman Rosa L.
DeLauro, CT-3, who made a special visit to help kick-off the event
in New Haven. "To the hundreds of volunteers at
Lincoln-Bassett, and the thousands who are gathering in towns and
cities across the country, thank you for taking the time to make a
difference."
At The Arc New London County in Norwich, over 150
volunteers comprised of participants from the organization and
Easter Seals Capital Region will join Comcast employees and their
family and friends to paint, clean, and landscape their client
facility.
"We can't thank Comcast enough for choosing our Norwich site for this incredible program,"
said Kathleen Stauffer, CEO of The
Arc New London. "With budget constraints being what they are,
a lot of the projects on tap for the day have been overlooked in
recent months. The team assembling today will be breathing
new life into the building, making it better and brighter for those
we serve. Comcast's partnership is invaluable."
This year, the Company expects more than 100,000 Comcast and
NBCUniversal volunteers to participate in more than 800 projects
across the country and around the globe. To date, volunteers
have contributed more than 4 million service hours to improve
nearly 7,000 projects in the U.S. and around the world since
Comcast Cares Day started in 2001.
"The Naugatuck YMCA is honored to host Comcast Cares Day in our
community," said Sherri Beck from
the Naugatuck YMCA, another 2016 Comcast Cares Day site where
volunteers will be doing spring cleaning, landscaping and painting.
"We know that lasting personal and social change comes about when
we all work together. That's why at the Y, strengthening community
is our cause. Every day, we work side-by-side with our
neighbors to make sure that everyone, regardless of age, income or
background, has the opportunity to learn, grow and thrive. We are
happy to have Comcast share in our daily work we provide to our
community."
"As we celebrate our 15th annual Comcast Cares Day,
we are so proud to beautify some deserving partner locations and to
make a difference in our community," added Michael Parker, Comcast Senior Vice President of
the Western New England Region, which includes Connecticut. "It's truly amazing what's
possible in a day, when 650 volunteers donate their time to make a
difference in the lives of others. I'm inspired by the
community's response to Comcast Cares Day 2016 and I thank the
participants who help to make this effort a success."
Or as Peter Schaller,
Communications Manager for the United Way of Greater New Haven put it, "Comcast Cares Day
is the epitome of what it means to Live United."
The eight 2016 Comcast Cares Day sites in Connecticut include:
- Danbury - Mill Ridge
Primary School – volunteers will spring clean, landscape and
paint
- Hartford - Thirman Milner
Community School – volunteers will landscape, paint murals,
clean and organize
- Middletown – Woodrow Wilson Middle School – volunteers
will spring clean, landscape and paint
- Naugatuck - YMCA of
Naugatuck – volunteers will
spring clean, landscape and paint
- New Haven - Lincoln-Bassett
Community School – volunteers will spring clean, landscape and
paint
- Norwich – The ARC New
London County - volunteers will spring clean, landscape and
paint
- Stamford - Mill River Park
– volunteers will landscape and clean up the park, playground,
and walkways
- West Hartford - Hartford
Boys and Girls Club – volunteers will conduct an electronics
recycling drive
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 $18
million in grants to local non-profit organizations who have
partnered with us on Comcast Cares Day.
Additionally, this Comcast Cares Day the Company is folding in
the broad support and amplification of two other Company
partnerships: Global Citizen, who organize the annual music and
advocacy-focused Global Citizen Festival curated by Coldplay's
Chris Martin that has aired on MSNBC
for the past few years, and Red Nose Day, a special television
event with top musical and comedy performances that debuted on NBC
last year. These initiatives aim to end extreme poverty, fight
inequality and injustice, and tackle climate change globally and in
the United States. 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.
Comcast has been committed to serving local communities since
our founding more than 50 years ago. 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. 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 the Comcast Foundation
The Comcast Foundation
was founded by Comcast Corporation in June
1999 to provide charitable support to qualified nonprofit
organizations. The Foundation primarily invests in programs
intended to have a positive, sustainable impact on their
communities. The Foundation has three community investment
priorities—expanding digital literacy, promoting community service,
and building tomorrow's leaders. Since its inception, the Comcast
Foundation has donated $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 in Connecticut:
Comcast is committed to
providing an unparalleled entertainment experience to residents and
businesses in the 83 communities the company serves in
Connecticut. Comcast's Western New England Region, which
includes five states, is headquartered in Berlin, Connecticut, and customers are served
by a team of more than 1,300 Connecticut employees. Comcast also
boasts a call center in Enfield,
Connecticut, service centers throughout the state, and seven
state-of-the-art Xfinity Service Centers where customers can
experience Comcast's Xfinity products and services firsthand.
Comcast's popular Xfinity brand is also featured on the Xfinity
Theatre, one of Hartford's premier
music venues. The company helps to strengthen the communities
where its customers and employees live and work by supporting local
nonprofit organizations. In 2015, Comcast provided more than
$2 million to community partners in
the state, in the form of Comcast Foundation grants,
sponsorships, volunteer hours, courtesy services and in-kind
donations.
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