PITTSBURGH, April 25, 2015 /PRNewswire/ -- On
Saturday, April 25, more than 2,000
local Comcast NBCUniversal employees and their families, friends
and community partners will "make change happen" as they volunteer
to improve communities across the Greater
Pittsburgh region as part of the 14th annual
Comcast Cares Day. Projects will include the organization of a food
pantry, revitalization of public parks, beautification of community
centers and schools and various landscaping and cleanup efforts at
more than a dozen sites.
Comcast Cares Day, which takes place each April during National
Volunteer Month, is Comcast NBCUniversal's companywide celebration
of its year-round commitment to service and the nation's largest
single-day corporate volunteer effort.
In Pittsburgh, Comcast
Corporation Executive Vice President David
L. Cohen and Comcast Regional Senior Vice President
Jim Samaha will join Congressman
Mike Doyle, Allegheny County
Executive Rich Fitzgerald, Sarah
Heinz House Executive Director Jennifer
Cairns, United Way of Allegheny
County Director of Community Impact Julie DeSeyn and nearly 300 volunteers to
complete a number of initiatives at the Sarah Heinz House Boys and
Girls Club.
"Comcast Cares Day is a shining example of how our employees,
family members, friends and community partners all come together
with a similar goal of creating a positive impact in our
communities," said Cohen. "I look forward to making a difference in
the lives of club members by joining hundreds of other volunteers
at Sarah Heinz House Boys & Girls Club."
Activities taking place at the club throughout the day will
include preparing vegetable gardens, planting flowers, mulching and
landscaping.
"I'm pleased to see so many Comcast employees volunteering to
help today," Congressman Doyle said. "Comcast makes contributions
to a number of communities in Pennsylvania and around the country through
direct and in-kind support. I commend Comcast's philanthropic
commitment, and I welcome the effort that Comcast and its employees
make every year to improve Pittsburgh on Comcast Cares Day."
Said Allegheny County Executive Fitzgerald: "Allegheny County is thankful for the service
of the almost 2,000 Comcast volunteers who are working throughout
our community today. Volunteerism is essential to a growing and
prosperous region. We are fortunate to have Comcast as part of that
community, and grateful that the organization remains an active,
committed and engaged member of this region."
In addition, the Comcast Foundation will present Cairns with a
$25,000 grant for the Sarah Heinz
House Boys and Girls Club on behalf of all those who volunteered on
Comcast Cares Day. The Foundation, which last year presented a
$20,000 grant to Sarah Heinz House
Boys and Girls Club to support My.Future, a new technology
initiative that teaches Club members about the digital world and
ignites their passion for technology, has awarded more than
$16 million in grants to local
non-profit organizations nationwide who have participated in
Comcast Cares Day.
"Comcast is a valued member of the Sarah Heinz House family,"
said Cairns. "Their care for our kids extends far beyond one day a
year. Not only has Comcast been an integral part of keeping our
facility and grounds beautiful, they have also helped us to expand
our kids' horizons by exposing them to the latest technology. We
are forever grateful for their support."
As part of Comcast NBCUniversal's recently announced five-year
partnership agreement with Boys & Girls Club, United Way
Worldwide announced today it will be providing additional support
to Boys & Girls Clubs on Comcast Cares Day. Six clubs,
including the Sarah Heinz House Boys and Girls Club, will receive a
$25,000 grant from United Way
Worldwide to support the Club's focus on healthy lifestyles. United
Way Worldwide will continue to support Boys & Girls Clubs on
Comcast Cares Day through 2019, impacting a total of 30 Clubs,
supporting their goal of getting 1.9 million more kids active and
healthy.
This year, more than 90,000 Comcast and NBCUniversal volunteers
are expected to participate in more than 750 projects across the
country and around the globe. To date, volunteers have contributed
more than 3.7 million service hours to improve nearly 6,000
projects in the U.S. and around the world since Comcast Cares Day
started in 2001.
Other Comcast Cares Day projects in the Greater Pittsburgh area include:
- Urban League Family Support Center, 101 Hazlett Street.
Activities include property cleanup, painting and flower planting
from 8:30 a.m. to 1:30 p.m.
- The Education Partnership, 281 Corliss Street. Weeklong
activities begin April 20 and include
inventory chores and warehouse preparation.
- Small Seeds, 6033 Broad Street in East Liberty. Activities include painting and
cleanup from 8 a.m. to noon.
- Boys & Girls Club of Western
Pennsylvania, 630 Washington Street in Carnegie. Activities include landscaping and
cleanup both inside and outside the building from 8 a.m. to noon.
- Dickson Elementary School, 7301 Schoyer Avenue. In partnership
with the Woodland Hills Foundation, activities include painting,
planting and preparation of the outdoor classroom from 8:30 a.m. to 2 p.m.
- New Kensington Salvation Army, 1101 5th Avenue.
Activities include organizing the food pantry, painting and
cleaning from 8 a.m. until 1
p.m.
- Best of the Batch Foundation's summer basketball camp facility,
2000 West Street in Munhall.
Volunteers will be cleaning, painting and landscaping from
9 a.m. until 2 p.m.
- Plum YMCA, 2200 Route 286. Volunteers will be landscaping from
8 a.m. to noon.
- In conjunction with Comcast Cares Day but occurring on
April 28, volunteers will be
assisting disabled children to play baseball at the Miracle
Baseball League field in Upper St.
Clair's Boyce Mayview Park, 1561 Mayview Road, from
8:30 a.m. to 2 p.m.
- Baden Municipal Park, 149 State Street. Volunteers will be
planting and landscaping from 8 a.m. to
noon.
- YMCA Beaver County, 2236 3rd Avenue in New Brighton. Activities include landscaping
and spring cleaning from 8 a.m. to
noon.
- Habitat For Humanity warehouse, 17 South 17th Street
in Jeannette. Volunteers will be
working from 8 a.m. to noon.
- LeMoyne Community Center, 200 Forest Avenue in Washington, Pa. Volunteers will be painting,
landscaping and cleaning from 8 a.m. to 1
p.m.
- Shekinah Ranch, 77 Chestnut Road in Charleroi. Activities include spring cleaning
from 8 a.m. to 1 p.m.
Comcast has been committed to serving local communities since
our founding more than 50 years ago. For more information on
Comcast's volunteer and community investment initiatives, visit
www.comcast.com/community.
About Comcast Corporation
Comcast Corporation (Nasdaq: CMCSA, CMCSK) is a global media and
technology company with two primary businesses, Comcast Cable and
NBCUniversal. Comcast Cable is the nation's largest video,
high-speed Internet and phone provider 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—promoting community service, expanding digital literacy,
and building tomorrow's leaders. Since its inception, the Comcast
Foundation has donated nearly $158
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.
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