Comcast to Team Up With Communities to Make 28 California Schools Safer, Cleaner and Better for Thousands of Students as Part of 'Comcast Cares Day'

Comcast to Team Up With Communities to Make 28 California Schools Safer, Cleaner and Better for Thousands of Students as Part of 'Comcast Cares Day'

Comcast California to Mobilize 4,000 Employees, Family Members, Students and Parents in One of Nation's Largest Single-Day Corporate Volunteer Efforts

Curtis Stone, Host of TLC's Hit Series 'Take Home Chef,' to Show Students How to Use Vegetables From Their School's Garden

SAN RAMON, Calif., April 30 /PRNewswire/ -- On Saturday, May 3, more than 4,000 local Comcast employees and their families and friends will volunteer to improve 28 schools throughout California as part of Comcast's seventh annual "Comcast Cares Day." In total, approximately 50,000 Comcast volunteers nationally will participate in this year's company-wide day of community service, making it one of the nation's largest single-day corporate volunteer efforts.

Throughout California, local elected officials will be on hand as Comcast employees will spend the day repainting walls, planting shrubs, weeding flower beds, sprucing up interior areas and cleaning up the grounds of the following schools. Specific projects will include installing new playground equipment in Petaluma, installing benches and a stone memorial to two children who perished in a fire in Sacramento, repainting a baseball dugout in San Jose and planting shade trees in Concord. Curtis Stone, host of The Learning Channel's (TLC) hit series "Take Home Chef," will also be on hand at Valley Vista Elementary School in Petaluma to demonstrate organic gardening for students using vegetables from their school's garden.

2008 "Comcast Cares Day" Sites in California

Antioch Belshaw Elementary School
Castro Valley Strobridge Elementary
Citrus Heights Lichen Elementary School
Concord Ygnacio Valley High School
Dublin Frederikson Elementary School
East Palo Alto Edison-Brentwood Academy
Fairfield Bransford Elementary School
Fresno Carver Academy Middle School
Marysville Linda Elementary School
Merced Atwater Castle Head Start Preschool
Morgan Hill San Martin/Gwinn Elementary School
Newark Schilling Elementary School
Oakland Burckhalter Elementary School
Oroville Nelson Ave Middle School
Penn Valley Williams Ranch Elementary School
Petaluma Valley Vista Elementary
Pittsburg Los Medanos Elementary School
Richmond Wilson Elementary School
Sacramento Fruitridge Elementary School
Salinas La Joya Elementary
San Francisco KIPP Bayview Academy
San Jose Ben Painter Elementary School
San Mateo College Park Elementary School
Scotts Valley Scotts Valley Middle School
Sonora Sonora High School
Stockton Nightingale Elementary School
Tracy Monte Vista Middle School
Vallejo North Hills Christian School

"Comcast is embedded in thousands of communities across the country, and we're very proud that approximately 50,000 of our employees, their families and friends will be giving their time to help improve their neighborhoods," said Comcast Chairman and Chief Executive Officer, Brian L. Roberts. "Comcast Cares Day is the cornerstone celebration of a year-long commitment to our community, and we're thrilled to once again partner with organizations across the country to help make this special day a resounding success."

Comcast Volunteering Continues Long After Cares Day

In addition to the thousands of hours of service for schools on May 3rd, Comcast employees in California volunteer their time year-round to a variety of projects and organizations through the company's Comcast Cares program.

"Comcast is committed to improving the quality of life in the communities we serve throughout the year, and especially on Comcast Cares Day when we'll be working to improve California schools for our children to be in safer, cleaner and better environments in which to learn and prosper," added Steve White, Regional Senior Vice President for Comcast California. "There is nothing more rewarding than giving back, and I'm grateful to the 4,000 Comcast Cares Day volunteers in California who will be donating their time to help make such a big difference."

The Comcast Foundation will also donate more than $1.5 million in grants to local community partner organizations across the country on behalf of each volunteer who participates on Comcast Cares Day. The grants will help Comcast's community partners continue their mission of serving the community throughout the year.

For more information on Comcast's volunteer and community investment initiatives, visit http://www.comcast.com/Corporate/About/InTheCommunity/InTheCommunity.html .

About Comcast

Comcast Corporation (Nasdaq: CMCSA; CMCSK) (http://www.comcast.com/) is the nation's leading provider of entertainment, information and communications products and services. With 24.1 million cable customers, 13.2 million high-speed Internet customers, and 4.6 million voice customers, Comcast is principally involved in the development, management and operation of broadband cable systems and in the delivery of programming content.

Comcast's content networks and investments include E! Entertainment Television, Style Network, The Golf Channel, VERSUS, G4, PBS KIDS Sprout, TV One, ten regional Comcast SportsNets and Comcast Interactive Media, which develops and operates Comcast's Internet business. Comcast also has a majority ownership in Comcast-Spectacor, whose major holdings include the Philadelphia Flyers NHL hockey team, the Philadelphia 76ers NBA basketball team and two large multipurpose arenas in Philadelphia.

About the Comcast Foundation

The Comcast Foundation was established by Comcast Corporation in 1999 to provide charitable support to Section 501(c)(3) non-profit organizations. The Foundation primarily invests in programs intended to have a positive, sustainable impact in the areas of volunteerism, literacy, and youth leadership development. Since its inception, the Comcast Foundation has donated more than $43 million to organizations in the communities that Comcast serves nationwide. More information about the Foundation and its programs is available at http://www.comcast.com/neighborhood.

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