Comcast Awards $105,000 in Scholarships to Bay State Students

Comcast Awards $105,000 in Scholarships to Bay State Students

State House Ceremony Recognizes 105 Graduating High School Seniors for Academic Achievement and Community Service Commitment

BOSTON, June 23 /PRNewswire/ -- At a special ceremony held today at the Massachusetts State House, Comcast honored 105 graduating high school seniors from across the Commonwealth who have won a helping hand for college in the form of $1,000 scholarships from the Comcast Foundation. The Comcast Leaders and Achievers Scholarship Program, one of the Comcast Foundation's signature community investment programs, annually recognizes students who have demonstrated leadership skills, academic achievement and a commitment to community service.

"Each year, we are excited to provide Leaders and Achievers scholarships to talented students who demonstrate leadership in school activities and a strong commitment to community service," said Steve Hackley, Senior Vice President for Comcast's Greater Boston Region. "Given the economic uncertainty facing families across Massachusetts and our nation, this year's awards take on even greater significance and we are proud to participate in a small way in helping these future leaders power their dreams for success."

A commitment to community service is an essential component in the selection of Comcast Leaders and Achievers Scholarship recipients. This year's honorees are catalysts for positive change in their communities and schools, participating in a wide variety of community service activities, such as helping to revitalize communities as part of service projects, mentoring and tutoring younger students, volunteering at hospitals and domestic violence shelters and delivering and serving meals to the homeless and hungry. Community organizations throughout Massachusetts, including Cell Phones for Soldiers, Dana Farber Cancer Institute, American Cancer Society's Relay for Life, Project Bread's Walk for Hunger and Big Brothers Big Sisters, have benefited from the service and leadership of this year's recipients.

Nationally, 1,879 high school seniors received $1,000 Comcast Leaders and Achievers Scholarships this year, including 170 from New England. In the nine years since the program began, Comcast has awarded $11 million in college aid to 11,000 scholarship winners.

Each year, Comcast works with high school principals, guidance counselors and school administrators to select the scholarship recipients. The program is overseen by International Scholarship and Tuition Services, Inc., an independent firm that specializes in managing sponsored scholarship programs.

For additional information, visit www.comcast.com/scholarships.

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's focus areas are volunteerism, literacy, and youth leadership development. Since its inception, the Comcast Foundation has donated more than $64 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)(NASDAQ:CMCSK) (www.comcast.com) is the nation's leading provider of entertainment, information and communication products and services. With 24.1 million cable customers, 15.3 million high-speed Internet customers and 6.8 million Comcast Digital Voice customers, Comcast is principally involved in the development, management and operation of cable systems and in the delivery of programming content.

Comcast's content networks and investments include E! Entertainment Television, Style Network, Golf Channel, VERSUS, G4, PBS KIDS Sprout, TV One, ten sports networks operated by Comcast Sports Group and Comcast Interactive Media, which develops and operates Comcast's Internet businesses, including Comcast.net (www.comcast.net). 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.

Source: Comcast Cable

CONTACT: Jim Hughes of Comcast Cable, +1-617-562-4340,
jim_hughes@cable.comcast.com

Web Site: http://www.comcast.com/

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