Comcast Awards $39,000 in Scholarships to Connecticut Students

Comcast Awards $39,000 in Scholarships to Connecticut Students

National President of Comcast Foundation and CT Native Joseph W. Waz, Jr. Attends Ceremony at Capitol Building Recognizing Graduating High School Seniors

BERLIN, Conn., June 1 /PRNewswire/ -- At a special ceremony held today at the Connecticut State Capitol in Hartford, Comcast honored 39 graduating high school seniors from across Connecticut 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.

Joseph W. Waz, Jr., a Connecticut native and President of the Comcast Foundation, participated in the ceremony to help distribute scholarships to the students.

"Each year, we are excited to provide Leaders and Achievers scholarships to talented students who demonstrate leadership in school activities and reflect a strong commitment to community service," said Doug Guthrie, Senior Vice President for Comcast's Western New England Region. "Given the economic uncertainty facing families across Connecticut 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, mentoring and coaching younger students, volunteering at hospitals and participating in and local blood, food and clothing drives and fundraising walks. Community organizations throughout Connecticut, including Big Brothers Big Sisters, Boy Scouts and Girl Scouts of America, Habitat for Humanity, the Red Cross and Special Olympics, 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 169 from New England. In the nine years since the program began, Comcast has awarded $11 million in college aid to 11,000 scholarship winners. In that time, the Comcast Foundation has awarded 241 Connecticut high school seniors $1,000 Comcast Leaders and Achievers scholarships, totaling $241,000.

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.

A list of the scholarship recipients in Connecticut is below.

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/inthecommunity.

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.

2009 Connecticut Comcast Leaders and Achievers Scholarship Recipients

NAME HIGH SCHOOL HOMETOWN
Chelsea Anderson Housatonic Valley Regional High Canaan
School
Andrew Briere East Hampton High School East Hampton
Allie Cobb Academy of the Holy Family Mansfield
Carson Collier Berlin High School Kensington
Allison Cooper Portland High School Portland
Kelsey Crawford Westbrook High School Westbrook
Jillian DeMayo Waterbury Arts Magnet High School Middlebury
Alyssa Desmarais Lewis S. Mills High School Burlington
Emily Doll Mark T. Sheehan High School Wallingford
Denise Domnarski Stonington High School Pawcatuck
Whitley Dozier Plainville High School Plainville
Margaret Ercolani Shelton High School Shelton
Melissa Hannequin Bethel High School Bethel
Brandon Hayse Woodland Regional High School Prospect
Joseph Kassay Seymour High School Seymour
Jordan King Old Saybrook Senior High School Old Saybrook
Julie Lalonde East Lyme High School East Lyme
Sarah Landers Loomis Chaffee School Windsor
Jenna Langhans Coginchaug Regional High School Durham
Katherine Lenihan Avon High School Avon
Catherine Lewis Wheeler High School North Stonington
Jeremy Loretz Ellington High School Ellington
Patrick McKeon Notre Dame High Hamden
Gloria Medina Hartford Public High School Hartford
Samuel Nowack Middletown High School Middletown
Jalak Patel North Haven High School North Haven
Alexis Peters Fitch Senior High School Mystic
Caroline Puckowski Miss Porter's School Southington
Drew Puig Lyman Hall High School Wallingford
Michele Saums Ledyard High School Ledyard
Mary Sopelak Northwest Catholic High Windsor
Jessica Strout Norwich Technical High School Norwich
David Tortoriello Rockville High School Vernon
Molly Turro The Ethel Walker School West Hartford
Ryan Vandehei Valley Regional High School Ivoryton
Desiree Wimberly Bloomfield High School Bloomfield
Kayla Worroll West Haven High School West Haven
Steven Yu Farmington High School Unionville
Grant Zyskowski Simsbury High School Simsbury

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