Comcast Awards $62,000 in Scholarships to Virginia High School Seniors

Comcast Awards $62,000 in Scholarships to Virginia High School Seniors

Comcast Leaders and Achievers® Scholarship Program Recognizes Virginia Students for their Academic Achievement and Community Service

RICHMOND, Va., May 19, 2011 /PRNewswire/ -- The Comcast Foundation, founded in 1999 to provide charitable support to its local communities and to empower and enrich lives, is awarding 53 Virginia high school seniors scholarships through its annualLeaders and Achievers®Scholarship Program. The program, one of the Comcast Foundation's signature community investment programs, recognizes students' leadership skills, academic achievement and commitment to community service.

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Comcast was joined by Attorney General of the Commonwealth of Virginia Kenneth Cuccinelli to recognize the students at a special event held at the Virginia State Capitol in Richmond yesterday. Fifty-two of the Leaders and Achievers recipients received $1,000 scholarships and Theodore Flowers of Potomac Falls High School in Sterling was awarded a $10,000 Comcast Founders Scholarship - instituted in honor of Ralph J. Roberts, Founder and Chairman Emeritus of Comcast Corporation - for a total of $62,000 awarded to Virginia students this year. After a prize drawing, five students were also given an iPad to use at college.

"These students serve as role models for other young people across the state, and we thank them for their hard work and contributions to their communities," said Attorney General Cuccinelli. "I am grateful to Comcast for providing these students, our future leaders, with the help they need and deserve to continue their education and create bright futures for themselves and our state."

"Comcast is focused on giving back to our communities and providing our youth with opportunities for personal growth and professional success," said Tom Coughlin, regional senior vice president. "We are pleased to recognize these outstanding students for their achievements and wish them the best of luck as they pursue their dreams."

The Comcast Leaders and Achievers® Scholarship Program provides one-time $1000 scholarships to students who strive to achieve their potential, who are catalysts for positive change in their communities, who are involved in their schools, and who serve as models for their fellow students. The philosophy behind the program is to give young people every opportunity to be prepared for the future, to engage youth in their communities, and to demonstrate the importance of civic involvement and the value placed on civic involvement by the business community.

Since the program's inception there have been over 15,000 scholarship winners totaling more than $15.4 million.

2011 Comcast Leaders and Achievers(R) Scholarship Winners
from Virginia
SCHOLARSHIP RECIPIENTS (by County or Independent City
where high school is located):

Alexandria
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Eileen McNamara of St. Stephen's & St. Agnes School

Arlington
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Lilia Cherchari of Wakefield High School
Judith Crews of Yorktown High School
Pisethkoma Phat of Arlington Mill High School
Continuation Program

Augusta
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Brooke Reade of Stuarts Draft High School

Charlottesville
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Richard Washington of Charlottesville High School

Chesterfield
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Sherrica Ingram Harris of Chesterfield Community High
School in Chester
Natasha Patel of Cosby High School in Midlothian
Ronnie Ransome of Matoaca High School in Chesterfield
Christopher Towns of Thomas Dale High School in Chester
Ayanna Tweedy of L.C. Bird High School in Chesterfield

Colonial Heights
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Ruth Kim of Colonial Heights High School

Culpeper
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Heather Ramey of Culpeper County High School

Danville
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David Jones of George Washington High School

Dinwiddie
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Abygail Staples of Dinwiddie High School

Emporia
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Tiffany Jones of Greensville County High School

Fauquier
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Tanner Russo of Liberty High School in Bealton

Greene
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Sabrina Cumpian of William Monroe High School in
Standardsville

Hanover
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Hye-Jin Kim of Atlee High School in Mechanicsville
Anar Panjwani of Lee-Davis High School in
Mechanicsville
Cameron Rose of Hanover High School in Mechanicsville

Henrico
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Kyle Arpe of John Randolph Tucker High School
Nikita Bhojani of Henrico High School

Loudoun
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Theodore Flowers of Potomac Falls High School in
Sterling
Brett Fulcer of Heritage High School in Leesburg
Juoying Pan of Dominion High School in Sterling
Maria Wilkins of Broad Run High School in Ashburn

Petersburg
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Nourdjan Hadjivelieva of Appomattox Regional Governor's
School in Petersburg

Pittsylvania
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Matthew Marstin of Gretna High School

Powhatan
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Jessica Harris of Powhatan High School

Prince William
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Emmanuel Abebrese of Freedom High School in Woodbridge
Arsalan Bhatti of Potomac Senior High School in
Dumfries
Shawnn Conway of Forest Park High School in Woodbridge
Harshmeet Singh of Battlefield High School in Haymarket

Richmond
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Aaron Buncher of Godwin High School
Benjamin Constable of St. Christopher's School
Jabria Craft of St. Catherines School
Catherine deLeon of Freeman High School
David Dinnie of Grove Avenue Baptist Christian
Arjin Harris of Franklin Military Academy
Henry Jimenez of Meadowbrook High School
Andrew Lambert of Monacan High School
DeMeishia Lewis of Open High School
Kristen Simms of Thomas Jefferson High School
Bria Smith of Hermitage High School
Jada Wade of Huguenot High School

Rockingham
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Mark Gordon of Spotswood High School in Penn Laird

Salem
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Manuel Martinez Salgado of Salem High School

Stafford
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Kaitlyn Baumann of North Stafford High School
Stuart Penninger of Mountain View High School

Staunton
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Krysta Trout of Riverheads High School

Waynesboro
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Seth Austin of Waynesboro High School

Winchester
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Erin Gardner of James Wood High School

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 has three community investment priorities - promoting community service, expanding digital literacy, and building tomorrow's leaders. Since its inception, the Comcast Foundation has donated over $90 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

Comcast Corporation (Nasdaq: CMCSA, CMCSK) (www.comcast.com) is one of the world's leading media, entertainment and communications companies. Comcast is principally involved in the operation of cable systems through Comcast Cable and in the development, production and distribution of entertainment, news, sports and other content for global audiences through NBCUniversal. Comcast Cable is one of the nation's largest video, high-speed Internet and phone providers to residential and business customers. Comcast is the majority owner and manager of NBCUniversal, which owns and operates entertainment and news cable networks, the NBC and Telemundo broadcast networks, local television station groups, television production operations, a major motion picture company and theme parks.

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