Comcast Awards $111,000 in Scholarships to 102 Massachusetts Students

Comcast Awards $111,000 in Scholarships to 102 Massachusetts Students

Graduating High School Seniors Recognized for Academic Achievement and Community Service











BOSTON, June 19, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- The Comcast Foundation, founded in 1999 to provide charitable support to its local communities and to empower and enrich lives, today announced the 2012 recipients of its annual Leaders 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.

Massachusetts Lieutenant Governor Timothy P. Murray, who assisted Comcast's Steve Hackley in awarding the scholarships at the State House earlier today, praised good corporate citizens like Comcast. 101 of the 2012 Massachusetts Leaders and Achievers recipients received $1,000 scholarships and one lucky student 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 $111,000 awarded in Massachusetts this year.

"Corporate citizens like Comcast invest in our communities to build a stronger future for our Commonwealth," said Lieutenant Governor Murray. "Thanks to Comcast's philanthropic scholarship program, the awards announced today will support the education for student leaders and develop another generation of scholars in our communities."

"Each year, we are excited to award Leaders and Achievers scholarships to talented and deserving students in Massachusetts who demonstrate leadership in school activities and reflect a strong commitment to community service," said Steve Hackley, Senior Vice President for Comcast's Greater Boston Region. "We are proud to recognize the success and potential of such outstanding student leaders, all of whom are preparing for the next step in their educational careers."

The Comcast Leaders and Achievers® Scholarship Program provides one-time $1,000 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.

Local winners throughout Massachusetts have participated in a wide variety of community service activities, such as mentoring and coaching younger students, volunteering at hospitals and participating in local blood, food and clothing drives.

Since the program's inception there have been over 17,000 scholarship winners totaling more than $17.4 million. A list of the scholarship recipients in New Hampshire is detailed 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 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 $108 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.



2012 Massachusetts Comcast Leaders and Achievers Scholarship Recipients



Student First
Name Student Last Name Student City Student State High School Name
Scotlyn Adler Mattapoisett MA Old Rochester Regional High School
Akilah Armstrong Cambridge MA Prospect Hill Academy Charter School
Stephanie Barilone Malden MA Malden High School
Erin Bennett Saugus MA Saugus High School
Hayley Benoit Westfield MA Southwick-Tolland Regional High School
Cameron Bishop Stoneham MA Stoneham High School
Ryan Breton Atkinson NH Central Catholic High School
Shelagh Brice Chelmsford MA Lowell Catholic High School
Catherine Brow Leominster MA Leominster High School
Emily Butynski Greenfield MA Greenfield High School
Jonathan Cabrera Lynn MA Lynn Vocational Technical Institute
Antonia Calcaterra Fitchburg MA North Central Charter Essential School
Olivia Carbone Fitchburg MA Fitchburg High School
Shanel Chandoo Randolph MA Randolph High School
Elena Chiklakis Georgetown MA Georgetown Middle/High School
Madalyn Ciampi Westminster MA Oakmont Regional High School
Barbara Coelho Everett MA Everett High School
John Concannon Woburn MA Woburn High School
Gillian Cowen Lynnfield MA Lynnfield High School
Esther Dada Lynn MA Classical High School
Nicolas Damasio Hanover MA Hanover High School
Taylor Days-Merrill Fairhaven MA Greater New Bedford Vocational Technical High School

Abigail Desjardins Ware MA Ware High School
Daniel DiMatteo Dennis MA Cape Cod Region Vocational Technical High School

Christopher Donlon Middleboro MA Coyle Cassidy High School
Graham Dunn Falmouth MA Falmouth High School
Kamyra Edokpolor Milton MA Milton Academy
Monica Elias Chelsea MA Chelsea High School
Bianca Falconi Peabody MA Peabody Veterans Memorial High School
Claribel Faulkner Lawrence MA Performing & Fine Arts High School
Zachary Fayne Sagamore Beach MA Sturgis Charter School
Shawn Flanagan Plymouth MA Plymouth North High School
Brett Fortin Mansfield MA Mansfield High School
Leandra Furtado Peabody MA Mystic Valley Regional Charter School
Brandene Gagnon Shelburne Falls MA The White Oak School
Samantha Garcia Lawrence MA Lawrence High School for Humanities and Leadership Development

Patrick Giroux Wilmington MA Wilmington High School
Solomon Goldstein-Rose Amherst MA Amherst Regional High School
Margaretta Goltz Milton MA Milton High School
Ashley Greaves Springfield MA The Springfield Renaissance School
Shannon Gusmini Natick MA Natick High School
Kelsey Harrington Seekonk MA Seekonk High School
Sarah Hassan Somerville MA Somerville High School
Monica Ho Hyde Park MA Boston Latin Academy
Daniel Howell Medford MA Community Charter School of Cambridge
Amaylah Israel Brockton MA Brockton High School
Samantha Jardin Swansea MA Joseph Case High School
Rachel Johnson Lynn MA Lynn English High School
Alexandra Kantor Brewster MA Nauset Regional High School
Shawna Kelley Indian Orchard MA Early College High School At Holyoke Community College

Jessica Kenney Tewksbury MA Shawsheen Valley Vocational Technical High School

Aisling Kerr Dorchester MA Boston Latin School
Noah Kligerman Amesbury MA Amesbury High School
Eva Kotsopoulos Marlborough MA Marlborough High School
Anne Kuan Andover MA Andover High School
Peter Le Fall River MA Bishop Connolly High School
Mollie Letendre Hopedale MA Blackstone Valley Technical High School
Yaraslau Loban Lincoln MA Lincoln-Sudbury Regional High School
Amanda Lourenco Greenfield MA Frontier Regional High School
Meghan Lynch East Bridgewater MA Cardinal Spellman High School
Jennifer Lynds Hopkinton MA Hopkinton High School
James Machado Dracut MA Dracut Senior High School
Natashia Maldonado Lawrence MA Math Science & Technology High School
Jenna Marcello Hopedale MA Hopedale Junior Senior High School
Olivia Marques Fall River MA B.M.C. Durfee High School
Michael McCarthy Norfolk MA King Philip Regional High School
Meghan McHugh Edgartown MA Marthas Vineyard Regional High School
Andrew Mercado Holyoke MA Holyoke High School
Damion Miller Hyde Park MA Codman Academy Charter School
Thomas Mulherin Hudson MA Assabet Valley Regional Technical High School

Santiago Narino Plymouth MA Plymouth South High School
Francis Ndicu Lowell MA Greater Lowell Technical High School
Holly Niemczyk Medway MA Medway High School
Leighton Noel Barre MA Montachusett Vocactional Technical High School

Collin O'Brien West Bridgewater MA West Bridgewater Junior Senior High School

Emily Ohrtman Gloucester MA Rockport High School
Ana Oliveira New Bedford MA Global Learning Charter Public School
Andrew Perrino South Dennis MA Dennis-Yarmouth Regional High School
James Rider Dartmouth MA Dartmouth High School
Isabel Robinson Cohasset MA Cohasset Middle/High School
Joana Rosa Boston MA Madison Park Technical Vocational High School

Dakota Roundtree-Swain Mansfield MA Taunton High School
Colleen Schroth Townsend MA North Middlesex Regional High School
Brian Shaw Weymouth MA Weymouth High School
Joseph Sherry Rehoboth MA Dighton-Rehoboth Regional High School
Rose Silva Centerville MA Barnstable High School
Jiayin Sperry South Hadley MA South Hadley High School
Jakenya Stone Dorchester MA New Mission High School
Sean Summers Chatham MA Chatham High School
Megan Sylvester Dighton MA Bristol County Agricultural High School
Colleen Szeto Carver MA Carver High School
Rijkaard Thomas Malden MA The English High School
Ashley Thomas Raynham MA Bridgewater-Raynham Regional High School

Alyssa Tonelli Springfield MA Sabis International Charter School
Nicholas Tran Revere MA Revere High School
William Tringali Kingston MA Silver Lake Regional High School
Dennis Vacon Monson MA Monson High School
Michael Vallejo Chelsea MA Fenway High School
Rachel Williams Walpole MA Walpole High School
Dynasty Wilson Indian Orchard MA Putnam Vocational Technical High School
Allison Wu Newton MA Newton North High School
Julian Zamudio-Herrera Westwood MA Westwood High School


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