Comcast Awards $23,000 In Scholarships To Vermont High School Seniors

Comcast Awards $23,000 In Scholarships To Vermont High School Seniors

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

MONTPELIER, Vt., March 18, 2015 /PRNewswire/ -- The Comcast Foundation, founded in 1999 to provide charitable support to its local communities and to empower and enrich lives, has awarded 14 Vermont high school seniors scholarships through 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.

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Comcast, joined by Governor Peter Shumlin, recognized the students at a special event held at the Vermont State House today. The fourteen recipients each received $1,000 scholarships. One student, Jordan Phelps, a resident of Springfield and student at Springfield High School, was selected to receive an additional $9,000 Comcast Founders Scholarship - instituted in honor of Ralph J. Roberts, Founder and Chairman Emeritus of Comcast Corporation. In total, Comcast awarded $23,000 worth of scholarships in Vermont this year.

"In Vermont, we believe in preparing our students and making sure they have the qualifications to fill tomorrow's jobs," said Governor Peter Shumlin. "We're making the investments in our future that will allow us to lead the way for decades to come and we appreciate that Comcast shares our commitment to developing our future leaders and helping them achieve their dreams of higher education."


"This year's scholarship winners demonstrate exemplary commitment to leadership in both their classrooms and community," said Mary McLaughlin, senior vice president of Comcast's Western New England Region, which includes Vermont. "We are proud to recognize their achievements, and are excited to support them as they continue their educational journeys."

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 prepare for the future and to engage them in their communities. The program also demonstrates the importance of civic involvement, and the value placed on civic involvement by the business community.

Since 2007, Comcast has awarded a total of $149,000 in Leaders & Achievers Scholarships to 113 students in Vermont. To date, Comcast has awarded more than $22.8 million to nearly 23,000 Leaders and Achievers Scholarship winners nationwide.


The 14 Vermont students receiving
scholarships include:
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Kiana Amirkiaee, a resident of
Woodstock and student at Woodstock
Sr. UHSD #4

Peter Camardo, a resident of South
Burlington and student at South
Burlington High School

Maya Dow, a resident of West Rutland
and student at West Rutland School

Megan Elrick, a resident of Proctor
and student at Proctor Jr/Sr High
School

Shannon Gadway, a resident of
Poultney and student at Poultney
High School

Honour Greene, a resident of Chelsea
and student at Randolph Technical
Career Center in Randolph, VT

Lee Krulikowski, a resident of
Arlington and student at Arlington
Memorial High School

Lindsay Legault-Knowles, a resident
of Fairfax and student at Bellows
Free Academy

Jordan Phelps, a resident of
Springfield and student at
Springfield High School

Laura Roberts, a resident of Brandon
and student at Otter Valley Union
High School

Rachel Scibek, a resident of
Colchester and student at
Colchester High School

Bailey Sherwin, a resident of North
Ferrisburg and student at Mount
Abraham UHSD #28 in Bristol, VT

Lyra Wanzer, a resident of East
Montpelier and student at U-32
High School in Montpelier, VT

Brendan Wright, a resident of
Rutland and student at Rutland
Senior High School
Connect with the scholarship winners at www.facebook.com/ComcastLeadersandAchievers and https://www.facebook.com/comcastnewengland.

The Comcast Leaders and Achievers(®) Scholarship Program is one of the many ways that Comcast gives back to the communities we serve. Click here to learn more.

About the Comcast Foundation
The Comcast Foundation was founded by Comcast Corporation in June 1999 to provide charitable support to qualified nonprofit organizations. The Foundation primarily invests in programs intended to have a positive, sustainable impact on their communities. The Foundation has three community investment priorities - expanding digital literacy, promoting community service and building tomorrow's leaders. Since its inception, the Comcast Foundation has donated nearly $140 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, CMCSK) is a global media and technology company with two primary businesses, Comcast Cable and NBCUniversal. Comcast Cable is the nation's largest video, high-speed Internet and phone provider to residential customers under the XFINITY brand and also provides these services to businesses. NBCUniversal operates 30 news, entertainment and sports cable networks, the NBC and Telemundo broadcast networks, television production operations, television station groups, Universal Pictures and Universal Parks and Resorts. Visit www.comcastcorporation.com for more information.

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