Comcast Names 87 Leaders And Achievers Scholarship Recipients In Washington

May 24, 2010 by

Lynnwood, Washington – The Comcast Foundation, founded in 1999 to provide charitable support to its local communities and to empower and enrich lives, has Leaders and Achievers logoawarded scholarships to 87 students throughout Washington through the annual Leaders and Achievers® Scholarship Program.

“We’re thrilled to award scholarships to the best and brightest High School seniors in the communities we serve,” said Charisse Lille, vice president, community investment of Comcast Corp. and executive president of the Comcast Foundation. “Comcast is proud to play a role in the development of our nation’s future leaders and we hope these scholarships will help power their dreams along the way.”

“These young people worked hard and have a track record of leadership and commitment to help their communities. We’re proud to honor their effort by helping to fulfill their dreams of education,” said Len Rozek, senior vice president of Comcast’s Washington market.

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
Since the program’s inception there have been over 13,300 scholarship winners totaling more than $13.4 million. Here are a list of winners for 2010:
Arlington
Andrew Smith, Arlington High School

Auburn
Allyna Murray, Thomas Jefferson High School
Stefanie Range, Auburn Riverside Senior High School
Brady Shepherd, Auburn Mountainview High School
Rebekah Soltis, Seattle Christian Schools

Bellevue
Katherine Ngo, Sammamish High School

Bellingham
Meredith Morrow-Okon, Squalicum High School
Samara Sytsma, Meridian High School

Blaine
Christina Swearinger, Blaine High School

Bonney Lake
Kent Wilson, Bonney Lake High School

Bothell
Johannah Parrish, Bishop Blanchet High School

Bremerton
William Buhl, Olympic High School
Nathaniel Pope, Klahowya Secondary School

Buckley
Laura Venemon, White River High School

Burlington
Sonia De Los Rios, Burlington-Edison High

Covington
Yasaman Azodi, Kentwood Senior High School

Duvall
Evan Abdalla, Cedar Park Christian School System

Enumclaw
Lauren Redman, Enumclaw High School

Everett
Gerald Cloud, Archbishop Thomas J. Murphy High School
Vanessa Garcia, Everett High School
Erin Parks, Cascade High School
Anupreet Sidhu, Mariner High School

Everson
Danielle Way, Nooksack Valley High

Federal Way
Matthew Turner, Decatur High School
Joseph Weems, Federal Way High School

Ferndale
Erin Weisenhorn, Ferndale High School

Gig Harbor
Susan Glenn, Gig Harbor High School

Gold Bar
Elizabeth Monroe, Sultan High School

Graham
Amanda Hodges, Bethel High School

Granite Falls
Chelaina Crews, Granite Falls High School

Issaquah
Nicole Arend, Issaquah High School
Allison Bolgiano, Liberty High School

Kirkland
Jessica Gutierrez, BEST High School
Amanda Ly, Juanita High School

Lake Forest Park
Samantha Gwazdauskas, Shorecrest High School

Lake Stevens
Nathaniel Lugg, Grace Academy

Lakewood
Kelly Hewitt, Lakes High School

Liberty Lake
Ande Seines, Central Valley High School

Lynden
Cristina Bratt, Lynden Christian High School
Dusty Duncan, Lynden High School

Lynnwood
Kyla Caddey, Lynnwood High School
Magali Sanchez, Edmonds-Woodway High School

Marysville
Arnold Rosario, Lakewood High School

Medina
Matthew Lee, Bellevue High School

Mill Creek
Max Ozuna, Henry M. Jackson High School

Montesano
Chad Porter, Montesano Junior-Senior High

Mount Vernon
Michael Acode, Mount Vernon High School
Sarah Moore, Mount Vernon Christian School

Mountlake Terrace
Logan Gregg, Mountlake Terrace High School

Oak Harbor
Adam Smith, Oak Harbor High School

Olympia
Matthew Eveleth, North Thurston High School
Teasha Feldman-Fitzthum, Olympia High School

Puyallup
Dillon Pruett, Governor John R. Rogers High School
Saleh Shaar, Emerald Ridge High School

Redmond
Connor Knapp, Redmond High School

Renton
Marina Amirkhanova, Kentridge Senior High School
Tamthy Le, Renton High School
Talwinder Singh, Charles A. Lindbergh High School
Greg Wilson, Chief Sealth High School

SeaTac
Sandra Campos, Global Connections High School at Tyee Educational Center

Lisa Le, Foster High School

Seattle
Elisabeth Tissell, North Sound Christian School
Marie Angeles, Franklin High School
Mika Aoyama, Roosevelt High School
Mahlet Assefa, Health and Human Services High School
Elizabeth Beem, Nathan Hale High School
Celia Gurney, Garfield High School
Anna Kelsey, Ballard High School
Jonas Nocom, Technology, Engineering, and Communication High School
Masyih Ford, Stadium High School

Shoreline
Wuen Ong, Shorewood High School

Silverdale
Ashley Bandara, King’s School

Snohomish
Justin Miller, Snohomish High School

Spokane
Mitchell Andrews, John R. Rogers High School
Sabina Noll, Lewis And Clark High School
Justin Patterson, Shadle Park High School

Spokane Valley
Ashley Bueckers, West Valley High School

Tacoma
Amanda Humphrey, Graham-Kapowsin High School
Chelsey Armstrong, Franklin Pierce High School
Marissa Manza, Bellarmine Preparatory
Wendy Martinez, Mount Tahoma High School
Nathaniel Shelden, Covenant High School
Brianna Sherwood, Wilson High School

Tumwater
Jena Graham, Tumwater High School

University Place
Obert Xu, Curtis Senior High School

Winlock
David Hoogkamer, Winlock High School

Woodinville
James Pulse, Woodinville 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’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 http://www.comcast.com/inthecommunity.

About Comcast in Washington
Comcast has 3,000 employees who serve more than 1.1 million customers in Washington.

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Comcast Cares Day 2010

April 27, 2010 by

More Than 55,000 Comcast Volunteers Participate In Over 550 Community Service Projects Across The Country On Comcast Cares Day

2,000+ Volunteers Help Schools Throughout Washington State
Event Is One of The Largest Single Days of Corporate Community Service In The Nation

More than 2,000 Comcast employees, their families and friends volunteered at 13 locations and 17 schools throughout Washington State today (April 24).

Here’s a video peek at some of the volunteers at two of the sites, Fawcett Elementary School in Tacoma and Puyallup High School:

Nationwide, more than 55,000 people will volunteer over 330,000 hours of service to help improve communities throughout the U.S. on this, the ninth annual Comcast Cares Day.

Thousands of volunteers across the nation will contribute their time and energy by building community gardens, planting trees at parks, beautifying local schools and cleaning up neighborhoods.

Project sites in Washington State include:

Auburn: Auburn High School & Washington Elementary School

Bremerton: Crownhill Elementary School

Everett: Center for Career Alternatives

McCleary (Grays Harbor County) McCleary Head Start

Olympia: Garfield Elementary School

Puyallup: Puyallup High School

Redmond: Redmond Elementary School

Seattle: McClure Middle School. The site for this project is at http://www.caresday.net/

Lowell Elementary School

Snohomish: Cathcart Elementary School

Snohomish County Schools

Spokane: Glover Middle School

Tacoma: Fawcett Elementary School

You can follow projects around the country on April 24 via links on Twitter. Click here for a slideshow of 2009 sites and activities in Washington State.

Nationwide, this year, Comcast is partnering with the Food Network to bring “Good Food Gardens” to Comcast Cares Day sites in Philadelphia, PA, Washington, D.C., Chicago, IL, and Portland, OR. Good Food Gardens are educational gardens that offer children and their families fun, hands-on gardening experiences that inspire healthy eating habits for life. Non-profit community organizations and local chapters of the National Urban League and the National Council of La Raza will also join Comcast volunteers and work together during Comcast Cares Day.

“Each year, I am proud to join thousands of Comcast employees and volunteers participating in Comcast Cares Day projects across the country,” said Comcast Chairman and Chief Executive Officer, Brian L. Roberts. “It is truly inspiring to be a part of such an incredible effort that helps so many people and organizations in the communities we serve.”

Since the first Comcast Cares Day took place in 2001, volunteers have devoted over 1.3 million hours of service to communities across the country. On Saturday, the 55,000 volunteers are expected to donate another 330,000 hours of service at more than 550 projects in 39 states and the District of Columbia, bringing the total service hours during all Comcast Cares Days to nearly 1.7 million.

“Comcast Cares Day is one of the largest single-day corporate volunteer efforts in the country and is also a celebration of our sustained commitment to our communities,” said Comcast Executive Vice President, David L. Cohen. “Whether it’s enhancing the digital literacy skills of children from low-income backgrounds or providing college scholarships to the leaders of tomorrow, Comcast has a year-round spirit of giving back and helping others.”

Since the inception of Comcast Cares Day, the Comcast Foundation has contributed grants totaling more than $8 million to local community partner organizations. This year, it will once again donate significant grants to local community partner organizations across the country on behalf of each employee and family member who volunteers on Comcast Cares Day. The grants will help Comcast’s community partners continue their mission of serving the community throughout the year and help power the dreams of neighborhoods nationwide.

Comcast supports the communities we serve by providing access to innovative technology, volunteering our time, giving financial support and partnering with organizations to make our communities stronger. We focus our community investment initiatives on building tomorrow’s leaders, promoting community service and expanding digital literacy. Since 2001, we have provided $1.8 billion in cash and in-kind support to national and local non-profit organizations in 39 states and Washington D.C.

For more information on Comcast’s community investment initiatives, visit http://www.comcast.com/inthecommunity.

About Comcast Corporation
Comcast Corporation (Nasdaq: CMCSA, CMCSK) (www.comcast.com) is one of the nation’s leading providers of entertainment, information and communication products and services. With 23.6 million cable customers, 15.9 million high-speed Internet customers, and 7.6 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, 11 regional 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, which owns two professional sports teams, the Philadelphia 76ers NBA basketball team and the Philadelphia Flyers NHL hockey team, and a large, multipurpose arena in Philadelphia, the Wachovia Center, and manages other facilities for sporting events, concerts and other events.

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Tacoma Art Place Honors Video Winners

April 27, 2010 by

Tacoma Art place announces viral video contest winners

Published at the request of Tacoma Art Place. Please contact them for more information.

Tacoma Art Place (TAP), a non-profit art center in downtown Tacoma, held a viral video contest that encouraged amateur and professional filmmakers to create a 30-second video promoting the mission of Tacoma Art Place. The winners, tied for 1st place, are Chris Wood and Ian Milatz.

Sponsored by Comcast, the contest winners split the $250 cash prize. The winning videos will be displayed on the Tacoma Art Place website, www.tacomaartplace.org, and on the Comcast website, http://www.comcastinwashingtonstate.com

“We try to foster participation in a variety of art mediums, and thought a video contest would be a fun incentive to encourage people who might not have produced a video before,” said TAP founder Linda Danforth.

Contest co-winner Ian Milatz is only 13. “I’m so impressed with the video by Ian, and I understand he has communicated with Chris about his production business and now looks to him as a mentor. These are the kinds of results we like to see at TAP and we’re grateful to Comcast for helping us to bring this contest to the community,” added Linda Danforth.

“Experiences like the Tacoma Art Place video contest are a very fun way to exercise those creative muscles, as well as do something that benefits the community – what could be better? I utilize Facebook mainly to reach friends and colleagues and to tell them about TAP,” said Chris Wood.

Tacoma Art Place (TAP) is a non-profit art center (with 501c3 charitable status) in the heart of the revitalized MLK neighborhood. Their mission is to provide access to equipment and training that will allow more people to affordably explore their creativity and artistic ability. They have a special emphasis to reach underserved individuals with free or reduced-cost memberships and to offer arts education in the community. For more information and the contest entry form, visit www.tacomaartplace.org.

Here are the winning videos:

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