Comcast in Seattle, Spokane and Washington State: community involvement, products and services news
May 7, 2013
This month, the Comcast Neighborhoods program showcases Seattle’s U District. Here are links to some of the places featured on the program:
Burke Museum of Natural History and Culture
University District Farmer’s Market
April 29, 2013
More than 2,000 Comcast employees and friends volunteered April 27, 2013, as part of Comcast Cares Day. If you read our previous post with links to the groups, you may wonder how it all turned out. The answer is, we made a lot of change happen.
Click on the name of the organization to see our photographs on Flickr that show what happened on Comcast Cares Day 2013. If the name of the organization is not a link, then it means the pictures are coming soon. The other links will tell you what else went on that day. Plants got planted, benches and raised planter beds got built, computers got installed, lives got improved. If there are no links under the name, it means the local media did not report on the volunteering (or, if you are seeing this the week of April 27, it may mean the media has not reported on the volunteering yet).
Aberdeen: Miller Junior High School.
Arlington: Sarvey Wildlife Care Center
Bellingham: Lions Camp Horizon
Everett: Everett’s Delta Neighborhood.
Gig Harbor: Kenneth Leo Marvin Veterans Memorial Park
Olympia: Rebuilding Together of Thurston County
Pierce County: HopeSparks, McKinley Park, and the Gig Harbor Park
Redmond: Eastside Audubon Society at the Audubon BirdLoop at Marymoor Park
Seattle: Aki Kurose Middle School
Spokane: Excelsior Youth Center
Here’s an employee video of activities at the park
March 5, 2013
We were excited, during today’s announcement about the growth of Internet Essentials, to see that the Seattle area ranked 9th in the nation among metropolitan areas for number of customers. Washington State ranked 8th among states within the Comcast footprint. That’s a great showing!
More than 8,000 families are online in Washington State thanks to Internet Essentials.
This is where we can thank the amazing partners who have helped us spread the word. It’s tough to just pick a few, because we have nearly 500 school districts and nonprofit groups in Washington who’ve helped spread the word (and that’s just the ones we know about because they ordered literature for distribution to families)
Some of the school districts that have shared the word on behalf of their students who want to be online:
The challenge in listing nonprofit partners who’ve helped to get the word out is that there are hundreds. Here are just some of the partners we thank for helping to get out the word:
January 31, 2013
A revived film festival highlights the artistic talents of APAs nationwide to a local audience. Comcast had a “reel” blast hosting the festival’s VIP reception recently for film buffs.
Teresa Michelle Lee (left) and Katie Hipol star in “The Crumbles.” The film was one of several shown at the Seattle Asian Pacific American (APA) Film Festival, where Comcast sponsored the VIP reception. Click on the picture to learn more about the film.
Comcast was pleased to host a VIP reception for the Seattle Asian Pacific American (APA) Film Festival on Jan. 26. The reception, held at the China Club Bistro in Seattle’s vibrant International District, brought out-of-town filmmakers, sponsors, and special guests together for food, fun, and film talk. The festival featured more than a dozen acclaimed full-length and short films submitted from across the country to packed crowds at the Wing Luke Museum Tateuchi Story Theater.
The festival first launched as the Northwest Asian American Film Festival in 2003 and ran for four years. The mission of the festival is “to seek out, promote, produce, and develop Asian American artists with a commitment to original and innovative media works.”
“It was great to get support from not only community organizations, but a company like Comcast,” said festival co-director Kevin Bang. ” Comcast’s sponsorship of the VIP Reception gave a more intimate experience for organizers, filmmakers, sponsors, and community partners to get to know each other.”
To learn more about the festival and the films featured, visit http://seattleaaff.org.
January 3, 2013
Estela Ortega, right, executive director of El Centro de la Raza in Seattle, presented the Corporate Citizen of the Year Award to Comcast in Seattle. Receiving the award was Diem Ly, left, manager of external affairs for Comcast in Washington.
Talk about the holiday spirit! A Seattle nonprofit gives back to its corporate partner. After years of support from Comcast in Washington, El Centro de la Raza, a respected Latino-based civil and human rights organization, recognized the company as its Corporate Partner of the Year.
Estela Ortega, El Centro’s executive director, awarded Comcast during an employee appreciation party held at the organization’s Beacon Hill location.
“2012 has been an exceptional year in terms of the relationship with Comcast,” said Ortega. Three Comcast Cares Days “brought hundreds of volunteers to El Centro with many things we couldn’t afford to do,” said Ortega who assumed the role in 2009. Comcast Cares Day projects included landscaping, painting, cleaning, and fixing just about every inch of the historic building and property the local Latino American community call home.
“[Comcast] funded our Digital Connectors program which is teaching young Latino kids about technology and was a sponsor of our annual dinner –it was our 40th anniversary,” said Ortega. “And then Comcast has been very generous with other grants and funds to support the organization. No one has been that type of a partner to support the work of El Centro de la Raza. And it isn’t just about the dollars–it’s about the relationships developed with Comcast.”
El Centro offers comprehensive programs and services to empower the Latino community and works to advocate on behalf of its people and raise awareness of its concerns to achieve social justice.
Diem Ly, external affairs manager at Comcast-Washington accepted the award. “On behalf of Comcast’s nearly 4,000 employees here in Washington, I want to thank you for this award and to let you know we are always here to help. We not only consider you our partners, but our friends as well,” said Ly.
“What can I say other than just an amazing community partner and we’re proud to name Comcast in 2012 our Corporate Partner of the Year,” said Ortega.
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