Comcast Awards $39,000 in Scholarships to Connecticut Students

Comcast Awards $39,000 in Scholarships to Connecticut Students

National President of Comcast Foundation and CT Native Joseph W. Waz, Jr. Attends Ceremony at Capitol Building Recognizing Graduating High School Seniors

BERLIN, Conn., June 1 /PRNewswire/ -- At a special ceremony held today at the Connecticut State Capitol in Hartford, Comcast honored 39 graduating high school seniors from across Connecticut who have won a helping hand for college in the form of $1,000 scholarships from the Comcast Foundation. The Comcast Leaders and Achievers Scholarship Program, one of the Comcast Foundation's signature community investment programs, annually recognizes students who have demonstrated leadership skills, academic achievement and a commitment to community service.

Joseph W. Waz, Jr., a Connecticut native and President of the Comcast Foundation, participated in the ceremony to help distribute scholarships to the students.

"Each year, we are excited to provide Leaders and Achievers scholarships to talented students who demonstrate leadership in school activities and reflect a strong commitment to community service," said Doug Guthrie, Senior Vice President for Comcast's Western New England Region. "Given the economic uncertainty facing families across Connecticut and our nation, this year's awards take on even greater significance and we are proud to participate in a small way in helping these future leaders power their dreams for success."

A commitment to community service is an essential component in the selection of Comcast Leaders and Achievers Scholarship recipients. This year's honorees are catalysts for positive change in their communities and schools, participating in a wide variety of community service activities, such as helping to revitalize communities, mentoring and coaching younger students, volunteering at hospitals and participating in and local blood, food and clothing drives and fundraising walks. Community organizations throughout Connecticut, including Big Brothers Big Sisters, Boy Scouts and Girl Scouts of America, Habitat for Humanity, the Red Cross and Special Olympics, have benefited from the service and leadership of this year's recipients.

Nationally, 1,879 high school seniors received $1,000 Comcast Leaders and Achievers Scholarships this year, including 169 from New England. In the nine years since the program began, Comcast has awarded $11 million in college aid to 11,000 scholarship winners. In that time, the Comcast Foundation has awarded 241 Connecticut high school seniors $1,000 Comcast Leaders and Achievers scholarships, totaling $241,000.

Each year, Comcast works with high school principals, guidance counselors and school administrators to select the scholarship recipients. The program is overseen by International Scholarship and Tuition Services, Inc., an independent firm that specializes in managing sponsored scholarship programs.

   A list of the scholarship recipients in Connecticut is 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'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 www.comcast.com/inthecommunity.

About Comcast Corporation

Comcast Corporation (NASDAQ:CMCSA) (NASDAQ:CMCSK) (www.comcast.com) is the nation's leading provider of entertainment, information and communication products and services. With 24.1 million cable customers, 15.3 million high-speed Internet customers and 6.8 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, ten 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, whose major holdings include the Philadelphia Flyers NHL hockey team, the Philadelphia 76ers NBA basketball team and two large multipurpose arenas in Philadelphia.

   2009 Connecticut Comcast Leaders and Achievers Scholarship Recipients    NAME               HIGH SCHOOL                       HOMETOWN   Chelsea Anderson   Housatonic Valley Regional High   Canaan                       School   Andrew Briere      East Hampton High School          East Hampton   Allie Cobb         Academy of the Holy Family        Mansfield   Carson Collier     Berlin High School                Kensington   Allison Cooper     Portland High School              Portland   Kelsey Crawford    Westbrook High School             Westbrook   Jillian DeMayo     Waterbury Arts Magnet High School Middlebury   Alyssa Desmarais   Lewis S. Mills High School        Burlington   Emily Doll         Mark T. Sheehan High School       Wallingford   Denise Domnarski   Stonington High School            Pawcatuck   Whitley Dozier     Plainville High School            Plainville   Margaret Ercolani  Shelton High School               Shelton   Melissa Hannequin  Bethel High School                Bethel   Brandon Hayse      Woodland Regional High School     Prospect   Joseph Kassay      Seymour High School               Seymour   Jordan King        Old Saybrook Senior High School   Old Saybrook   Julie Lalonde      East Lyme High School             East Lyme   Sarah Landers      Loomis Chaffee School             Windsor   Jenna Langhans     Coginchaug Regional High School   Durham   Katherine Lenihan  Avon High School                  Avon   Catherine Lewis    Wheeler High School               North Stonington   Jeremy Loretz      Ellington High School             Ellington   Patrick McKeon     Notre Dame High                   Hamden   Gloria Medina      Hartford Public High School       Hartford   Samuel Nowack      Middletown High School            Middletown   Jalak Patel        North Haven High School           North Haven   Alexis Peters      Fitch Senior High School          Mystic   Caroline Puckowski Miss Porter's School              Southington   Drew Puig          Lyman Hall High School            Wallingford   Michele Saums      Ledyard High School               Ledyard   Mary Sopelak       Northwest Catholic High           Windsor   Jessica Strout     Norwich Technical High School     Norwich   David Tortoriello  Rockville High School             Vernon   Molly Turro        The Ethel Walker School           West Hartford   Ryan Vandehei      Valley Regional High School       Ivoryton   Desiree Wimberly   Bloomfield High School            Bloomfield   Kayla Worroll      West Haven High School            West Haven   Steven Yu          Farmington High School            Unionville   Grant Zyskowski    Simsbury High School              Simsbury  

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