Comcast Awards $40,000 In Scholarships To 31 New Hampshire Students

Comcast Awards $40,000 In Scholarships To 31 New Hampshire Students

Graduating High School Seniors Recognized for Academic Achievement and Community Service

CONCORD, N.H., June 2, 2015 /PRNewswire/ -- The Comcast Foundation, founded in 1999 to provide charitable support to its local communities and to empower and enrich lives, today announced the 2015 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.

New Hampshire Governor Maggie Hassan, who assisted Steve Hackley, Senior Vice President of Comcast's Greater Boston Region, in awarding the scholarships at the State House earlier today, praised good corporate citizens like Comcast. Thirty-one of the 2015 New Hampshire 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 $40,000 awarded in New Hampshire this year.

"All of today's scholarship winners represent the talent and hard work that will help New Hampshire lead the country in innovative economic growth," Governor Hassan said. "I want to congratulate our students on this great accomplishment and commend them for their dedication to preparing for their futures, and I thank Comcast for their continued investment in the success of our young people, our communities and our state."

"We are honored to recognize the accomplishments of our 31 Leaders and Achievers Scholarship winners. They exemplify leadership and show great commitment to academic excellence and community service," said Hackley. "We are excited to support them as they enter their next chapters in education."

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.

Local winners throughout New Hampshire have participated in a wide variety of community service activities, such as volunteering at Big Brothers and Big Sisters, local schools, Elliot Health System and US FIRST.

Since the program's inception, more than $22.8 million in scholarship money has been presented to nearly 23,000 scholarship winners nationwide. 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 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--promoting community service, expanding digital literacy, and building tomorrow's leaders. Since its inception, the Comcast Foundation has donated more than $162 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.

2015 New Hampshire Comcast Leaders and Achievers Scholarship Recipients


Name High School Hometown

Kathryn Aiken Manchester Central High School Manchester, NH

Gina Andronico Holy Family Academy Londonderry, NH

Jesse Austin Newfound Regional High School Danbury, NH

Jenna Baillargeon Newmarket Junior/Senior High
School Newmarket, NH

Alison Blanchard Pelham High School Pelham, NH

Taylor Bramhall Salem High School Salem, NH

Daniel Browne Browne Home School Londonderry, NH

Nicholas Capobianco Trinity High School Londonderry, NH

Shea Curley Mascoma Valley Regional High
School Canaan, NH

Kelsa Danforth Conval Regional High School Peterborough, NH

Kathryn Fecto Hinsdale High School Hinsdale, NH

Patrick Finocchiaro Derryfield School Salem, NH

Chloe Gaydos Concord Christian School Hampstead, NH

Patrick Hennig Newport Middle High School
(High) Newport, NH

Mitchell Herrington Exeter High School Brentwood, NH

Matthew Hopfenspirger Souhegan High School Amherst, NH

Dominique Kaempf Alvirne High School Hudson, NH

Sadie Kaplan Franklin High School Franklin, NH

Christopher LaSalle Manchester Memorial High School Manchester, NH

Erin Lawrence Manchester West High School Manchester, NH

Colin McCarthy Timberlane Regional High School Plaistow, NH

Sabika Mirza Bedford High School Bedford, NH

Luke Morrison Winnisquam Regional High School Sanbornton, NH

Kathleen Perry Bow High School Bow, NH

Noah Seltzer Merrimack Valley High School Loudon, NH

Brandon Tanguay Stevens High School Claremont, NH

Samuel Vitale Portsmouth High School Greenland, NH

Rebecca Walker Londonderry Senior High School Londonderry, NH

Kelsey Warner Portsmouth Christian Academy Somersworth, NH

Cyrus Warren Tri-City Christian Academy Rochester, NH

Karl Wieck Belmont High School Canterbury, NH


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