Comcast employees have been participating in the Preston & Steve Show’s Camp Out for Hunger for the past 11 years. From dunk tanks to team challenges, our employees continue to find creative ways to support this initiative during the season of giving.
Besides enjoying a friendly challenge among teammates, our employees love that Camp out for Hunger benefits Philabundance, a Community Impact partner of ours and one of the largest hunger-relief organizations in the Delaware Valley. We are also proud, long-time partners of 93.3 WMMR.
This year’s campaign once again featured multiple ways for employees and members of the community to donate:
- We celebrated this year’s campaign with WMMR’s Pierre Robert broadcasting live from our Xfinity Store in Dresher, Pa.
- Employees from across our Freedom Region and Corporate Headquarters supported the drive with virtual contributions to Philabundance through Comcast NBCUniversal’s Matching Gift Program.
- Canned goods were collected at our local field and office locations – and during special internal events and meetings.
- Donation bins were available at our Xfinity Stores enabling customers to make physical donations. Once again, we partnered with WMMR to include QR codes on our in-store donation bins allowing members of the community to make monetary donations to Philabundance in lieu of canned goods.
- For the third year, Comcast employees volunteered to help unload donations during shifts at this year’s Camp Out for Hunger as part of Team UP – our year-long volunteerism program.
The reward is driving up on the morning of our drop off – Xfinity trucks filled with donations and backed by dozens of supportive teammates – to celebrate the impact we were able to make as a team, and community.
This year, donations from employees and regional operations teams, combined with a special gift of $50,000 from our Corporate Community Impact team brought our total donation to more than 366,253 pounds!
Freedom Region’s Dan Bonelli, Regional Senior Vice President, and Jennifer Bilotta, Vice President of Communications, joined Preston & Steve for a live, on-air interview on the final day of Camp Out for Hunger to announce our donation total!
This contribution would not be possible without our employees and customers. We are thankful this holiday season, and year-round, for them.
