When an initiative aimed at fostering an environment of academic achievement and career exploration for Philadelphia-area youth came about, Comcast jumped on the opportunity to serve as a sponsor. That initiative, the Adopt-a-School program, matches Philadelphia high schools with some of the city’s leading companies, bringing employees to schools to meet with and mentor students. […]
Comcast Awards Two Philadelphia Students $5,000 Scholarships at Annual Mayoral Luncheon
On February 2, the Comcast Foundation and Philadelphia Mayor Jim Kenney honored two local students with the Gustave G. Amsterdam Leadership Award at the Greater Philadelphia Chamber of Commerce’s annual Mayoral Luncheon. Comcast Senior Executive Vice President and Chief Diversity Officer David L. Cohen presented Fakira Awawdeh and Widchard Faustin with individual $5,000 scholarship awards […]
Comcast Foundation Awards More Than $1.8M in 2016 to 49 Nonprofits in Greater Philadelphia & New Jersey
The Comcast Foundation awarded more than $1.86 million in grants to 49 nonprofit organizations located in Comcast’s Freedom Region, which serves Greater Philadelphia, New Jersey and northern Delaware, in 2016. The grants support programs aimed at the Comcast Foundation’s areas of focus – expanding digital literacy, promoting community service, and building tomorrow’s leaders. Boys & […]
Expanding Access to Technology for People with Disabilities
By Adam Hymans, Director of Strategic Communications, SPIN. For the past 46 years, SPIN (Special People in Northeast) has supported thousands of people with autism and intellectual disability to live, learn and work as valued members of the community. Our new Comcast Digital Literacy Lab at SPIN helps us continue our mission by putting technology […]
20 Years of Giving Meals and Feeling Thankful: East Windsor NJ Techs on Thanksgiving
Since the mid-1990s, Comcast employees from East Windsor, N.J., have taken the Thanksgiving holiday as an opportunity to give back and help make sure people in our community who are less fortunate have a special Thanksgiving dinner. This year, the group of more than 30 Comcast employees and their families was comprised of those who […]