Every year, tens of thousands of people around the world volunteer in their communities on Comcast Cares Day, our annual celebration of our year-round commitment to service. Comcast NBCUniversal employees and their families and friends, work alongside community partners and public officials to Make Change Happen in our local communities. Our 16th annual Comcast Cares Day […]
Bartram’s Garden and Comcast Cares Day: Local connections, lasting relationships
By Ty Holmberg, Co-Director, The Farm at Bartram’s Garden Every day I come to work at what I consider a magical place. It is a rural haven in an urban setting, a juxtaposition of the beautiful and the gritty in the heart of Philadelphia. The Farm at Bartram’s Garden — now in our sixth growing season […]
Big Success for Big Climb Philly
By: Frank Purcell, Comcast Senior Director, Product Marketing & Sales As both a 24-year Comcast employee and a 12-year cancer survivor, I was especially proud to lead one of the employee teams that participated in last weekend’s Big Climb Philly event. This was the Leukemia & Lymphoma Society’s (LLS) stair-climbing challenge hosted at the city’s […]
Guest Post: Comcast Cares and Transforms Fishtown Public School
By Denis Devine, Communications Chair for Friends of Adaire When my wife Kate Hughes and I helped found Friends of Adaire two years ago to support the nearby public K-8 school, we couldn’t have imagined 250 volunteers transforming the location in a single morning. But then, we didn’t yet know that Fishtown’s Alexander Adaire Public […]
Guest Post: Comcast Cares for Latino Communities of Greater Philadelphia
By Cynthia F. Figueroa, President and CEO of Congreso de Latinos Unidos Each year, Comcast employees across the country join with local community organizations for a volunteer day of service called Comcast Cares Day. Employees and clients of Congreso de Latinos Unidos have volunteered at Comcast Cares Day sites in Philadelphia and Camden over the years, but […]