Comcast Awards $39,000 in Scholarships to Connecticut Students

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Mon Jun 1, 2009 10:00am EDT

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, 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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