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Comcast Cares Day Volunteers to Work on 50 Sites in Region on Saturday
April 26 will mark the 13th annual Comcast Cares Day, the largest single-day corporate volunteer effort in the country. More than 80,000 volunteers will work on 700 projects this year, more than 50 in Greater Philadelphia region, plus dozens of blood drives.
Since the inception of Comcast Cares Day, the company has organized hundreds of projects in New Jersey for organizations such as Boys & Girls Clubs, Big Brothers Big Sisters, ARC, American Red Cross, Clean Ocean Action, the Latin American Economic Development Association, and more donating several hundreds of thousands of dollars in materials, grants and man-hours.
Comcast Cares Day, which takes place each April during National Volunteer Month, is Comcast and NBCUniversal’s signature day of service and the nation’s largest single-day corporate volunteer effort.
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To date, more than half a million volunteers have contributed over three million volunteer hours since Comcast Cares Day started in 2001.
“We’re proud to partner with organizations and projects that are so important to our community,” said LeAnn Talbot, senior vice president of Comcast’s Freedom Region. “The hard work of our volunteers who will be donating their time to help make such a big difference in the lives of others is inspiring, and I am thankful to all of our participants who are helping to make today a success.”
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The Comcast Foundation will also provide grants to local community partner organizations across the country on behalf of everyone who volunteers on Comcast Cares Day. The grants will help Comcast’s community partners continue their mission of serving the community throughout the year. To date, the Comcast Foundation has awarded more than $14 million in grants to partner organizations to match the efforts of our volunteers on Comcast Cares Day.
Comcast has been committed to serving local communities since our founding more than 50 years ago. For more information on Comcast’s volunteer and community investment initiatives, visit www.comcast.com/community.
