Comcast Enlists Hundreds of Kansas City Area Volunteers for Comcast Cares Day 2016
April 26 2016 - 8:00AM
Business Wire
More than 200 volunteers will lend a hand at
Raytown High School
On Saturday, April 30, more than 200 Kansas City area Comcast
employees and their families, friends and community partners will
“make change happen” as they volunteer at Raytown High School as
part of the 15th annual Comcast Cares Day.
Comcast Cares Day, which takes place each April during National
Volunteer Month, is Comcast NBCUniversal’s companywide celebration
of their year-round commitment to service and the nation’s largest
single-day corporate volunteer effort in the country.
This year, more than 100,000 Comcast and NBCUniversal volunteers
are expected to participate in over 800 projects across the country
and around the globe. To date, volunteers have contributed more
than four million service hours to nearly 7,000 projects in the
U.S. and around the world since Comcast Cares Day began in
2001.
At Raytown High School, more than 200 volunteers will
participate in a variety of ‘sprucing up’ projects, including
painting, mulching, landscaping and clean-up work. In addition,
Comcast employee and Raytown High School graduate Maeson Mouananu
will help lead the event.
“Comcast is honored to count Raytown High School as one of our
valued partners joining us for Comcast Cares Day to make a
difference across the communities we serve,” said Jeff Freyer,
Regional Vice President, Comcast Twin Cities. “We’re making a
difference in our communities, and it’s truly amazing what can be
accomplished in a single day when thousands of volunteers donate
their time to help others. I’m inspired by the response to Comcast
Cares Day over the years, and I would especially like to thank our
employees who help to make this day a success.”
Maeson Mouananu grew up in Independence, Missouri and works at
Comcast’s Blue Springs office as Warehouse manager for Missouri and
Kansas. His family moved to Independence in 1977 and his parents
worked for the Independence School District; Maeson’s wife
currently serves as Attendance Secretary for Raytown High School.
Comcast Cares Day has become a real family event for Maeson; in
fact, more than forty of his immediate- and extended-family members
will be volunteering for the Raytown High School project.
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 $18 million in grants to local non-profit
organizations who have partnered with us on Comcast Cares Day.
Additionally, this year Comcast is folding in the broad support
and amplification of two other partnerships: Global Citizen, who
organize the annual music and advocacy-focused Global Citizen
Festival curated by Coldplay’s Chris Martin that has aired on
MSNBC, and Red Nose Day, a special television event with top
musical and comedy performances that debuted on NBC last year.
These initiatives aim to end extreme poverty, fight inequality and
injustice, and tackle climate change globally and in the United
States. By amplifying our support of these initiatives on Comcast
Cares Day, Comcast NBCUniversal is providing additional ways to
help drive positive change in our communities.
Comcast has been committed to serving local communities since
our founding more than 50 years ago. For more information on
Comcast NBCUniversal volunteer and community investment
initiatives, visit www.comcast.com/community.
About Comcast Corporation
Comcast Corporation (Nasdaq: CMCSA) is a global media and
technology company with two primary businesses, Comcast Cable and
NBCUniversal. Comcast Cable is one of the nation's largest video,
high-speed Internet and phone providers to residential customers
under the XFINITY brand and also provides these services to
businesses. NBCUniversal operates news, entertainment and sports
cable networks, the NBC and Telemundo broadcast networks,
television production operations, television station groups,
Universal Pictures and Universal Parks and Resorts. Visit
www.comcastcorporation.com for more information.
About the Comcast Foundation
The Comcast Foundation was founded by Comcast Corporation in
June 1999 to provide charitable support to qualified nonprofit
organizations. The Foundation primarily invests in programs
intended to have a positive, sustainable impact on their
communities. The Foundation has three community investment
priorities—expanding digital literacy, promoting community service,
and building tomorrow’s leaders. Since its inception, the Comcast
Foundation has donated $176 million to organizations in the
communities nationwide that Comcast serves. More information about
the Foundation and its programs is available at
www.comcast.com/community.
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