CONCORD, N.H., May 25, 2017 /PRNewswire/ -- The Comcast
Foundation today announced the 2017 recipients of its annual
Leaders and Achievers® Scholarship Program awards in New Hampshire. The program, funded by the
Comcast Foundation, recognizes the best and brightest high school
seniors for their community service, academic performance and
leadership skills.
"I'd like to congratulate this year's Leaders and Achievers
Scholarship winners on their well-earned, academic and civic
achievements," said Governor Chris
Sununu. "Your continued pursuit of academic excellence is
inspiring, and as you set out for the next chapter of your lives,
we wish you the best of luck in your scholarly endeavors."
Governor Chris Sununu and Comcast
recognized the students at a special event held at the State House
today. Thirty seven Leaders and Achievers recipients received
$1,000 scholarships and one lucky
student was awarded a $10,000 Comcast
Founders Scholarship – instituted in honor of Ralph J. Roberts, Founder and Chairman Emeritus
of Comcast Corporation.
"Comcast is honored to recognize our Leaders & Achievers
Scholarship winners for going above and beyond – both in their own
achievements and for the greater good of their communities," said
Tracy Pitcher, Senior Vice President
of Comcast's Greater Boston Region, which includes New
Hampshire. "We wish each of them continued success and we
congratulate their teachers and families for helping them
excel."
The Comcast Leaders and Achievers Scholarship Program provides
scholarships to students who strive to achieve their full
potential, who are catalysts for positive change in their
communities, who are involved in their schools, and who serve as
models for their fellow students. The philosophy behind the program
is to give young people every opportunity to prepare for the future
and to engage them in their communities. The program also
demonstrates the importance of civic involvement, and the value
placed on civic involvement by the business community.
Since 2003, Comcast has awarded nearly $350,000 in Leaders & Achievers Scholarships
to 245 students in New Hampshire.
This year, the program will award more than $2 million in scholarships to more than 2,000
students across the country to help them pursue higher education.
Visit here to learn more.
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. It also provides
wireless and security and automation services to residential
customers under the XFINITY brand. 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 non-profit
organizations. The Foundation primarily invests in programs
intended to have a positive, sustainable impact on their
communities. The Foundation has three community investment
priorities—promoting service, expanding digital literacy, and
building tomorrow's leaders. Since its inception, the Comcast
Foundation has donated nearly $200
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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