Comcast Cares Day Lends a Hand to Vermont Communities on Saturday, April 24

SOUTH BURLINGTON, Vt., April 21 /PRNewswire/ -- Comcast, one of the nation's leading providers of entertainment, information and communication products and services, today announced that it expects approximately 300 volunteers to turn out for its ninth annual "Comcast Cares Day" community service program in Vermont. This Saturday, April 24, Comcast Vermont employees and their families and friends, along with community partners and elected officials, including Vermont Governor Jim Douglas, will lend a hand at four sites across the state.  

At the same time across the country, more than 55,000 Comcast volunteers are expected to participate in this annual day of service, which is one of the largest single days of corporate volunteer efforts in the country.  Comcast Cares Day is one way that Comcast helps to power dreams and demonstrate a year-round commitment to making a difference in the communities it serves.

"Comcast has a proven track record of giving back to the communities in which our employees reside and work, and this year's Comcast Cares Day efforts will help four different organizations across Vermont," said Pam Mackenzie, Comcast Area Vice President in Vermont.  "I'm grateful to the 300 volunteers in the state who will be donating their time to help make a difference."

Vermont communities and community partners for Comcast Cares Day 2010 include the following:

• Arlington: Arlington Park -- painting and repairing buildings and picnic tables, trash pick-up, and park beautification
• Burlington:  Boys and Girls Club of Burlington -- repairing a fence around the pool, shampooing carpets, landscaping and refurbishing a bike rack
• Montpelier: Washington County Youth Service Bureau / Boys & Girls Club -- painting a fence, building a new picnic table, landscaping, cleaning the facility and building cubicles for the children to store backpacks
• South Hero: Camp Ta-Kum-Ta -- staining a deck, installing a fence, mulching, raking & seeding

This year's Comcast Cares Day is expected to attract more than 55,000 Comcast employees and their families to more than 550 sites in 39 states and Washington, D.C.  In New England, it is anticipated that more than 5,000 volunteers will pitch in at over 50 different projects.  Since the first Comcast Cares Day in 2001, volunteers have devoted over 1.7 million hours of service to communities across the country.

The Comcast Foundation will also provide grants to local community partner organizations across the country on behalf of each employee and family member who volunteers on Comcast Cares Day. The grants will help Comcast's community partners continue their mission of serving the community throughout the year.  Over the last eight Comcast Cares Days, the Comcast Foundation has also proudly donated over $8 million in Comcast Cares Day grants to local community partner organizations across the country.

For more information on Comcast's volunteer and community investment initiatives, visit http://www.comcast.com/inthecommunity.

About Comcast in Vermont

Since entering Vermont in November 2006, Comcast has aggressively expanded its services across the state, investing in its advanced fiber-optic network to bring broadband services to previously unserved homes and businesses and partnering with local communities.  The company has launched a number of its advanced services in this time, including Digital Cable with On Demand, High-Definition Television Service, Digital Video Recorders, Comcast High-Speed Internet service, Digital Voice, and the company's Business Class suite of voice, Internet and cable television services for small and medium-sized businesses.  In addition, Comcast has offered programming of special interest to Vermonters.  Comcast also assists local non-profit organizations in Vermont with financial, in-kind and employee volunteer support.

About Comcast Corporation

Comcast Corporation (Nasdaq: CMCSA, CMCSK) (www.comcast.com) is one of the nation's leading providers of entertainment, information and communication products and services. With 23.6 million cable customers, 15.9 million high-speed Internet customers, and 7.6 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, 11 regional 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, which owns two professional sports teams, the Philadelphia 76ers NBA basketball team and the Philadelphia Flyers NHL hockey team, and a large, multipurpose arena in Philadelphia, the Wachovia Center, and manages other facilities for sporting events, concerts and other events.

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 expanding digital literacy, building tomorrow's leaders and promoting community service. Since its inception, the Comcast Foundation has donated more than $77 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.

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