New Jersey Students Awarded $78,000 In Scholarships

TRENTON, N.J., May 18, 2011 /PRNewswire/ -- The Comcast Foundation, founded in 1999 to provide charitable support to its local communities and to empower and enrich lives, awarded 69 New Jersey high school seniors scholarships through its annual Leaders and Achievers® Scholarship Program.  The program, one of the Comcast Foundation's signature community investment programs, recognizes students' leadership skills, academic achievement and commitment to community service.

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Sixty-eight of the 2011 New Jersey Leaders and Achievers recipients received $1,000 scholarships and Lorenza Jerez of Perth Amboy was awarded a $10,000 Comcast Founders Scholarship -- instituted in honor of Ralph J. Roberts, Founder and Chairman Emeritus of Comcast Corporation -- for a total of $78,000 awarded this year.  After a prize drawing, ten students were also given a Netbook computer to use at college.

Charisse R. Lillie, vice president of Community Investment of Comcast Corporation and executive vice president of the Comcast Foundation, was joined by New Jersey Lieutenant Governor Kim Guadagno and Assemblywoman Pam Lampitt, who chairs the Assembly's Committee on Higher Education, in recognizing the students at a special event held at the Trenton War Memorial on Tuesday.

"In the state of New Jersey, we are committed to helping our young people gain access to quality education and opportunities for personal success," said Lt. Governor Guadagno. "Comcast shares in that commitment and through programs like Leaders and Achievers, is investing in a bright future for us all."

"Comcast is proud of its Leaders & Achievers scholarship recipients. They represent some of the best and brightest high school seniors who also demonstrate civic involvement in the communities we serve across the country," said Lillie. "We are thrilled to support their educational efforts with these scholarships."

The Comcast Leaders and Achievers® Scholarship Program provides one-time $1,000 scholarships to students who strive to achieve their 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 be prepared for the future, to engage youth in their communities, and to demonstrate the importance of civic involvement and the value placed on civic involvement by the business community.

Since the program's inception there have been more than 15,000 scholarship winners totaling more than $15.4 million nationwide, including nearly $1.3 million awarded to students in the state of New Jersey.  In addition to Leaders and Achievers, Comcast gives back year-round to communities across the state through initiatives like Comcast Cares Day, the company's annual nationwide day of service, and an annual United Way fundraiser. In 2009, Comcast invested more than $2.7 million in New Jersey communities.

2011 Comcast Leaders and Achievers® Scholarship Winners from New Jersey
SCHOLARSHIP RECIPIENTS (by County where high school is located):

Atlantic

Atlantic City – Anthony Cox of Atlantic City High School

Galloway Township – Cierra Kaler-Jones of Absegami High School

Richland – Matthew Doherty of St Augustine Preparatory School

Burlington

Burlington – Luke Capritti of Burlington Township High School

Burlington – Angel Wilson of Burlington City High School

Columbus – Aashika Suseendran of Northern Burlington County Regional High School

Delran – Aubrey Paris of Delran High School

Moorestown – Autumn Talley of Moorestown Friends School

Mount Holly – Brett Axler of Rancocas Valley Regional High School

Mount Holly – Arayna Spratley of Burlington County Institute Of Technology

Willingboro – Kyleen Cezar of Willingboro High School

Camden

Atco – MacKenzie Slusser of Winslow Township High School

Camden – Gabrielle Days of Camden City Creative Arts High School

Camden – Kwame Phillips of Charles E. Brimm Medical Arts School

Camden – Alexis Sutch of Camden Academy Charter High School

Cherry Hill – Shannon Cahill of Camden Catholic High School

Cherry Hill – Kerwing Hy of Cherry Hill High School West

Cherry Hill – Tezita Watts of Cherry Hill High School East

Erial – Deanna Doyon of Timber Creek Regional High School

Gloucester City – Angela Harris of Gloucester City Junior-Senior High School

Lindenwold – Christopher Price of Lindenwold High School

Pine Hill – Gilbert Bundalian of Overbrook Regional Senior High School

Sickerville – Joseph Cannizzo of Gloucester Township Technical High School

Voorhees – Jianan Huang of Eastern Senior High School

Westmont – Matthew Dezii of Haddon Township High School

Cape May

North Wildwood – Brittani Helverson of Wildwood Catholic High School

Cumberland

Bridgeton – Shannon Branch of Bridgeton High School

Millville – Sarah Workman of Millville Senior High School

Essex

Caldwell – Meghan Duffy of Mount Saint Dominic Academy

Montclair – Kevin Alvernaz of Immaculate Conception High School

West Orange – Deborah Rose of West Orange High School

Gloucester

Franklinville – Olivia Davis of Delsea Regional High School

Sewell – Diondre Douglas of Gloucester County Institute of Technology

Westville – Jade Fox of West Deptford High School

Woodbury – Julio Interiano of Woodbury Senior High School

Hudson

Jersey City – Alexis Domenech of University Academy Charter School at New Jersey City University

Jersey City – Rachel Freeman of St. Anthony High School

Jersey City – Devin Jackson of Henry Snyder High School

Jersey City – Fantasia Jenkins of St. Dominic Academy

Jersey City – Penafrancia Malcampo of Saint Mary High School

Jersey City – Kamal Shah of Dr. Ronald McNair Academic High School

Jersey City – Harsh Swaminarayan of William L. Dickinson High School

Hunterdon

Glen Gardner – Kathryn Hahn of Voorhees High School

Mercer

Ewing – Courtney Rufh of Ewing High School

Trenton – Tyis Everett of Trenton High School West

Trenton – Brian Ridolfi of McVs Assunpink Center V.S.

Middlesex

Carteret – Rubina Chauhan of Carteret High School

East Brunswick – Taran Sayal of East Brunswick High School

Monmouth Junction – Ernest Miu of South Brunswick High School

Monroe Township – Shannon Vaivada of Monroe Township High School

Perth Amboy – Lorenza Jerez of Perth Amboy High School

Plainsboro – Shayla Reid of West Windsor-Plainsboro High School North

Monmouth

Highlands - Sue-Jean Sung of Marine Academy Of Science & Technology

Lincroft – Betty Liu of High Technology High School

Long Branch – Diana Dos Santos of Long Branch High School

New Monmouth – Kara Teehan of Mater Dei Prep

Ocean      

Point Pleasant – Jacqueline Taylor of Point Pleasant Beach High School

Toms River – Steven Brandt of Toms River High School East

Toms River – Brisamar Cruz of Ocean County Voc-Tech School

Toms River - See Gin Lee of Toms River High School North

Toms River – Luke McCauley of Toms River High School South

Union

Berkeley Heights – Eric Whyte of Governor Livingston High School

Clark – Rachel Syko of Arthur L. Johnson High School

Cranford – Colleen Jones of Cranford High School

Plainfield – Chanelle Sears of Plainfield High School

Scotch Plains – Megan Tosato of Union Catholic Regional High School

Summit – Gregory Vartan of Summit High School

Warren

Hackettstown – Amanda Haar of Hackettstown High School

Washington – Jessica Nguyen of Warren Hills Regional High School

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 $90 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  

Comcast Corporation (Nasdaq: CMCSA, CMCSK) (www.comcast.com) is one of the nation's leading providers of entertainment, information and communications products and services.  Comcast is principally involved in the operation of cable systems through Comcast Cable and in the development, production and distribution of entertainment, news, sports and other content for global audiences through NBCUniversal.  Comcast Cable is one of the nation's largest video, high-speed Internet and phone providers to residential and business customers.  Comcast is the majority owner and manager of NBCUniversal, which owns and operates entertainment and news cable networks, the NBC and Telemundo broadcast networks, local television station groups, television production operations, a major motion picture company and theme parks.

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