DENVER, May 3 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Today, Comcast Technician Armando Gentry isn't installing digital cable, high-speed Internet or telephone service, but his efforts are of major significance to the company and the Denver community. Gentry is volunteering his time landscaping at Mount Saint Vincent Home, one of about 50,000 Comcast employees, their families and friends, and community members who are participating in the seventh annual "Comcast Cares Day."
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Today, Comcast Cares Day volunteers will donate 300,000 hours of service, benefiting nearly 500 community organizations in 37 states and the District of Columbia. When combined with the donated hours of service from previous Comcast Cares Days, Gentry's time landscaping the grounds at Mount Saint Vincent marked the one millionth hour of volunteer service.
"Imagine the impact that one million hours of focused community investment can have on improving the quality of life for communities across the country," said David Cohen, Executive Vice President of Comcast Corporation, who announced the one millionth hour of volunteer service milestone at a kickoff event in Colorado with Colorado Governor Bill Ritter, Denver City Councilman Michael Hancock and about 400 Comcast employees and other volunteers.
"Comcast is a company that invests in the communities where our customers and employees live and work. This commitment makes me proud, and I know that Comcast employees love working for a company that cares," said Cohen.
"I am so honored to be singled-out as the Comcast volunteer to have served the one-millionth hour during Comcast Cares Day," Gentry said. "When Comcast Cares Day rolls around each year, I'm always ready to volunteer. It's one of the most rewarding days of my year, each year."
Gentry joined Comcast in 2002, and this year marks the fifth time Gentry has volunteered a Saturday to invest in the community where he lives and works. His past efforts have improved Denver-area parks, classrooms and low- income housing.
The Comcast Foundation will also donate more than $1.5 million in grants to local community partner organizations 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.
For more information on Comcast's volunteer and community investment initiatives, visit http://www.comcast.com/Corporate/About/InTheCommunity/InTheCommunity.html.
About Comcast
Comcast Corporation (Nasdaq: CMCSA; CMCSK) (http://www.comcast.com/) is the nation's leading provider of entertainment, information and communications products and services. With 24.7 million cable customers, 14.1 million high- speed Internet customers, and 5.2 million voice customers, Comcast is principally involved in the development, management and operation of broadband cable systems and in the delivery of programming content.
Comcast's content networks and investments include E! Entertainment Television, Style Network, The Golf Channel, VERSUS, G4, PBS KIDS Sprout, TV One, ten regional Comcast SportsNets and Comcast Interactive Media, which develops and operates Comcast's Internet business. Comcast also has a majority ownership in Comcast-Spectacor, whose major holdings include the Philadelphia Flyers NHL hockey team, the Philadelphia 76ers NBA basketball team and two large multipurpose arenas in Philadelphia.
About the Comcast Foundation
The Comcast Foundation was established by Comcast Corporation in 1999 to provide charitable support to Section 501(c)(3) non-profit organizations. The Foundation primarily invests in programs intended to have a positive, sustainable impact in the areas of volunteerism, literacy, and youth leadership development. Since its inception, the Comcast Foundation has donated more than $43 million to organizations in the communities that Comcast serves nationwide. More information about the Foundation and its programs is available at http://www.comcast.com/neighborhood.
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