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15Jan
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Haiti Disaster

Posted by Scott McNulty, Chief Blogger, in Community Investment
Tuesday’s devastating earthquake in Haiti has brought an outpouring of sympathy and support from around the world. Our hearts go out to the people of Haiti who have been affected by this disaster, along with their concerned relatives and friends....

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22Dec
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Take a Vet to School

Posted by Bob Smith, VP, Government Affairs, Eastern Division, in Community Investment
Comcasters have been hosting, and sponsoring, the History™ channel’s Take a Veteran to School (TAVTS) programs all over the country. The program is based on a simple idea: teach history by having people who participated in that history visit schools,...

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06Nov
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Comcasters in action: filling an empty library

Posted by Gene Morris, Senior Director, Community Investment, in Community Investment
I admit to withholding this piece of information from my recent blog about the Beyond School Walls Reverse Day at Fairhill School in Philadelphia: the library had no books. Today it has more than 1,600 books, along with four high-end...

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28Oct
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A night at the National Museum of the American Latino

Posted by Susan Gonzales, Senior Director, Federal and External Affairs , in Community Investment
I am part of an exciting new mission in Washington, one that my Comcast colleagues have fully supported. Last year, Congress authorized the creation of the National Museum of the American Latino Commission. The Commission consists of 23 members appointed...

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27Oct
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The United Way and Comcast

Posted by Charisse Lillie, VP, Community Investment / EVP, Comcast Foundation, in Community Investment
There is always a special notation on my calendar for Comcast’s United Way campaign, which is under way now throughout our company. As many continue to struggle in today’s difficult economy, there is great urgency on a daily basis to...

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19Oct
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Comcast Digital Connectors Launches in Houston

Posted by David L. Cohen, Executive Vice President, in Community Investment
We are strong believers in investing in stronger communities, and last week one of our most exciting community investment initiatives ever officially began in Houston. Building on our partnership with One Economy, we recently launched in Washington, D.C. the Comcast...

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16Oct
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Their Sacrifice, Our History

Posted by Gene Morris, Senior Director, Community Investment, in Community Investment
Just a few feet away from me were dozens of family members of Philadelphia police officers killed in the line of duty. What mixed emotions they must have felt as a beautiful multi-media memorial to their brave relatives was...

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30Sep
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Pink Ribbon campaign

Posted by Dr. Marisa Weiss, Founder, Breastcancer.org, in Community Investment
While I love my job, I’d rather be doing something completely different. I’m a breast cancer oncologist, but I’d much rather be preventing breast cancer from forming in the first place. For over 20 years, I’ve been caring for those...

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29Sep
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Hispanic Heritage Voices

Posted by Jorge Alberni, Director, Corporate Communications, in Community Investment
As we continue to celebrate Hispanic Heritage Month we thought we'd learn more about the diversity and richness within the Hispanic culture by catching up with Hispanic members of the Comcast family. They told us great stories about their...

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28Sep
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A celebration of H.O.M.E., and rock stars

Posted by Gene Morris, Senior Director, Community Investment, in Community Investment
Sure, Jon Bon Jovi was in the house, and I thought that was cool. But the biggest rock star of the night was a petite nun who refuses to accept that homelessness and poverty are inevitable. Her name is...

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