Today is Comcast Cares Day, the company’s signature day of service and the nation’s largest single-day corporate volunteer effort. Along with their counterparts around the nation, thousands of local Comcast and NBCUniversal employees and their families and friends “made change happen” by completing nearly 70 simultaneous community volunteer projects throughout central and northern Illinois, including the Chicago area, northwest Indiana and southwest Michigan.
“Comcast Cares Day is an incredible effort and reflects Comcast’s unwavering commitment to the communities we serve,” said John Crowley, Comcast’s regional senior vice president. “Today, literally thousands of Comcast employees and their friends and families participated in volunteer projects in communities across the region and across the country. Volunteers did everything from cleaning up parks, painting schools, and putting together care packages for military personnel overseas, to giving blood.”
All told, Comcast anticipates that more than 70,000 volunteers will have participated in more than 750 projects nationally – and with the introduction of multiple project sites in London by NBCUniversal, Comcast Cares Day included international projects for the first time. Comcast also achieved another important milestone this year – a total of 3 million volunteer hours and participation by a half million volunteers since Comcast Cares Day began in 2001.
About Comcast Corporation
Comcast Corporation (Nasdaq: CMCSA, CMCSK) is a global media and technology company with two primary businesses, Comcast Cable and NBCUniversal. Comcast Cable is the nation’s largest video, high-speed Internet and phone provider to residential customers under the XFINITY brand and also provides these services to businesses. NBCUniversal operates 30 news and entertainment 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. With more than 7,000 local employees, Comcast’s Greater Chicago Region serves customers in central and northern Illinois, including the Chicago area, northwest Indiana and southwest Michigan. “Like” Comcast’s Greater Chicago Region by visiting Comcast of Illinois, NW Indiana and SW Michigan. “Follow” Comcast’s Greater Chicago Region on Twitter at @ComcastIllinois.
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 more than $123 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.
About Comcast Cable
Comcast Cable is the nation’s largest video, high-speed Internet and phone provider to residential customers under the XFINITY brand and also provides these services to businesses. Comcast has invested in technology to build an advanced network that delivers among the fastest broadband speeds, and brings customers personalized video, communications and home management offerings. Comcast Corporation (Nasdaq: CMCSA, CMCSK) is a global media and technology company. Visit www.comcastcorporation.com for more information.
With more than 7,000 local employees, Comcast’s Greater Chicago Region serves customers in central and northern Illinois, including the Chicago area, northwest Indiana and southwest Michigan. “Like” Comcast’s Greater Chicago Region on Facebook by visiting Comcast of Illinois, NW Indiana and SW Michigan. “Follow” Comcast’s Greater Chicago Region on Twitter at @ComcastIllinois. Become an Xfinity VIP by texting XVIPFB to 47211 and get product updates and discounts on local events.
Comcast Cares Day 2013 Projects
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Org |
City |
Project Type |
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Buddy Foundation |
Arlington Heights |
Beautification |
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The Foundation for Aurora Township |
Aurora |
Beautification |
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Boys & Girls Club |
Bloomington-Normal |
Beautification |
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Bushnell Traveling Basketball Association |
Bushnell |
Beautification |
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Western DuPage Special Recreation Association |
Carol Stream |
Beautification |
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Boys and Girls Club of Dundee |
Carpentersville |
Bike Park Build |
|
16th Street Corridor Clean-Up |
Chicago |
Landscaping and Beautification |
|
American Indian Center |
Chicago |
Beautification and organizing |
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Association House |
Chicago |
Beautification and organizing |
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Boys & Girls Clubs Morgan Park |
Chicago |
Beautification |
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Erie Neighborhood House |
Chicago |
Improvements |
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Ethiopian Community Association of Chicago |
Chicago |
Improvements |
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Gads Hill Center |
Chicago |
Beautification |
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Greater Chicago Food Depository |
Chicago |
Food Bank |
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Korean American Resource & Cultural Center |
Chicago |
Beautification and Art |
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Plaza Tenochtitlan Beautification |
Chicago |
Landscaping and Beautification |
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Real Men Charities |
Chicago |
Landscaping |
|
Resurrection Project |
Chicago |
Landscaping and Beautification |
|
The Japanese American Service Committee |
Chicago |
Spring Cleaning |
|
United Way of Metro Chicago |
Chicago |
Landscaping and Beautification |
|
Boys & Girls Club of Danville |
Danville |
Beautification |
|
American Red Cross |
Decatur |
Landscaping and Beautification |
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Big Brothers Big Sisters of Central Illinois |
Decatur |
Spring Cleaning and landscaping |
|
Decatur Family Refuge |
Decatur |
Landscaping and Beautification |
|
Life Span |
Des Plaines |
Life Span |
|
Little Angels Center for Exceptional Care |
Elgin |
Landscaping and Beautification |
|
The Salvation Army Elgin Corps |
Elgin |
Landscaping |
|
Friends of the Forest Preserves at Busse Woods |
Elk Grove Village |
Landscaping and Beautification |
|
Life Source Blood Center |
Elmhurst |
Blood Drive |
|
LifeSource |
Elmhurst |
Blood Drive |
|
Habitat For Humanity |
Galesburg |
Light Renovations |
|
Gary Neighborhood Services |
Gary |
Landscaping and Beautification |
|
Northern Illinois Blood Bank |
Geneva |
Blood Drive |
| Northern Illinois Food Bank |
Geneva |
Organizing |
|
Northern Illinois Food Bank |
Geneva |
Food Bank |
|
Boys and Girls Club |
Goshen |
Landscaping and Beautification |
|
Thornton Township Youth Committee |
Harvey |
Food Bank |
|
Harvey Brooks Food and Restoration Project |
Joliet |
Landscaping and Beautification |
|
Kankakee Area YMCA |
Kankakee |
Landscaping and Beautification |
|
Northern Illinois Center for Autism |
Lake In The Hills |
Spring Cleaning |
|
LifeSource |
Lake Zurich |
Blood Drive |
|
Northern Illinois Food Bank |
Loves Park |
Organizing |
|
Boys and Girls Club |
Machesney Park |
Landscaping and Beautification |
|
Thornton Township Youth Committee Tinley Park – MLK Park |
Markham |
Landscaping and Beautification |
|
Boys & Girls Club |
Maywood |
Beautification and painting inspirational quotes at Irving Elementary |
|
Boys & Girls Club of West Cook Co |
Maywood |
Computer literacy |
|
Loyola University Medical Center |
Maywood |
Non-sew blankets |
|
Operation Support Our Troops |
McCook |
Care Package |
|
Chicago Wilderness Trust |
Niles, IL |
Landscaping and Beautification |
|
Niles Schools Education Foundation |
Niles, MI |
Cleaning and painting |
|
Life Source |
Oak Brook |
Blood Drive |
|
Northern Illinois Food Bank |
Park City |
Organizing |
|
Tazewell Animal Protective Shelter |
Pekin |
Spring Cleaning |
|
Boys & Girls Club of Greater Peoria – Grinnell Street |
Peoria |
Landscaping, organizing, cleaning and beautification |
|
Boys & Girls Club of Greater Peoria – Kansas Street |
Peoria |
Help with fundraiser |
|
Boys & Girls Club of Greater Peoria Grinnell Street |
Peoria |
Landscaping and Beautification |
|
Big Brothers Big Sisters of West Central Illinois |
Quincy |
Landscaping and Beautification |
|
Carpenter’s Place-Veterans Home Project |
Rockford |
Landscaping and Beautification |
|
Rockford Park District Foundation |
Rockford |
Landscaping and Beautification |
|
Big Brothers – Big Sisters of Will and Grundy Counties |
Romeoville |
Landscaping and Beautification |
|
LifeSource |
Romeoville |
Blood Drive |
|
LifeSource |
Schaumburg |
Blood Drive |
|
Orchard Village |
Schaumburg |
Making Gift Bags |
|
Orchard Village |
Skokie |
Landscaping and Beautification |
|
Memorial Hospital of South Bend |
South Bend |
Fleece Blankets |
|
Thornton Township Youth Committee Program |
South Holland |
Spring Cleaning |
|
Big Brothers Big Sisters of the Illinois Capital Region |
Springfield |
Landscaping and Beautification |
|
Girl Scouts of Central Illinois |
Springfield |
Landscaping and Beautification |
|
Girl Scouts of Central Illinois |
Springfield |
Landscaping and Beautification |
|
LifeSource |
Tinley Park |
Blood Drive |
|
Big Brothers Big Sisters of Central Illinois |
Urbana |
Landscaping and organizing |
|
Boys and Girls Club of Lake Co |
Waukegan |
Landscaping and gardening |
|
Boys and Girls Club of Lake Co |
Waukegan |
Landscaping at High School |
|
Nicasa |
Waukegan |
Resume Workshop |
|
Midwest SOARRING Foundation |
Westchester |
Landscaping and Beautification |
|
LifeSource |
Woodridge |
Blood Drive |
