Comcast Awards $41K in Scholarships

The Comcast Foundation, founded in 1999 to provide charitable support to its local communities and to empower and enrich lives, today announced the 2014 recipients of 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.

New Hampshire Gov. Maggie Hassan, who assisted Steve Hackley, Senior Vice President of Comcast's Greater Boston Region, in awarding the scholarships at the Statehouse on May 27, praised good corporate citizens like Comcast.  

Thirty-one of the 2014 New Hampshire Leaders and Achievers recipients received $1,000 scholarships and one lucky student 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 $41,000 awarded in New Hampshire this year.

"The Comcast Foundation's Leaders and Achievers Scholarship Program has a strong history of making higher education more accessible and more affordable for our young people, an effort that is critical to helping our students develop the skills and innovative thinking needed for success in the 21st century economy," Hassan said. "On behalf of the people New Hampshire, I want to thank the Comcast Foundation for investing in our young people and congratulate the 32 Granite State high school seniors awarded with this year's Leaders and Achievers Scholarship. Because of their talent and commitment to their communities, New Hampshire is poised for a bright future, and we look forward to all that they will accomplish."   

"These students have not only posted strong academic results, but they have also demonstrated leadership in school activities and shared a strong commitment to community service," said Hackley. "We are proud to recognize the success and potential of such outstanding student leaders, all of whom are preparing for the next step in their educational careers."

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 prepare for the future and to engage them in their communities. The program also demonstrates the importance of civic involvement, and the value placed on civic involvement by the business community.

Local winners throughout New Hampshire have participated in a wide variety of community service activities, such as volunteering at The American Red Cross, Big Brothers and Big Sisters and the Girl Scouts. 

Since the program's inception, more than $21.6 million in scholarship money has been presented to more than 21,000 scholarship winners nationwide.  A list of the scholarship recipients in New Hampshire is detailed below.

About the Comcast Foundation The Comcast Foundation was founded by Comcast Corporation in June 1999 to provide charitable support to qualified nonprofit organizations. The Foundation primarily invests in programs intended to have a positive, sustainable impact on their communities. The Foundation has three community investment priorities – expanding digital literacy, promoting community service and building tomorrow's leaders. Since its inception, the Comcast Foundation has donated nearly $140 million to organizations in the communities nationwide that Comcast serves. More information about the Foundation and its programs is available at comcast.com/community . 

2014 New Hampshire Comcast Leaders and Achievers Scholarship Recipients

• Cara Babineau        Holy Family Academy       Manchester
• Megan Bailey           Belmont High School        Canterbury
• Mattsen Bradbury-Koster   Pelham High School         Pelham
• Nicole Cullinan        Hopkinton High School     Hopkinton
• Jessica Dalrymple  Bedford High School         Bedford
• Maria Daneault        Winnisquam Regional High School       Northfield
• Madison Duffy          Bow High School    Bow
• Owen Ellerkamp      Conval Regional High School     Peterborough
• Molly Fitzpatrick       Derryfield School    Bedford
• Meghan Genardi     Dover Senior High School            Dover
• Carmen Giampetruzzi        Trinity High School Manchester
• Ian Gowell     Souhegan High School     Amherst
• Tiffany Hsu    Exeter High School            Stratham
• Catherine Kondi      Mascoma Valley Regional High School            Canaan
• Molly Lachance       Manchester Memorial High School        Manchester
• Cameron Lampinen           Mascenic Regional High School New Ipswich
• Victoria LaRoche     Alvirne High School           Hudson
• Colin Lockwood       Concord Christian School            Canterbury
• Yao Long      Salem High School            Salem
• Rachael Luszey       Nashua Christian Academy & High School      Hudson
• Grace Martel Manchester Central High School            Manchester
• Brittany Melroy         Hinsdale Sr. High School Hinsdale
• William Meroff          Tri-City Christian Academy          Rochester
• Benjamin Militello   Timberlane Regional High School         Sandown
• Hannah Provost       Bishop Brady High School           Concord
• Jenna Sanborn        Newmarket Junior/Senior High School Newmarket
• John Sipp      Portsmouth Christian Academy  Somersworth
• Dillon Sylvester        Franklin High School         Franklin
• Angela Valenti         Campbell High School      Litchfield
• Jocelyn Vierzen       Kearsarge Regional High School           Bradford
• Matthew Webber     St. Thomas Aquinas High School           York, ME
• Jessica Wood           Sanborn Regional High School  Kingston