Comcast Cares Day Surpasses One Million Volunteers
On Saturday, April 21, the 17th Comcast Cares Day surpassed one million volunteers who have participated in the annual celebration of the company’s year-round commitment to community service. More than 100,000 Comcast NBCUniversal employees and their families, friends, and community partners volunteered at 1,000 community improvement projects in about 20 countries.
Around the world, volunteers supported groups such as Boys & Girls Clubs of America, Big Brothers Big Sisters of America, City Year, The Arc, and Houston Food Bank, and elementary schools to improve their community. Projects also included revitalizing neighborhoods in California, Florida, and Texas that were impacted by recent disasters in 2017.
Check out some of the highlights from #ComcastCaresDay below!
We're are so proud to partner with Big Brothers Big Sisters of Metropolitan Detroit for the past 8 years of #comcastcaresday, with our Detroit team packing over 1,000 lbs of food for those in need! https://t.co/1TF7kg9V7P #comcastspotlight pic.twitter.com/ElOUYqMRye
— Sam HanserMaynard (@SMHanserMaynard) April 23, 2018
Huge THANK YOU to 100+ volunteers from @comcast who visited MLAR for #ComcastCaresDay! They did an awesome job helping us care for our 60 acre property and our adoptable dogs loved making new friends - thank you so much for supporting our mission to help homeless animals! pic.twitter.com/qmfbGkQcSR
— Main Line Rescue (@MainLineRescue) April 23, 2018
We’re proud to support #ComcastCaresDay and join the over 1 million volunteers since this annual day of volunteering began in 2001.@comcast pic.twitter.com/pZoheyMOfj
— Philadelphia Union (@PhilaUnion) April 22, 2018
Growing our community by volunteering with #ComcastCaresDay at #BartramsGardens. @comcast @ComcastNBCUCI pic.twitter.com/5qa3KcwQdT
— ChildrensVillage (@ChildrensVPhila) April 23, 2018
Spent time in Houston, TX today for #ComcastCaresDay planting trees with @comcastcares and some amazing volunteers! pic.twitter.com/aJRyxvlMN8
— Arbor Day Foundation (@arborday) April 21, 2018
What an amazing day with @ComcastNBCUCI and @CityYearPhilly at Roosevelt High School for #ComcastCaresDay pic.twitter.com/kKIfpw1efP
— City Year Care Force (@CareForce) April 22, 2018
Our @AmeriCorps members enjoy time together and today was even better. #ComcastCaresDay brought us together for the good of students at @MEM_Scholars Caldwell-Guthrie! #makebetterhappen @ComcastNBCUCI @comcast @ComcastSouth @EvanEssential pic.twitter.com/rUPrG7Kkso
— City Year Memphis (@CityYearMemphis) April 21, 2018
We appreciate @ComcastNBCUCI @ComcastBeltway as we bring another #ComcastCaresDay to a close. Thank you to all of our volunteers and @AmeriCorps members! pic.twitter.com/XUc04JT7FV
— City Year DC (@CityYearDC) April 21, 2018
Hundreds of people, including NBC Bay Area staff, turned out for the Santa Rosa cleanup, as part of #ComcastCaresDay, putting a new face on a community ravaged by the massive North Bay wildfires six months ago. https://t.co/of7dCCV28X pic.twitter.com/nqUdSuDxfT
— NBC Bay Area (@nbcbayarea) April 22, 2018
Thank you to all of the SRCS and Comcast volunteers who came out today for #ComcastCaresDay! You spruced up SRHS for graduation, planted hundreds of trees, and launched an Integrated Wellness Center for our fire-affected families. #srcstogether https://t.co/CF9UBrp2oG
— Santa Rosa Schools (@SRCSchools) April 22, 2018
Perfect weather for #ComcastCaresDay in Manchester! Today we worked on the raised bed gardens and began planting. The vegetables grown here benefit the programs at the New Hampshire Food Bank! pic.twitter.com/BrQM8UpayG
— NH Food Bank (@NHFB) April 21, 2018
Our youngest volunteer at Sweetwater Elementary #ComcastCaresDay @MDCPSCommunity @ComcastFL @Telemundo @nbc6 pic.twitter.com/uZBGpi8gQk
— Sweetwater #STEAMWORKS (@Sweetwater_Elem) April 21, 2018
Honored to join the @ChildFamilyCT Child and Family Agency of Southeastern Connecticut and @TheArcNLC for Comcast Cares Day 2018, a national volunteer event. Great day investing in our community’s most important resource, our children #comcastcaresday #newlondon pic.twitter.com/jiN6fJGCOZ
— Senator Paul Formica (@SenatorFormica) April 21, 2018
Our Wang Y had special guests today at their #HealthyKidsDay! Thank you to @ComcastNBCUCI for volunteering today for #ComcastCaresDay. We appreciate all the commitment to service & supporting important programs at our Y’s that Comcast continues to be a part of with us. pic.twitter.com/cFOcpUjN1e
— YMCA Greater Boston (@YMCA_Boston) April 21, 2018