Charleston, SC – April 13, 2016 – On Saturday, April 30, dozens of local Comcast NBCUniversal employees and their families, friends and community partners will “make change happen” as they volunteer to beautify the Tricounty Family Ministries facility as part of the 15th annual Comcast Cares Day. The building is located at 3349 Rivers Avenue in North Charleston.
Comcast Cares Day, which takes place each April during National Volunteer Month, is Comcast NBCUniversal’s companywide celebration of their year-round commitment to service and the nation’s largest single-day corporate volunteer effort in the country. This year, the Comcast South region will host 119 projects, with four projects being held across greater Charleston.
Starting at 8 a.m., volunteers will plant gardens, stain benches and garden boxes, handle general repairs and clean-up tasks, paint the facility, repair the loading dock, and organize the food pantry.
Tricounty Family Ministries operates a soup kitchen, food pantry and clothing house, and provides mental health and addiction counseling, job training, emergency assistance and other programs for those at the poverty level or below throughout greater Charleston.
This year, Comcast expects more than 100,000 employees to participate in more than 800 projects across the country and around the globe. To date, volunteers have contributed more than 4 million service hours to improve nearly 7,000 projects in the U.S. and around the world since Comcast Cares Day started in 2001.
“We are thrilled to support Tricounty Family Ministries on the 15th anniversary of Comcast Cares Day,” said Andy Macke, Vice President of External Affairs at Comcast. “It’s truly amazing what’s possible when volunteers donate their time to make a difference in the lives of others.”
The Comcast Foundation will also provide grants to local community partner organizations across the country on behalf of everyone who volunteers on Comcast Cares Day. The grants will help Comcast’s community partners continue their mission of serving the community throughout the year. To date, the Comcast Foundation has awarded more than $18 million in grants to local non-profit organizations who have partnered with us on Comcast Cares Day.
Additionally, this Comcast Cares Day the Company is folding in the broad support and amplification of two other Company partnerships: Global Citizen, who organize the annual music and advocacy-focused Global Citizen Festival curated by Coldplay’s Chris Martin that has aired on MSNBC for the past few years, and Red Nose Day, a special television event with top musical and comedy performances that debuted on NBC last year. These initiatives aim to end extreme poverty, fight inequality and injustice, and tackle climate change globally and in the United States. By amplifying our support of these initiatives on Comcast Cares Day, Comcast NBCUniversal is providing additional ways to help drive positive change in our communities.
Comcast has been committed to serving local communities since our founding more than 50 years ago. For more information on Comcast NBCUniversal volunteer and community investment initiatives, visit www.comcast.com/community.
