City Year Joins Comcast NBCUniversal to Bring 17th Annual Comcast Cares Day to Life

BOSTON, April 19, 2018

Projects taking place this Saturday include:

• Tilden High School, Chicago (City Year Chicago) – Nearly 300 volunteers will paint murals, inspirational quotes, and college logos throughout the school.
  
  
• 32nd Street/USC Arts Magnet, Los Angeles (City Year Los Angeles) – Volunteers will help create an enhanced learning environment for the students of this media arts and engineering magnet school by painting murals and artwork throughout the campus.
  
  
• Roosevelt Elementary School, Philadelphia (City Year Philadelphia) – Nearly 250 volunteers will brighten the hallways with murals and enhance outdoor recreational areas. 
  
  
• White Harvest Farms, Jacksonville, Florida (City Year Jacksonville) – Nearly 450 volunteers will rake, mulch, plant, and more to spruce up the urban farm. White Harvest is a working farm located in the urban core of the city, complete with tractors, irrigation systems, and a market.

"City Year is honored to celebrate the 17th annual Comcast Cares Day and to serve alongside Comcast NBCUniversal employees in communities across the country," said Michael Brown, CEO and Co-Founder of City Year. "As an education-focused national service organization, we know that a welcoming and nurturing school environment can have a direct impact on student achievement. That is why City Year is proud to be part of this remarkable opportunity to help transform the schools and communities we serve."

"The more than 1,000 projects and 100,000 people that are part of Comcast Cares Day this year are a powerful reflection of our company's year-long commitment to volunteerism and service," said David L. Cohen, Senior Executive Vice President and Chief Diversity Officer of Comcast Corporation.  Cohen also serves as Co-Chair of City Year's national board.  "We are proud to stand with City Year in support of safe and supportive school spaces that instill a lifelong love of learning."

This year, Comcast Cares Day will engage its one millionth volunteer as more than 100,000 employees, their family, and friends will work alongside local community partners at hundreds of project sites across the U.S. and around the globe.  Since 2001, Comcast has given more than $5 billion in cash and in-kind contributions to support nonprofit organizations and other charitable partners across the country.

In 2016, City Year and Comcast NBCUniversal entered into a three-year partnership renewal agreement valued at $11.2 million in cash and in-kind support.  A long-term, dedicated partner since 2001, Comcast NBCUniversal has sponsored more than 100 school-based teams of City Year AmeriCorps members.