Youth Program Provides Career, College and Civics Readiness
HARTFORD CT -- The Comcast Foundation announced today that it has awarded a $20,000 grant to the Center for Latino Progress’ FUTUROS program. FUTUROS targets Hartford’s Latino youth who face obstacles that might otherwise prevent them from being able to achieve their life goals and offers training, activities, and youth employment opportunities to help them prepare for college and technical careers. The program also incorporates cultural exploration to ensure youth broaden their interests and skill sets to be well rounded and to facilitate success.
FUTUROS, now in its 10th year, works with approximately 250 students a year and offers training, tutoring and mentorship, college prep, exposure to leadership opportunities and internships. FUTUROS participants can benefit and join the extended BiCi Co programs which promote mobility and access to jobs while supporting bicycle skills and safety. This Center’s social enterprise provides bike safety and repair training, sustainable transportation, education, youth programs and internships, mechanics classes, and job training.
“Comcast believes in giving back to the communities where our customers and employees live and work,” said Dan Glanville, Vice President of Government, Regulatory and Community Affairs for Comcast’s Western New England region, which is headquartered in Berlin, Connecticut. “We do this by partnering with organizations, like the Center for Latino Progress, who are making a difference in people’s lives by providing tools and resources to help propel them forward. We’re proud to support FUTUROS, which is exposing students to hands-on experiences that they’ll take with them into college and the workforce.”
“For over a decade, Comcast has been a true partner of the Center providing mentors, marketing our programs and supporting us with over $100,000 in funding to date,” said Yanil Teron, Executive Director of the Center for Latino Progress. “Today, corporate investment in the Center has become a life line that allows us to maintain services and programs for the most underserved in our communities. Not only is the financial investment in our people crucial for success and community well-being, it helps Connecticut’s overall economy.”
About the Center for Latino Progress
The Center for Latino Progress (CPRF) is the largest Latino human development organization in Connecticut. Since 1978, CPRF has sought to advance the socioeconomic conditions of the community at large, with emphasis on Hispanics, through education, training, supportive services, leadership development, and advocacy. To donate, volunteer, or learn more about CPRF, call (860) 247-3227 or visit www.ctprf.org <http://www.ctprf.org>.
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 $200 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
Comcast Corporation (Nasdaq: CMCSA) is a global media and technology company with two primary businesses, Comcast Cable and NBCUniversal. Comcast Cable is one of the nation’s largest video, high-speed Internet, and phone providers to residential customers under the XFINITY brand, and also provides these services to businesses. It also provides wireless and security and automation services to residential customers under the XFINITY brand. NBCUniversal operates news, entertainment and sports cable networks, the NBC and Telemundo broadcast networks, television production operations, television station groups, Universal Pictures and Universal Parks and Resorts. Visit http://www.comcastcorporation.com/ for more information.
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