INVER GROVE HEIGHTS’ SARA LUCAS RECEIVES 2013 COMCAST LEADERS AND ACHIEVERS SCHOLARSHIP

The Comcast Foundation today announced that Inver Grove Height’s Sarah Lucas, a graduate of Simley High School, been named a 2013 recipient of the annual Leaders and Achievers Scholarship Program. The Comcast Foundation was started in 1999 to provide charitable support to local communities and to empower and enrich lives across the country. Lucas will be recognized at a special reception honoring all Twin Cities 2013 Leaders and Achievers Scholarship recipients at 11:30 a.m., June 20, at the Saint Paul Hotel. The event will be hosted by Ralph Martinez, Sr. Regional Vice President of Comcast in the Twin Cities. Honored for her leadership, Lucas volunteered with the Crown of Life Senior Teens, Inver Glen Library Volunteens and Southview Nursing Home. She was an Officer in the Simley Theatre Guild, Captain of the Quiz Bowl, President of the Spanish Club and member of the Math Team. She was the Valedictorian of her class, a member of the National Honors Society, AP Scholar with Honor Award and Top Ten Student, and received an Academic Letter, and Academic Awards for Math and Biology. Lucas will attend the University of Minnesota-Twin Cities to major in both Cell & Molecular Biology and Chemical Engineering with a minor in Spanish. “Each year, we are excited to provide scholarships for these talented students,” said Martinez. “Comcast seeks students who demonstrate leadership abilities in school activities and who reflect a strong commitment to community service. These students are our future leaders and we hope these scholarships will help to power their dreams for success.” The Comcast Leaders and Achievers Scholarship Program provides one-time $1,000 scholarships to high school seniors 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 be prepared for the future, to engage youth in their communities, and to demonstrate the importance of civic involvement and the value placed on civic involvement by the business community. Since the national program’s inception in 1999, Comcast has provided scholarships to over 19,000 students totaling nearly $19 million. In the Twin Cities, Comcast started its student scholarship program in 2004 and to date has honored more than 340 students, awarding over $365,000. 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 community service, expanding digital literacy and building tomorrow‘s leaders. Since its inception, the Comcast Foundation has donated more than $123 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.