Comcast Provides 65 Local Students With $73,000 in College Scholarships
PORTLAND, Ore., June 1, 2012 /PRNewswire/ — The Comcast Foundation, founded in 1999 to provide charitable support to its local communities and to empower and enrich lives, will honor the 2012 Oregon and Southwest Washington recipients of its annual Leaders and Achievers® Scholarship Ceremony at the World Trade Center in Portland on Saturday, June 2 starting at 10:30 a.m.
Comcast provided 65 students from Oregon and Southwest Washington with $73,000 in college scholarships through the 2012 Leaders and Achievers Scholarship® Program, with all students winning a $1,000 scholarship and two students winning a $5,000 scholarship. Twenty-five of the winning students were also given a netbook computer to use at college.
“These students are exceptional individuals who set the bar as young leaders, and we are thrilled to support them with scholarships,” said Hank Fore, Regional Senior Vice President for Comcast – Oregon and Southwest Washington. “Comcast awards scholarships to students who demonstrate they have high academic standards, a strong commitment to serving their communities and leadership abilities. We hope the scholarships will help power their dreams for future success.”
Congressman Earl Blumenauer, who represents Oregon’s third district, will be the keynote speaker at the event. Guests were also honored to hear from Dan Ryan, CEO of All Hands Raised (formerly known as Portland Schools Foundation) and Susan Castillo, Oregon State Superintendent of Public Instruction. Following the ceremony students and their families are invited to enjoy the Portland Rose Festival CityFair, courtesy of the Portland Rose Festival Foundation.
The Comcast Leaders and Achievers® Scholarship Program provides one-time $1,000 scholarships to students 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. This year, two of the sixty-five students will be surprised with $5,000 Comcast Founders scholarships.
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.
The Comcast Leaders and Achievers Scholarship Program was launched nationally in 2001, and Comcast has awarded more than $17 million in scholarships to over 17,000 students in the years since its inception.
2012 Comcast Leaders and Achievers Scholarship Recipients
Portland Metro Area
Student Name High School Name High School City
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Grant Alexander Clackamas High School Clackamas, OR
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Emily Barnes Glencoe High School Hillsboro, OR
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Julie Brink Reynolds High School Troutdale, OR
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Alexandria Carter Spanish-English International School Portland, OR
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Kyle Deming Sam Barlow High School Gresham, OR
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Miranda Foster Century High School Hillsboro, OR
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Oliviah Franke Grant High School Portland, OR
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Robel Haile Jefferson High School Portland, OR
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Naomi Hanson Arts & Communication Magnet Academy Beaverton, OR
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Zoey Hendryx Scappoose High School Scappoose, OR
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Hannah Herbert Liberty High School Hillsboro, OR
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Brittany Hogan Wilsonville High School Wilsonville, OR
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Sarah Landels Aloha High School Beaverton, OR
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Amanda Lee Parkrose High School Portland, OR
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Shelby Lundquist-Adams Centennial High School Gresham, OR
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Amy Masoni St. Helens High School St Helens, OR
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Emmaline Parker Beaverton High School Beaverton, OR
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Sofiya Popova Gresham High School Gresham, OR
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Juliana Porter Tualatin High School Tualatin, OR
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Claudio Quintana Lakeridge High School Lake Oswego, OR
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Xavier Rentz Southridge High School Beaverton, OR
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Emily Robson Cleveland High School Portland, OR
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Jazmine Rodriguez-Griffin The NAYA Early College Academy Portland, OR
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Elise Smith Wilson High School Portland, OR
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Christine Trinh De La Salle North Catholic High School Portland, OR
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Matthew Trone Oregon City High School Oregon City, OR
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Everett Wild Rex Putnam High School Milwaukie, OR
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Alessandro Williams David Douglas High School Portland, OR
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Ethan Zerpa-Blanco Lincoln High School Portland, OR
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Dorothy Zhang Sunset High School Portland, OR
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Yamhill
Student Name High School Name High School City
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Austin Schroeder Yamhill-Carlton High School Yamhill, OR
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Salem Area
Student Name High School Name High School City
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Trevor Braun McNary High School Keizer, OR
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Haley Ehlers South Salem High School Salem, OR
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Ernie Evans Chemawa Indian School Salem, OR
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Hetta Hansen West Salem High School Salem, OR
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Antonette Shockey North Salem High School Salem, OR
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Corvallis/Albany Area
Student Name High School Name High School City
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Drummond Fudge Crescent Valley High School Corvallis, OR
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Sydnie Hornabrook West Albany High School Albany, OR
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Joseph Spiegelberg Corvallis High School Corvallis, OR
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Kyle Winslow Sweet Home High School Sweet Home, OR
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Sherry Woods Philomath High School Philomath, OR
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Eugene/Springfield Area
Student Name High School Name High School City
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Kelsey Caples Springfield High School Springfield, OR
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Rebecca Falleur Willamette High School Eugene, OR
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Hayley Forsyth Henry D Sheldon High School Eugene, OR
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Conor Gagner Thurston High School Springfield, OR
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Samuel Gonzalez Junction City High School Junction City, OR
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Jason Hernandez Churchill High School Eugene, OR
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Emma Lang South Eugene High School Eugene, OR
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Ana Villa-Amparo North Eugene High School - School of IDEAS Eugene, OR
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Southwest Washington
Student Name High School Name High School City
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Annie Baker La Center High School La Center, WA
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Miranda Bean Ridgefield High School Ridgefield, WA
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Jacob Boucher Battle Ground High School Battle Ground, WA
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Maureen Fisher Homelink River Battle Ground, WA
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Josh Ingebretson Hudson's Bay High School Vancouver, WA
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Alison Kolberg Robert A Long High School Longview, WA
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Emma Laufer Mark Morris High School Longview, WA
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Rebecca McDonnell Skyview High School Vancouver, WA
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Noe Merfeld Evergreen High School Vancouver, WA
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Bailey Mitchell Castle Rock High School Castle Rock, WA
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Rebecca Myrie Vancouver School of Arts and Academics Vancouver, WA
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Emily-Joy Parr Kalama Junior Senior High School Kalama, WA
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Jon Rapacz Columbia River High School Vancouver, WA
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Megan Runyan Mountain View High School Vancouver, WA
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Ashley Sturza Camas High School Camas, WA
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Ibette Valle Fort Vancouver High School Vancouver, WA
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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’s focus areas are volunteerism, literacy, and youth leadership development. Since its inception, the Comcast foundation has donated more than $64 million to organizations in the communities nationwide that Comcast serves. More information about the Foundation and its programs is available at www.comcast.com/inthecommunity.
SOURCE Comcast – Oregon and Southwest Washington
