Comcast Expands Digital Equity Efforts: Installs Free WiFi at 1,000th Lift Zone Community Center

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Comcast Expands Digital Equity Efforts: Installs Free WiFi at 1,000th Lift Zone Community Center

PHILADELPHIA–(BUSINESS WIRE)–Comcast announced today that it has installed free WiFi in its 1,000^th Lift Zone in St. Paul, Minnesota at The Sanneh Foundation’s Seton Center. The company plans to mark the occasion with a $50,000 grant to help support the organization as it rebuilds after being set back by an arsonist. The company also set a new goal to install 250 additional Lift Zones before the end of 2022. Lift Zones are part of Project UP, Comcast’s comprehensive, ten year, $1 billion commitment to help build a future of unlimited possibilities.

Originally intended as a multi-year effort, earlier this year the company accelerated its roll-out plans in response to overwhelming public support. Lift Zones came along at a critical time, providing free WiFi access within select recreation, community, and senior centers, as well as public housing computer labs. Students used them for remote learning, even when schools

Comcast Expands Digital Equity Efforts to Recognize National Veterans and Military Families Month

PHILADELPHIA–(BUSINESS WIRE)–To help recognize National Veterans and Military Families Month, Comcast today announced it would install free WiFi in up to 100 veteran-focused facilities as part of its expanding Lift Zones program. Lift Zones provide free WiFi access outside the home in neighborhood community centers. They complement Comcast’s Internet Essentials program, which provides low-cost broadband to eligible consumers, including veterans, inside the home. Both efforts are part of Project UP, Comcast’s comprehensive, ten year, $1 billion commitment to help build a future of unlimited possibilities.

Data around digital equity and veterans is clear. In 2020, the Department of Veterans Affairs experienced a 1000% increase in telehealth video appointments due to the pandemic, an example of the importance of the Internet for veterans to access benefits, education and career opportunities, and social connections. (Office of Public and Intergovernmental Affairs).

“The Internet is a fundamental tool to participate

Comcast Announces $125,000 Contribution to United Cajun Navy in Assistance of Hurricane Ida Relief Efforts in Louisiana – L’Observateur

(LaPlace, LA)– In the aftermath of Hurricane Ida, which devastated sections of Southeastern Louisiana and surrounding locations, Comcast is creating a $125,000 contribution to the United Cajun Navy, a 501(c)3 registered nonprofit organization based mostly in Baton Rouge. United Cajun Navy is offering reduction endeavours in impacted regions of Louisiana, including difficult-strike Houma and LaPlace.

“United Cajun Navy has a happy background of supporting neighborhood communities following normal disasters this sort of as Hurricane Ida,” explained Jason Gumbs, Comcast’s Regional Senior Vice President. “It is an honor to add to their mission and aid impacted people all through this very hard time.”

Comcast’s donation is element of the company’s dedication to offering assets and assist to communities in the course of instances of have to have. As Hurricane Ida approached, Comcast staged emergency generators and gas vans and brought in additional specialized and network restoration teams.

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