By: Terry Johnson, CEO, Boys and Girls Clubs of Portland Metro When I was a kid, growing up in Texas, the Boys & Girls Clubs of Permian Basin provided a safe environment for me to play and hang out with friends. Little did I know I was also establishing relationships with positive mentors and building […]
Salem Area Boys and Girls Club Become Oregon’s First Comcast Lift Zone Sites
By Sue Bloom, Chief Executive Officer, Boys and Girls Club of Salem, Marion and Polk Counties Boys & Girls Clubs are all about hope – to even the playing field for the amazing, wonderful youth we serve. Clubs provide youth a safe place to belong where they can broaden their vision of what is possible […]
Comcast Wins Innovation in Corporate Philanthropy Award
ORIGINALLY FEATURED IN THE PORTLAND BUSINESS JOURNAL BY ANDY GIEGERICH For Comcast, corporate philanthropy can consist of three simple steps: ready, set and, of course, action. The notion is especially apparent in the giant media company’s (it employs nearly 200,000 workers nationwide) support of the Future Filmmakers program, in which it supports Portland Film Festival […]
Comcast Teams Up with the Portland Film Festival and the Boys & Girls Club of Portland Metro to Introduce Kids to Filmmaking
By: Rebecca Brown, Director, Community Impact Have you ever wanted to be a movie star? Or a screen writer? Or a camera-person working the equipment and filming the action? This past Saturday, I got to experience what it was like to be a “Future Filmmaker.” And even better– so did 50 amazing kids from the various […]
Comcast Family Night at Boys and Girls Club is a Slam Dunk
If you’re a Portland Trail Blazers fan this season, you may already be under the spell of recent acquisition, guard Rodney Hood. If you’re a 10-year old who got to meet Hood at Comcast Family Night at the Wattle’s Boys and Girls Club last week, you’re in complete awe. “He’s really tall, and nice,” said […]