Cable in the Community

Whether an independent company or a local office of a larger organization, cable operators throughout Washington contribute time, money and services to make our communities better. This area highlights just some of those contributions.

Cable in the Classroom

Cable in the Classroom is the cable industry's non-profit foundation that provides free connections to K-12 schools and libraries for commercial free educational programming and broadband internet access. Educators across the country use this content with their students. The Cable in the Classroom foundation works with educators, parents and children to enhance the smart use of technology for education

Company Spotlight: Comcast

Comcast is a national company with a commitment to make a positive difference in the lives of the people who live and work here in Washington.

While supporting national partnerships with nonprofit organizations such as the Urban League, City Year, The United Way and the Partnership for a Drug Free America, Comcast also provide high-speed Internet connections to more than 1,000 schools and libraries in Washington state. And Comcast makes TVW, a channel devoted to unbiased coverage of the state of Washington, available in every customer's home.

In all, Comcast donated $5.6 million in cash and in-kind contributions to dozens of charitable organizations last year. The company's local community partners are as varied and unique as the communities it serves. Among them are: Center for Career Alternatives, ArtsFund, Communities in Schools, King County Libraries, New Futures, Wing Luke Asian Museum, AHANA, CrimeStoppers, Spokane YMCA, Big Brothers, Big Sisters, Neighborhood House, Auburn Youth Resources and the Bellevue Schools Foundation.

Comcast has helped fund computer centers in disadvantaged neighborhoods, paid for programs teaching kids to read, supported special classes teaching high school students about the Japanese internment during World War II and funded programs to train our next generation of community volunteers and leaders.

The commitment doesn't stop there. Comcast employees have chipped in to help community organizations with some sweat equity of their own. Each October, more than half of Comcast's nearly 3,000 employees in the state of Washington volunteer at a community project. Comcast employees have built playgrounds, landscaped parks, painted gymnasiums, wired computer centers and even served as waiters and waitresses at a charity auction.

While financial reports and newspaper articles often provide perspective on the cable industry's bottom line, the fact is that Comcast and other cable companies are made of men and women who care deeply about their local communities.