Boys & Girls Clubs of the South Puget Sound Partners with Comcast

This week Comcast announced that it will invest $300,000 to support digital access and adoption across the South Puget Sound region, including a $50,000 grant to Boys & Girls Clubs of South Puget Sound (BGCSPS). Additional recipients of the Comcast award include $150,000 to the Thrive Tacoma Business Fund, $50,000 to the Goodwill of the Olympics and Rainier Region, and $50,000 in cash and donated laptop computers to TeamWrk.

Boys & Girls Clubs of South Puget Sound is a nonprofit organization that provides young people (ages 6-18) with safe spaces, caring mentors, and life-enhancing programs tailored to help them reach their full potential. The $50,000 grant from Comcast will support the 'Power Hour' program, and a back-to-school event focused on digital responsibility and education.

The 'Power Hour’ is a daily program to promote academic success for members aged 6 to 18 through tutoring, homework support, and technology access. It's one of the many programs run by Boys & Girls Clubs of South Puget Sound that is available to kids at eight club locations in Pierce, Kitsap & Mason counties, including Gig Harbor and Lakewood.

Comcast selected the recipient organizations based on their shared commitment to digital equity and programs that are specifically designed to provide residents in the South Puget Sound Region with internet access and skill-building services. Comcast’s contributions are part of Project UP, the company’s $1 billion commitment to reach tens of millions of people over the next 10 years with the skills, resources, and opportunities needed to succeed in a digital world.

Additionally, Comcast has launched nearly 100 Lift Zones in the Puget Sound Region, including five locations at BGCSPS chapters. Lift Zones assist residents who, for various reasons, cannot connect to the Internet in their homes. Lift Zones provide free, robust WiFi hotspots in spaces designed to help students and families get online, participate in distance learning, do homework, search for jobs, and access healthcare information and public assistance.

For more information about Project UP, Lift Zones, and Comcast’s commitment to education and digital equity, please visit https://corporate.comcast.com/impact/project-up. To apply, visit www.internetessentials.com or call 1-855-846-8376 for English or 1-855-765-6995 for Spanish.