Press Release

Jan. 14, 2010

Contacts:
Lisa S. Keir
Director of Development and Communications
Maryland Humanities Council
410.685.4183
lkeir@mdhc.org

Alisha Martin
Senior Manager of Public Relations
Comcast
410.513.3155
alisha_martin@cable.comcast.com

COMCAST FOUNDATION AWARDS GRANT TO MARYLAND HUMANITIES COUNCIL TO SUPPORT ITS ONE MARYLAND ONE BOOK PROGRAM IN 2010

BALTIMORE, MD. January 14, 2010. The Comcast Foundation has awarded a $25,000 grant to the Maryland Humanities Council to support its One Maryland One Book program in 2010. One Maryland One Book is a community reading program that improves literacy by bringing reading and discussion programs to youth and adults in Maryland communities.

One Maryland One Book is Maryland's first-ever statewide community reading project and is the signature program of the Maryland Center for the Book, a program of the Maryland Humanities Council. Initiated in fall 2007, it is a year-long project that culminates with two months of public programs, using literature to spur conversations in communities around the state on issues critical to Marylanders.

"We are grateful to Comcast for its generous contribution," said Phoebe Stein Davis, Executive Director of the Maryland Humanities Council. "The Comcast Foundation grant will help us to promote reading and literacy through our One Maryland One Book program. Also, we are thrilled that we will be able to expand our impact by reaching out to new and emerging readers by selecting a companion title for young readers (ages 9 to13) that will reflect the ideas and issues found in the 2010 One Maryland One Book selection."

"Comcast is committed to partnering with local organizations to strengthen the communities that we serve," said Fred Graffam, regional senior vice president for Comcast. "We are proud to support The Maryland Humanities Council in its efforts to make a real and meaningful difference in our local communities."

One Maryland One Book is designed to bring diverse groups of Marylanders together in library, school, or community settings to share a common reading experience through discussing a work of literature. The 2010 selection will be announced in February 2010.

**Photos from One Maryland One Book 2009 program available upon request**

About Maryland Humanities Council
The Maryland Humanities Council brings people and communities together, promoting conversations about important issues. We encourage Marylanders with different backgrounds and viewpoints to see, hear, and learn more about others and themselves. We believe that only informed, engaged citizens can build healthy, democratic societies. Since 1973, the Maryland Humanities Council has been bringing humanities programs to communities across the state and providing grant funding for nonprofit organizations to create their own humanities programs.

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.

About Comcast
Comcast Corporation (Nasdaq: CMCSA, CMCSK) (www.comcast.com) is one of the nation's leading providers of entertainment, information and communication products and services. With 23.8 million cable customers, 15.7 million high-speed Internet customers, and 7.4 million Comcast Digital Voice customers, Comcast is principally involved in the development, management and operation of cable systems and in the delivery of programming content.

Comcast's Eastern Division serves approximately 5.7 million residential and business customers across Delaware, Maryland, New Jersey, North Carolina, Ohio, Pennsylvania, Virginia, West Virginia and Washington, DC. The Eastern Division is based in Oaks, Pennsylvania and employs more than 20,000 people.

The Maryland Humanities Council is a statewide, educational, 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization. The purpose of MHC is to stimulate and promote informed dialogue and civic engagement on issues critical to Marylanders. For more information about MHC, please visit www.mdhc.org.

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