Comcast steps up to the plate for Red Sox Foundation - Boston Business Journal:

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It's a win-win for the Philadelphia-based company with local offices in Greater Boston sinced the donation ties in withits "triple play" promotion for its Comcast is also producing a publiv service announcement worth $300,000 featuring the 2007 Red Sox scholars -- 25 students. Meg Vaillancourt, the executive director of the Red Sox said this is the first time the charitabl e arm of the sports franchise is seekinb above and beyond its normal askof $125,000 for the Red Sox Scholarsx program -- in whichg each scholar received $5,000 for college.
Scholarships are now $10,00p per child, and the program has expanded to include morefield trips, job shadowe (kids get to find out about jobs in variousz industries) and more attention overall to the children's development. The scholarshipo program, started in 2003, choosezs fifth-graders who have demonstrated talent and and are in need of financial assistance in gettingtto college. When the selected from BostonPublic Schools, reach sixth the program starts with field trips and mentoring from front-office Red Sox staff.
Priofr to this year, the foundationb worked strictly with Building Educated Leaders forLife (BELL) in Now it's opened the vettinh process to all Boston Public Schools -- hence a 600 percenyt increase in applications this And because the progranm demands more money ($250,000 for the scholarshipxs plus $50,000 to cover activity costs) Vaillancourt made the pitcuh to Comcast. in Boston is the presenting sponsor for the RedSox Scholars; the hospital offers medical mentoring and support to the scholars program. Martinis, music and money After his delicate performanc e of Chopin at theStatw Room, Robert B.
Fraser stoode and addressed the crowd dressede inbusiness casual, some with artistivc flair. "Business has been reluctantt to get in bed with the said Fraser, to those of us nibbling on cheese and sippin cocktails. Fraser is the foundinbg chairman of the board of the Arts Business Council ofGreater Boston, a nonprofif that works to bring business professionals together with arts organizations to grow the arts economh in Boston. The evening was the organization's second-annuapl Martinis & Masterpieces fund-raiser.
Though Frasef may be right, the tide may be This year's event, held June 13, yielde $100,000 raised with 300 people attending the which included good eats byJulee Catering, a silent auctiomn of art -- paintings, photographs, sculpture s -- and services. Last year aboutt 280 people attendedthe event, which raised $50,000. "I don't think they're said Celeste Wilson, the Arts & Business Council' executive director. "It's usually done on an individual basis.
" , , and Hale and and the Bostonj Business Journal were among the companies supporting the Threeyears ago, Charlotte Clark got turned on to attending the Big Sister Association of Greater Bosto fund-raiser at Radius in Boston with her Big Sister, Colleejn Kenney, an investment banker in Boston. This year she returnec to help the illustrious line of local chefs cranj outa six-course meal for the $500-tickeyt holders to the same annual event. The June 3 event, which like last year' s was held at Radius, raised $100,000o for the association that, since has been providing mentoring relationships for girles ages 7 to 15 who come fromdisadvantagedr homes.
Clark, a sophomore at Johnson & Wales Universityy in Providence, has been in the Big Sistefr programsince 1999.