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Comcast, Olympic gold medalist team up in Frankford

Olympic gold medalist Simone Manuel works with Boys & Girls Club members to assemble solar cars to promote STEM learning as part of Comcast’s Team UP launch.
Ryan Collerd/AP Images for Comcast
Olympic gold medalist Simone Manuel and Comcast volunteers work with Boys & Girls Club members to assemble solar cars to promote STEM learning as part of Comcast’s Team UP launch. Ryan Collerd/AP Images for Comcast
Olympic gold medalist Simone Manuel joins Comcast at the Boys & Girls Club of Philadelphia – Northeast Frankford Clubhouse – for a Comcast Team UP volunteer event. Ryan Collerd/AP Images for Comcast

Comcast’s new volunteerism program, Team UP, launched last week, with an event at the Northeast Frankford Boys and Girls Club, 1709 Kinsey St., with Olympic swimming gold medalist Simone Manuel.

Comcast employees joined the Boys and Girls Club kids and staff to assemble solar-powered cars from a kit to promote STEM learning, motor skills building and group collaboration. ••

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