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The Call of Duty Endowment Teams up with Pro vs. GI Joe on the 'Purpose-Driven Rehab' Tour
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(OPEN):
THE LATEST FIGURES FROM THE BUREAU OF LABOR STATISTICS
SHOW THAT UNEMPLOYMENT-NUMBERS FOR U-S VETERANS CONTINUE TO RISE.
TO HELP BRING MORE AWARENESS TO VETERANS-ISSUES, THE CALL OF DUTY
ENDOWMENT HAS TEAMED UP WITH PRO VERSUS G-I-JOE,
TO SEND THEIR GAMING-TRAILER ON A NATIONWIDE TOUR CALLED
"PURPOSE-DRIVEN REHAB". RETIRED U-S-ARMY MAJOR-GENERAL,
SPIDER MARKS, IS A CURRENT MEMBER OF THE CALL OF DUTY ENDOWMENT
ADVISORY-COUNCIL...
(MARKS):
"THE TOUR WILL
FEATURE STOPS AT PROFESSIONAL-FOOTBALL GAMES IN CHARLOTTE, PHILADELPHIA,
GREEN BAY, JACKSONVILLE, AND MIAMI. AT SELECT-STOPS, WE'LL
ANNOUNCE 250-THOUSAND DOLLARS, IN GRANTS, TO ORGANIZATIONS WHO SUPPORT
OUR MISSION OF TACKLING VETERANS' UNEMPLOYMENT. IN ADDITION, WE'RE
LAUNCHING AN AUCTION FOR A LIMITED-EDITION 2011 'JEEP WRANGLER "CALL OF
DUTY: BLACK OPS" EDITION'-VEHICLE--ALONG WITH THE CHANCE TO MEET THE
CREATORS OF THE 'BLACK OPS'-VIDEO-GAME--WITH 100-PERCENT OF PROCEEDS
GOING TO BENEFIT THE ENDOWMENT."
(CLOSE):
THE CALL OF DUTY ENDOWMENT WAS LAUNCHED IN 2009 BY VIDEO-GAME PUBLISHER
ACTIVISION BLIZZARD. ITS MISSION IS TO RAISE AWARENESS
OF VETERANS-UNEMPLOYMENT ISSUES--AND TO PROVIDE RESOURCES TO
ORGANIZATIONS THAT ASSIST VETERANS WITH TRAINING AND TOOLS TO SECURE
21ST-CENTURY JOBS. FOR MORE INFORMATION ON VETERANS-ISSUES, THE
TOUR, AND THE AUCTION, VISIT
"CALL-OF-DUTY-ENDOWMENT"-DOT-ORG.
