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To Mark This Year's Veterans Day, the Call of Duty Endowment Receives a New Donation of $3 Million from Activision
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(OPEN):
AS WE MARK THIS YEAR'S "VETERANS DAY", UNEMPLOYMENT FOR U-S VETERANS
CONTINUES TO RISE. TO BRING MORE AWARENESS TO VETERANS-ISSUES,
ACTIVISION BLIZZARD--THE PRODUCER OF THE "CALL OF DUTY"
VIDEO-GAME--CREATED THE CALL OF DUTY ENDOWMENT.
BOBBY KOTICK ["CO-TICK"] IS ACTIVISION'S C-E-O...
(KOTICK):
"IT'S
UNACCEPTABLE THAT OVER 20-PERCENT OF OUR NATION'S YOUNGEST VETERANS ARE
UNEMPLOYED--THE VERY SAME MEN AND WOMEN WHO RISK THEIR LIVES, TO PROTECT
OUR FREEDOM AND SECURITY. TO COMMEMORATE THIS 'VETERANS DAY',
ACTIVISION WILL DONATE ANOTHER THREE-MILLION DOLLARS TO THE CALL
OF DUTY ENDOWMENT--IN ORDER TO EXPAND OUR EFFORTS TO ADDRESS VETERANS'
UNEMPLOYMENT."
(BRIDGE):
RETIRED U-S-ARMY MAJOR-GENERAL, "SPIDER" MARKS, IS A MEMBER OF
THE ENDOWMENT'S ADVISORY-COUNCIL...
(MARKS):
"THE CALL OF
DUTY ENDOWMENT WORKS WITH VETERANS-GROUPS, TO DELIVER THE TRAINING AND
COACHING [THAT'S] NECESSARY FOR VETERANS TO FIND GOOD JOBS. SINCE
LAUNCHING IN 2009, THE ENDOWMENT HAS PROVIDED OVER ONE-POINT-SEVEN-MILLION
DOLLARS, IN GRANTS, TO 14 ORGANIZATIONS. WITH CONTRIBUTIONS FROM
THE ENDOWMENT, OUR PARTNERS HAVE HELPED EMPLOY OVER 700 VETERANS,
PROVIDED JOB-TRAINING AND -MENTORSHIP TO OVER 25-HUNDRED VETERANS, AND
[ALSO PROVIDED] SCHOLARSHIPS TO MORE THAN 30 VETERANS."
(CLOSE):
THE ENDOWMENT IS ALSO ANNOUNCING A 250-THOUSAND-DOLLAR GRANT TO THE
NATIONAL CHAMBER FOUNDATION--FOR ITS "HIRING OUR HEROES"-PROGRAM.
THE GRANT WILL SUPPORT VETERAN-HIRING FAIRS IN 25 CITIES,
NATIONWIDE--LEADING TO AN ESTIMATED FOUR-THOUSAND VETERAN-JOBS.
FOR MORE INFORMATION, VISIT
"CALL-OF-DUTY-ENDOWMENT"-DOT-ORG.
