Company to Auction Limited Edition 2011 Jeep® Wrangler
Call of Duty®: Black Ops SUV to Benefit Call of Duty
Endowment
WASHINGTON, Oct. 6, 2011 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ --
Activision's (Nasdaq: ATVI) Call of Duty Endowment, a non-profit
seeking to help veterans transition back to the civilian workforce,
today announced its partnership with Pro vs. GI Joe's Purpose
Driven Rehab Fall Tour. Purpose Driven Rehab is a military support
initiative in which wounded veterans from around the country manage
events at some of the biggest sporting venues across the country.
This program gives purpose and responsibility to rehabbing
veterans, while also bringing national awareness to veterans'
issues.
The upcoming Purpose Driven Rehab tour will feature stops at
professional football games in Charlotte, Philadelphia, Green Bay, Jacksonville, and Miami, as well as the Army Ten Miler in
Washington, D.C. At select stops
on the tour, the Call of Duty Endowment will be announcing
$250,000 in grants to organizations
who support their mission of addressing veterans' unemployment.
In addition, the Call of Duty Endowment is launching an auction
for a limited edition 2011 Jeep Wrangler Call of Duty®: Black Ops
Edition vehicle – along with the chance to tour the Treyarch
Studios and meet the creators of the Black Ops video game – with
100% of proceeds going to benefit the Endowment. Interested
parties can sign up online at www.callofdutyendowment.org. The Jeep
auction is open to U.S. citizens 18 and over.
Reacting to the partnership between the Call of Duty Endowment
and Pro vs. GI Joe, Alan Baldwin,
Colonel, USMC (retired), and current member of the Call of Duty
Endowment Advisory Council, stated, "I am excited about the
Endowment partnering with an organization like Pro vs. GI Joe on
their Purpose Driven Rehab Tour to help raise awareness about the
issues our veterans face. The grants the Endowment will announce
along the tour will benefit standout organizations that help
veterans reintegrate back into civilian life with job training
programs and career placement initiatives."
The next stop on the tour is the Army Ten Miler, an annual
ten-mile race in Washington, D.C.
sponsored by the U.S. Army. Together, the Call of Duty
Endowment and Pro vs. GI Joe will sponsor four runners –
Johnny Jones, Michael Baron, Elissa
Baron and Gary Davis – at
this weekend's race. Pro vs. GI Joe will have their gaming trailer
at the Pentagon finish line beginning early Friday morning through
the end of the race on Sunday, October
9th. Race participants and supporters will have the
opportunity to play video games and relax while meeting the wounded
veterans managing the trailer.
Since Activision Blizzard, Inc., the worldwide online and
console video game publisher and producer of the Call of Duty®
video game, established the Call of Duty Endowment in November of
2009, it has delivered more than $1,000,000 in grants and scholarships to assist
returning veterans with post military career help. This past
November, Activision committed another $1
million to the Endowment and pledged to find 1,000 jobs for
veterans.
About the Call of Duty Endowment:
The Call of Duty Endowment is a non-profit, public benefit
corporation created by Activision Blizzard. The organization seeks
to help soldiers transitioning to civilian life find work and
establish careers and to assist organizations that provide job
placement and training. For more information about The Call of Duty
Endowment, please visit www.callofdutyendowment.org.
About Pro vs. GI Joe:
Pro vs. GI Joe is a 501c3 nonprofit organization, changing the way
our troops stay connected. Pro vs. GI Joe provides America's heroes
with once-in-a-lifetime opportunities by pitting them against their
favorite professional athletes and celebrities in heated, yet fun
video game competitions via the Internet and in person. For more
information about the Purpose Drive Rehab Tour, please visit
http://www.purposedrivenrehab.org/.
SOURCE Call of Duty Endowment
