Activision Blizzard Announces Launch of New Call of Duty: Black Ops III Calling Cards to Support Veteran Hiring
May 27 2016 - 4:05PM
Business Wire
Digital Program to Date Has Connected over
1,800 Veterans with High-Quality Jobs
Activision Blizzard (Nasdaq: ATVI) today announced an expansion
of its in-game program that supports the Call of Duty Endowment’s
nationwide effort to help veterans find high-quality careers.
Available through Call of Duty®: Black Ops III, the Call of Duty™
Endowment (C.O.D.E.) Valor Calling Card Set is a pack of three
exclusive, animated calling cards each depicting epic scenes from
military action across the sea, air and land, honoring those who
have served in the armed forces. Designed by Treyarch, the C.O.D.E.
Valor Calling Card Set is on sale for a suggested retail price of
$3.99 and all gross proceeds received by Activision will be donated
to the Endowment, which will use all funds to help veterans secure
quality careers after their military service.
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The Call of Duty™ Endowment (C.O.D.E.)
Valor Calling Card Set, available through Call of Duty®: Black Ops
III (Graphic: Business Wire)
The Endowment is a non-profit, public benefit corporation
founded in 2009 by Activision Blizzard CEO Bobby Kotick. With a
mission to identify and fund the best and most effective
employment-focused veteran-serving organizations, the Endowment has
funded nearly 23,000 job placements to date, at an average
cost-per-placement of less than $600 and with a six-month retention
rate of 89 percent.
“To date, the Call of Duty community has contributed over $1
million to our efforts to help veterans through the in-game
program,” said the Endowment’s Executive Director Dan Goldenberg.
“With this funding, our grantees will place over 1,800 veterans
into high quality jobs. Through this campaign alone, the Call of
Duty community has essentially put an entire brigade back to work,
which is tremendous.”
Goldenberg added, “Sony and Microsoft have been indispensable
partners in this effort, as the in-game program would not be
possible without their generosity. We are grateful for their
continued support.”
“Treyarch strongly supports the Call of Duty Endowment’s
mission,” said Treyarch Studio Head, Mark Lamia. “The Calling Card
program allows the Call of Duty: Black Ops III community the
opportunity to easily contribute and make a meaningful impact to
this worthy cause.”
About Activision Blizzard
Activision Blizzard, Inc., a member of the S&P 500, is the
world's most successful standalone interactive entertainment
company. We delight over 500 million monthly active users around
the world through franchises including Activision's Call of
Duty®, Destiny and Skylanders®, Blizzard
Entertainment's World of Warcraft®, StarCraft®, Diablo®
and Hearthstone®: Heroes of Warcraft™, and
King's Candy Crush®, Pet Rescue® and Farm
Heroes®. The company is one of the Fortune "100 Best Companies
To Work For®." Headquartered in Santa Monica,
California, Activision Blizzard has operations throughout
the world, and its games are played in 196 countries. More
information about Activision Blizzard and its products
can be found on the company’s
website, www.activisionblizzard.com.
About the Call of Duty Endowment
The Call of Duty Endowment is a non-profit, public benefit
corporation co-founded by Bobby Kotick, CEO of Activision Blizzard.
The Endowment helps veterans find high quality careers by
supporting groups that prepare them for the job market and by
raising awareness of the value vets bring to the workplace. For
more information about the Call of Duty Endowment, please visit
www.callofdutyendowment.org.
ACTIVISION, CALL OF DUTY, CALL OF DUTY BLACK OPS, and stylized
roman numeral III are trademarks of Activision Publishing, Inc. All
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