Activision's Call of Duty Endowment Partners With Pro Vs. GI Joe on Purpose Driven Rehab Tour to Raise Awareness About Veterans' Unemployment

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

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