WASHINGTON—December 5, 2011—The Call of Duty
Endowment, a non-profit seeking to help veterans
transition back to the civilian workforce, announced a
donation of $100,000 to the Business and Professional
Women’s Foundation (BPW Foundation). BPW Foundation will
use the funds to assist women veterans with education
and training programs and employment opportunities.
Colonel Alan Baldwin, (USMC-Ret.), an advisory
council member with the Call of Duty Endowment, said,
“As our military heroes return home from combat, they
not only face a rough economy, but also have a difficult
time finding employment in the civilian workforce.
Unemployment among post 9-11 female veterans is higher
than their male counterparts. The Call of Duty Endowment
is proud to partner with the Business and Professional
Women’s Foundation to help our female veterans with the
necessary resources to find meaningful employment.”
BPW Foundation will launch its “Joining Forces for
Women Veteran’s Mentoring Project,” building pilot
projects in New York City, Chicago, and Washington D.C.
as models for national replication in other regions.
Thousands of women veterans and military spouses will be
connected with resources and employment opportunities.
The grant from the Endowment will specifically be used
to recruit a minimum of 1,000 women veterans and
military spouses as mentors and mentees.
Deborah L. Frett, CEO of BPW Foundation, said, “BPW
Foundation thanks the Call of Duty Endowment for its
continued push to ensure women veterans receive job
training and placement assistance. Our partnership will
ensure that by the end of the first year of the Joining
Forces for Women Veterans and Military Spouses Mentoring
Project, at least 300 women veterans will enter into
meaningful employment or education and training programs
through the funds provided by the Endowment.”
The grant was announced at the most recent stop on
the Purpose Driven Rehab Fall Tour – a Miami Dolphins
NFL home game in Miami, Florida. The Call of Duty
Endowment recently teamed up with the Pro vs. GI Joe’s
sponsored tour – a military support initiative in which
wounded veterans 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.
Since Activision, the worldwide online and console
video game publisher and producer of the Call of Duty®
video game franchise, established the Call of Duty
Endowment in November of 2009, it has delivered more
than $1,500,000 in grants and scholarships to assist
returning veterans with post military career help. This
past Veterans Day, Activision committed another $3
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
Endowment seeks to help organizations that provide job
placement and training for veterans. For more
information about the Call of Duty Endowment, please
visit
www.callofdutyendowment.org.
About Business and Professional Women’s
Foundation:
Business and Professional Women’s Foundation, the
first foundation to focus its resources on working
women, is Joining Forces for Women Veterans across the
country to provide support and resources to women
veterans and their families as they return to their
civilian lives, including providing mentorships to
10,000 women vets and military spouses by the end of
2012. For more information please visit
www.bpwfoundation.org.