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New Grants Aim to Help America's Veterans with Career Training and Placement
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(OPEN):
ON FRIDAY [MARCH 11TH], THE BUREAU OF LABOR STATISTICS
RELEASED "STAGGERING" NEW FIGURES SHOWING THAT UNEMPLOYMENT AMONG U-S
VETERANS IS ON THE RISE. ACCORDING TO THE REPORT, THERE ARE
CURRENTLY MORE THAN ONE-MILLION VETERANS WHO ARE OUT OF WORK.
AND, THE PROBLEM IS WORSE FOR VETERANS BETWEEN THE AGES OF 18 AND 24:
ALMOST 22-PERCENT OF MALE VETERANS WITHIN THAT RANGE ARE UNEMPLOYED--AS
ARE OVER 15-PERCENT OF FEMALE VETERANS IN THE SAME AGE-GROUP. TO
HELP ADDRESS THE ISSUE, ACTIVISION BLIZZARD--THE WORLD'S
LARGEST VIDEO-GAME PUBLISHER--HAS ANNOUNCED THAT ITS CALL OF DUTY
ENDOWMENT IS PROVIDING HALF-A-MILLION DOLLARS, IN NEW
GRANTS, TO FIVE ORGANIZATIONS THAT ARE ASSISTING FORMER SERVICE-MEMBERS
AND "WOUNDED WARRIORS" WITH CAREER-TRAINING AND -PLACEMENT.
U-S-O PRESIDENT, SLOAN GIBSON--WHOSE ORGANIZATION IS
RECEIVING ONE OF THE GRANTS--SAYS THAT DECREASING THE
VETERANS-UNEMPLOYMENT RATE SHOULD BE A KEY-OBJECTIVE FOR AMERICA'S
BUSINESS-LEADERS...
(GIBSON):
"CONSIDERING THEIR CHARACTER, DRIVE, AND DISCIPLINE, OUR MEN AND
WOMEN WHO SERVE IN THE ARMED-FORCES SHOULD BE SEEN AS IDEAL-CANDIDATES
TO HIRE, FOR ANY EMPLOYER. I HOPE THAT MORE COMPANIES WILL HELP
PROMOTE THAT THEME--JUST AS ACTIVISION AND BOBBY KOTICK HAVE
DONE, THROUGH THE CALL OF DUTY ENDOWMENT."
(CLOSE):
THE OTHER ORGANIZATIONS THAT ARE RECEIVING NEW FUNDING ARE: AMVETS,
MILITARY TO MEDICINE, STUDENT VETERANS OF AMERICA,
AND VETERANS GREEN JOBS. LAST YEAR, ACTIVISION AND
THE ENDOWMENT ALSO GAVE AWAY MORE THAN HALF-A-MILLION DOLLARS, IN
GRANTS AND SCHOLARSHIPS, TO HELP VETERANS SECURE REWARDING AND
FULFILLING CAREERS IN THE 21ST-CENTURY. TO LEARN MORE ABOUT
VETERANS-ISSUES--AND HOW YOU CAN HELP--VISIT
"CALL-OF-DUTY-ENDOWMENT"-DOT-ORG.
