Activision Blizzard and the Call of Duty™ Endowment Named a 2018 Halo Award Winner
May 24 2018 - 3:00PM
Business Wire
Honoring Veterans Then and Now Takes GOLD in
the Social Services Category
Activision Blizzard and the Call of Duty™ Endowment are thrilled
to be named the 2018 Gold Halo Award winner in the Social Services
Category. This is the third time the Call of Duty Endowment has
been recognized by the Halo Awards for their efforts in the veteran
space.
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In 2017, Activision Blizzard released the latest game in the
Call of Duty Franchise – Call of Duty ®: WWII. The game developers
made an enormous effort to respect the sacrifice and experiences of
actual service members in the very foundation of the game, which
made it a perfect opportunity to shine a light on the work that the
Call of Duty Endowment does to honor today’s veterans’ service in
one of the most meaningful ways possible: through helping veterans
find high-quality employment.
“We’re so grateful for this recognition,” said Dan Goldenberg,
Executive Director of the Call of Duty Endowment. “Having started
2017 with the goal to deeply integrated our cause with Call of
Duty: World War II’s great content, this is incredible validation
of a campaign that has helped thousands of veterans find meaningful
employment and educated millions of gamers about the Greatest
Generation’s sacrifices and accomplishments.”
By holding live gaming events, deploying in-game charity items,
engaging celebrities, leveraging partners and vendors, highlighting
actual World War II veterans, and expanding its operation to the
U.K., the Call of Duty Endowment’s Honoring Veterans Then and Now
campaign introduced its mission and World War II history to
entirely new audiences and donors, and the campaign raised more
than a million dollars to helping veterans find meaningful
employment.
“The Halo Awards were created to acknowledge best in class
corporate social impact programs. This year’s winners are a
fantastic representation of the effective and innovative ways
companies and causes can work together to create meaningful
business and social returns,” said Engage for Good President David
Hessekiel.
The Halo Awards are North America’s highest honor for corporate
social initiatives and cause marketing and presented by Engage for
Good (formerly Cause Marketing Forum). 2018 marks the 16th year
that Engage for Good will honor businesses and nonprofits with
Halos for doing well by doing good.
Awards will be presented to programs judged the best cause
marketing campaigns of 2017 at the 16th Annual Engage for Good
conference in Chicago on May 24, 2018.
A list of the Cause Marketing Halo Award finalists can be seen
at http://www.engageforgood.com/halo-awards.
About Activision
BlizzardActivision Blizzard, Inc., a member of the
Fortune 500 and S&P 500, is the world's most successful
standalone interactive entertainment company. We delight hundreds
of millions of monthly active users around the world through
franchises including Activision's Call of Duty®, Destiny, and
Skylanders®, Blizzard Entertainment’s World of
Warcraft®, Overwatch®, Hearthstone®, Diablo®, StarCraft®,
and Heroes of the Storm®, and King's Candy
Crush™, Bubble Witch™, 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
EndowmentThe Call of Duty Endowment is a non-profit
organization founded by Bobby Kotick, CEO of Activision Blizzard.
The Endowment seeks to help 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 and CALL OF DUTY are trademarks of Activision
Publishing, Inc. All other trademarks and trade names are the
properties of their respective owners.
About Engage for GoodEngage
for Good, producer of the Engage for Good conference and Halo
Awards, helps business and nonprofit executives succeed together by
providing practical information and inspiration, opportunities to
build valuable relationships and recognition for outstanding work
engaging employees and consumers around social good and
cause-related marketing efforts.
A wealth of information on cause marketing, corporate social
impact programs and Engage for Good’s offerings can be found
at http://www.engageforgood.com.
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