【赚钱不忘本】Activision捐赠100万美元帮助生活困难的美国退伍老兵

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Activision Blizzard will make a $1 million donation to unemployed military vets through their Call of Duty Endowment (CODE,) a charity foundation intended to help veterans find gainful employment.

"The joblessness rate that [veterans] have should be far less than the national average, not more," said Kotick. "How do you expect people to actually join the military if when they leave they can't integrate back into the free market they're supposed to be protecting?"According to a Washington Post article published yesterday, the CODE (which coincidentally makes its first donation concurrently with the Modern Warfare 2 release) is meant to support organizations which train veterans to operate in a profit-driven industry after years of public service. A 2008 Veteran's Affairs study cited by the Post claims that veterans are more comfortable working in public positions and have difficulty adjusting to a career in private industry, in part because "service members perform their duties within tightly defined skill sets and are not working towards creating a profit during their military tenure."

Activision Blizzard CEO Bobby Kotick bemoans the disproportionate unemployment rate among veterans, claiming that society does not do enough to support our armed forces when they retire from active duty. "The joblessness rate that [veterans] should have should be far less than the national average, not more," said Kotick. "How do you expect people to actually join the military if when they leave the military they can't integrate back into the free market they're supposed to be protecting?"

Honest or not, statistics gathered by public and private researchers support Kotick's concern. U.S. unemployment rates finally breached 10 percent this month (the first time since 1983,) yet in 2008 more than 18 percent of recent veterans (1-3 years since discharge) were unemployed. That's almost double the national average, and organizations like CODE intend to assist government aid programs by giving veterans the training and connections they need to start a new career. To that end CODE is funneling $125,000 to help the Paralyzed Veterans of America build a vocational rehab center.

Activision has a history of associating with the U.S. military (the publisher regularly makes donations of games and consoles to service members through the USO) and now they've called on those connections to bring a number of high-profile military leaders out of retirement to join CODE's Board of Directors, including Army General James Marks. Activision's glamorization of modern warfare may be controversial, but it's refreshing to see a games publisher written up in a national newspaper for something other than sex, blood or violence.

大致翻译：
Activision Blizzard 将拿出100万美元成立一个名为“CODE"（Call of Duty Endowment ）的慈善基金，以帮助那些生活贫困（主要是身体残疾）的美国退伍老兵们，相关的慈善组织将帮助他们得到合适的工作。

Activision Blizzard CEO Bobby Kotick对队伍军人的高失业率表示惋惜，他认为美国社会应该对退伍军人们负起足够的责任，假如他们退伍以后的生活没人去关心，以后谁还会来参军呢？（这里指的是美国反恐战争参军人数逐年减少的问题）

退伍军人失业率高于全国2倍，“CODE"打算向政府的救助计划提供帮助，包括免费向退伍老兵提供各种培训，以协助他们可以适应新工作的需要。为此，“CODE"至少要拿出12500美元来帮助瘫痪退伍军人建立职业康复中心。

Activision一直与美国军队有密切的联系（发行商经常通过向部队服役的士兵赠送使命召唤游戏或游戏机），现在他们甚至邀请退役的美国高级军官加入“CODE"董事会，其中就包括美国陆军上将詹姆斯。