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CONEXPO-CON/AGG ® Announces Fundraising Efforts for Veterans Adapted from Information by CONEXPO-CON/AGG and the Call of Duty™ Endowment The Call of Duty™ Endowment, a nonprofit organization dedicated to helping veterans secure employment, has been named the official charitable partner for the 2017 CONEXPO- CON/AGG ® & IFPE event. Terex Corporation has generously donated a benefit concert featuring the multiplatinum rock band Foreigner. The concert will be held on Wednesday, March 8, 2017, in Las Vegas and is being hosted by Brooklyn Bowl on the Vegas strip. Show registrants may make a minimum donation of $29 to the Endowment for admission to the concert. The Call of Duty Endowment was cofounded by Activision Blizzard CEO Bobby Kotick, in 2007. It was during a veterans’ initiative in Los Angeles, California, when he realized most veteran projects seemed to focus on things such as creating mon- uments and naming public parks. Few, however, provided the resource veterans needed the most - jobs. His concern led him to lay the groundwork for the Endowment. He cleverly coupled his project with the enormously popular Call of Duty video game brand and his vision came to fruition in November 2009. Since then, the Endowment has placed more than 25,000 veterans in high quality careers. Despite research indicating veterans actually perform at higher levels and have a lower turnover rate, the unemployment rate for young post-9/11 veterans is 13%. Veterans are typically faced with employers who don’t under- stand their skills and qualifications, and veterans struggle to explain how their mil- itary skills, training, and experience can benefit civilian jobs. To help achieve the lofty goal of placing 50,000 veterans back to work by 2019, the endowment sup- ports groups which prepare veterans for the job market, in addition to raising awareness of the value our veterans bring to the workplace. CONEXPO-CON/AGG & IFPE event will host additional fundraising events for the Endowment including online silent and live auctions with 100% of proceeds helping military veterans find jobs. The benefit auction will be presented with the support of J.J. Kane Auctioneers and anyone wishing to donate can contact Grant Williams at 205-706-1389 . The online auction will run from January 1 through March 11, and the live auction will take place March 9 in the new Tech Experience at the event. 43 WorldWide Drilling Resource ® FEBRUARY 2017