WALL STREET ROCKS BATTLE OF THE BANDS KICKED OFF
THE 2013 SERIES
WITH A SOLD OUT SHOW TO BENEFIT
WOUNDED WARRIOR PROJECT, RESERVEAID & OPERATION FINALLY
HOME
Wall Street Rocks Battle of the Bands officially kicked
off its 2013 season on July 17th, with a sold
out show at The Cutting Room in New York City. Over 600 supporters
came to cheer on competing bands that included Mneumonics,
Unrestricted Entity, Riffhanger andAlgoRythmics. The
evening, which benefited Wounded
Warrior Project, ReserveAid and Operation
Finally Home, was emceed by Aron
Dutta, Global
Head of Financial Markets Strategy at Cisco, and sponsored
by Capco, Davidsohn, Thomson
Reuters, Broadridge,
Alltech, Nasdaq, TTI and Credit
Suisse.
Over the last two years,
Wall Street Rocks has been able to raise over $350,000
for veteran’s charities and is looking to raise the bar.
In attendance and showing her support for Wall Street
Rocks was Madame
Mayhem who joined founding
members Leslie
Kirby, James
Macedonio, and George
Chrisafis at
the fundraiser.
Wall Street Rocks is a
collaboration of employees in the financial, technology
and entertainment industries, who are passionate about
giving support to heroic Americans who serve our nation,
including military veterans and first responders. The
organization is excited to be supporting Operation
Finally Home for the first time, a non-profit that was
founded in 2005 that provides custom-made mortgage free
homes to wounded and disabled veterans and widows of the
fallen, in an effort to get their lives back on track
and become productive members of their communities. Wall
Street Rocks ambassadors have visited homes built by
Operation Finally Home to get a first hand look at the
great work being done by the organization, whose
spokesperson is actor J.R.
Martinez. Wall
Street Rocks continues their support of Wounded Warriors
Project and Reserve Aid.
Round 2 of Wall Street
Rocks Battle of the Bands will taking place on September
18th at
The Cutting Room in New York City, followed by the
finale at Roseland Ballroom in NYC on Thursday, December
5th with
a special performance that is to be announced. For more
information about Wall Street Rocks, please visit
www.wallstreetrocks.org