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WALL
STREET ROCKS BATTLE OF THE BANDS
COMPLETES
ROUND 2 TO BENEFIT WOUNDED WARRIOR PROJECT, RESERVEAID &
OPERATION FINALLY HOME
Round 2 of Wall Street Rocks Battle of the Bands completed
another successful round on September 18th, with
a sold out show at The Cutting Room in New York City. Over
500supporters came to cheer on competing musical groups that
included The
Holiday Electric, Mud,
Blood and Beer, Big
Dog Party and Mayday.
The concert event once again benefited Wounded Warrior
Project, ReserveAid and Operation Finally Home. When all
votes are tallied, the winner of round 2 will advance to the
finale at Roseland Ballroom in NYC on Thursday, December 5th
to face off against round 1 winner Riffhanger. The evening’s
competition kicked off with a special performance by Kristine
Rommel, who sang the National Anthem to the patriotic
attendees. The event was sponsored by Capco, Davidsohn,
Thomson Reuters, MainTech, Morgan Stanley, Deloitte,
Broadridge, Alltech, Nasdaq, TTI, FDM, and Credit Suisse.
Over the last two years, Wall Street Rocks
has raised over $350,000 for veteran’s charities and is
looking to raise the bar. Wall Street Rocks’ founding
members Leslie
Kirby, James
Macedonio, and George
Chrisafis welcomed
guests including rocker Madame
Mayhem, Consuelo
Vanderbilt Costin, Fahad
Ghaffar and Leesa
Rowland to
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.
For more information, please visit
www.wallstreetrocks.org
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