New York (HedgeCo.Net) – A Leg To Stand On (ALTSO) will hold its third annual Rocktoberfest-Chicago on Wednesday, October 8 at City Winery at 1200 W. Randolph Street in Chicago. Financial industry professionals will perform rock and roll music to raise funds for ALTSO, which provides prosthetic limbs and corrective, life-altering surgeries to children with limb disabilities in emerging market countries, and has improved the lives of more than 12,000 children worldwide. The net proceeds raised will be allocated to ALTSO’s programs in Asia, Africa and Latin America.
“ALTSO recognizes that children everywhere deserve the opportunity to live a self-sufficient life,” said Nancy Choi, Manager of Community Relations, CME Group. “The funds raised at Rocktoberfest in Chicago will help empower ALTSO’s programs to provide the treatment, therapy and training that can truly transform the lives of children in the developing world. We are honored to support ALTSO’s mission, and we call upon our fellow Midwest finance professionals to join us.”
“Since 2003, ALTSO has significantly changed the lives of more than 12,000 children by providing them with orthopedic care, including prosthetic limbs, orthotic devices, mobility aids, corrective surgery and rehabilitation,” said Tom Chlada from ABN AMRO Clearing Chicago. This year’s Rocktoberfest in Chicago will unite over 500 leaders from the finance industry to enable an even greater impact and to celebrate the thousands of children who have been treated as a result of ALTSO’s work and Rocktoberfest.
“Since ALTSO was formed over eleven years ago we have been astonished by the outpouring of support from so many people throughout the hedge fund, financial and business communities,” said hedge fund manager and ALTSO co-founder / chairman C. Mead Welles. “We are excited about the upcoming third annual Rocktoberfest in Chicago, and look forward to a very special evening that showcases not only incredible musical talent but also unites us to rock for reason.”
Rocktoberfest sponsors include ABN AMRO Clearing, CME Group, Intercontinental Exchange, CBOE, Russell Indexes, Jacobs Asset Management, Lyxor Asset Management, Guggenheim Investments, Drury Capital, Berkshire Hills Bancorp, Credit Suisse, McGladrey, JP Morgan, BNP Paribas, Globe Tax, Newedge, Sterne Agee, and Uplaced amongst others.
