{"id":44360,"date":"2014-10-03T08:01:42","date_gmt":"2014-10-03T12:01:42","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.hedgeco.net\/news\/?p=44360"},"modified":"2014-10-03T08:01:42","modified_gmt":"2014-10-03T12:01:42","slug":"a-leg-to-stand-on-altso-less-than-one-week-away-from-3rd-annual-rocktoberfest-in-chicago-on-wednesday-october-8","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hedgeco.net\/news\/10\/2014\/a-leg-to-stand-on-altso-less-than-one-week-away-from-3rd-annual-rocktoberfest-in-chicago-on-wednesday-october-8.html","title":{"rendered":"A Leg To Stand On (ALTSO) Less Than One Week Away From 3rd Annual Rocktoberfest in Chicago on Wednesday, October 8"},"content":{"rendered":"

A Leg To Stand On (ALTSO) will hold its third annual\u00a0Rocktoberfest-Chicago<\/a>\u00a0on 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.<\/p>\n

\u201cThis is my first year getting involved with A Leg To Stand On and I can\u2019t wait to be part of such a unique and fun event,\u201d said Dina Bair of WGN-TV and ALTSO\u2019s event emcee in Chicago. \u201cWhen I heard about the amazing work that ALTSO has been able to do I couldn\u2019t help but join the team to help Chicago come together to raise even more for the charity and the children they treat.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cA Leg To Stand On\u2019s Rocktoberfest-Chicago is one of my favorite events to attend every year,\u201d said Jim McNulty. \u201cI\u2019m honored to be able to do my part in bringing together the Chicago finance community both for a great night of live music and to bring even more treatments to children with limb disabilities in emerging market countries through ALTSO\u2019s programs.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cOur band, Rock Island Line, loves playing at this event and are honored to continue to be part of the ALTSO team here in Chicago,\u201d said Ray McKenzie, Head of the Rocktoberfest\u2013Chicago Committee. \u201cIt has been inspiring to see the corporate sponsors who have brought in their support and we hope that even more Chicago companies will join us next week at City Winery to back ALTSO\u2019s work.\u201d<\/p>\n

This year\u2019s band lineup will include Hayes-McNulty, Rock Island Line, The Simpletones, The Stone Daddies and The Wrong Boys, and all star finance professionals from the Chicago community.\u00a0 Tune in today, October 2nd, as emcee Dina Bair hosts a sneak peak at Rock Island Line live performing during the WGN midday news at 11am.<\/p>\n

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, KPMG, BNP Paribas, Globe Tax, Prequin Newedge, Sterne Agee, and Uplaced amongst others.<\/p>\n

For more information please visit ALTSO’s website at\u00a0www.altso.org<\/a>\u00a0and watch this\u00a0short video<\/a>.<\/p>\n

About ALTSO<\/strong><\/p>\n

A Leg To Stand On (“ALTSO”) is a non-profit organization providing free orthopedic care including prosthetic limbs, orthotic devices, mobility aids, corrective surgery and rehabilitative care to children in the developing world. Its mission is to offer children who have lost their limbs in traumatic accidents or suffer from congenital disabilities the physical capabilities to access the opportunities and self-esteem earned through education, work and mobility.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

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For organizational\/media inquiries contact: Gabriella Mueller, Executive Director; 212.683.8805;gmueller@altso.org<\/a>\u00a0or: Mitch Ackles, Hedge Fund PR; 646.657.9230;\u00a0mitch@hedgefundpr.net<\/a><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

A Leg To Stand On (ALTSO) will hold its third annual\u00a0Rocktoberfest-Chicago\u00a0on 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 […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[16046],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-44360","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-user-contributed-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/hedgeco.net\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/44360","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/hedgeco.net\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/hedgeco.net\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hedgeco.net\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hedgeco.net\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=44360"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/hedgeco.net\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/44360\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":44361,"href":"https:\/\/hedgeco.net\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/44360\/revisions\/44361"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/hedgeco.net\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=44360"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hedgeco.net\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=44360"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hedgeco.net\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=44360"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}