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NEW YORK – October 13, 2015 – A Leg To Stand On’s
12th Annual
Hedge Fund Rocktoberfest
is set to be held on Thursday, October 15 at
Capitale on 130 Bowery in New York City and 4th
Annual Rocktoberfest on Thursday, October 22 on 1200
W. Randolph Road in Chicago. As the charity’s
signature fundraisers each year, the events unite
more than 1,400 hedge fund and related industry
professionals in New York and 500 in Chicago to
perform rock & roll and acoustic music to raise
money for ALTSO’s programs, providing prosthetics
and corrective surgeries to children with limb
disabilities in emerging market countries.
“ALTSO goes from strength to strength, and we are so
profoundly grateful for everyone who comes out each
year to support through Hedge Fund Rocktoberfest and
Rocktoberfest - Chicago” says C. Mead Welles,
founder of hedge fund Octagon Asset Management in
New York. Welles founded ALTSO in 2002 with Dr.
Dinesh Patel Chief of Arthroscopic Surgery at Massachusetts
General Hospital and is an Associate Clinical
Professor at Harvard Medical School.
Rocktoberfest 2014 sponsors include CME Group, Drury
Capital, Societe Generale, Intercontinental Exchange
(ICE), Lyxor Asset Management, Credit Suisse, Wells
Fargo, Trading Technologies, EY, Cowen Prime
Services, Back In The Game Therapy, Felice, Globe
Tax, INTL FCStone, KPMG, MKP Capital, Talan, RFA
(Richard Fleischman & Associates), Broadridge, ABN
Amro Clearing, CBOE, Eurex Exchange, NASDAQ, Geneva
Trading, Options Clearing Corporation (OCC) and
others.
“OCC is proud to be involved along with several of
our partner exchanges and clearing member firms in
supporting ALTSO’s Rocktoberfest-Chicago event,”
said Craig Donohue, OCC’s Executive Chairman. “We
applaud the good work that ALTSO is doing for
children around the world with limb disabilities,
and we are pleased to support such a good cause
which can make a difference in the life of a child.”
Among the bands performing this year in New York are
The Cause, New York Rock Exchange, Fat Tail, Six
Floors Under and The Mo’ Beta Blues Band who will be
taking the main stage in New York.
"Fat Tail is thrilled to be back on stage this year,
supporting ALTSO's kids," said Albert Song, Vice
President at Goldman Sachs. "We are looking forward
to playing in front of a huge crowd at Capitale with
a great turnout from all different participants in
the Hedge Fund community." Chicago performers
include Pete Muller, Chicago Rock Exchange, Rock
Island Line, The Simpletones, The Wrong Boys,
Hayes-McNulty and Matt Scharpf’s Strangers and
Saints.
ALTSO has treated more than 13,500 children since
its founding in 2002, and in 2015, the organization
has been able to register more than 1,700 children
for treatment. The funds raised at this year’s Hedge
Fund Rocktoberfest events in both New York and
Chicago will impact the number of children that
their programs will be able to treat in 2016. For
more information on the charity or events, please
visit ALTSO’s website at
www.altso.org
and watch
this 2014 recap video.
About ALTSO
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.
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The deadline for press accreditation is 12pm
on Wednesday, October 14st in NY and 12pm Wednesday,
October 21 in Chicago. Contact: Mitch
Ackles, Hedge Fund PR; 646.657.9230;
mitch@hedgefundpr.net
or Gabriella Mueller, Executive Director;
212.683.8805;
gmueller@altso.org.
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