Stars, Stripes, & Hearts Announces Benefit Concert Honoring Latino/Hispanic Military Families

Stars, Stripes, & Hearts Announces Benefit Concert Honoring Latino/Hispanic Military Families

The first Bandera y Corazones concert will be held on October 15, 2012 at the Warner Theater



MCLEAN, Va., July 27, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- Lynette Spano, founder of Stars, Stripes, & Hearts Inc., announced today that her organization is producing a national benefit concert in Washington, D.C. at the historic Warner Theater on October 15, 2012, in recognition and support of Latino/Hispanic American military service members and their families.

Spano, a Puerto Rican American, is among the most successful Latina businesswomen in America. As a way of giving back, she created the first ever online wall of honor, www.awarriorswall.org, where anyone can tweet a photo of a loved one serving in the military.

Her latest and most ambitious effort is the creation of Stars, Stripes, & Hearts Inc., dedicated to raising funds through national benefit concerts in support of exceptional health and education-related charities that provide comprehensive and culturally competent support services to Latino/Hispanic military families impacted by the invisible wounds of war.

Her first concert will be held during National Hispanic Heritage Month. All proceeds from the Bandera y Corazones concert series will be donated to charitable organizations that provide relief to Latino/Hispanic service members and families impacted by Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD), Traumatic Brain Injury (TBI), depression and other invisible wounds of war. Latinos/Hispanics have higher rates of PTSD than any other ethnicity or race in America.

Although all proceeds from the concerts will be donated to charities that provide assistance to military veterans and families facing challenging circumstances, the concerts themselves will be a celebration - a celebration highlighting the strength, honor and commitment of our men and women in uniform and the vast contributions of Latinos and Hispanics serving in the U.S. Armed Forces. Invitations to perform at this year's concert have been extended to leading Latin recording artists, such as Jennifer Lopez and Marc Anthony.

"Latino/Hispanic families, statistically speaking, have suffered more than any other ethnicity in America during the recent military conflicts overseas," says Spano. "However, no one has thanked them in a way that recognizes who they are, where they come from or how important they are to the strength, vitality and security of this great nation."

For information, please visit www.StarsStripesandHearts.org or e-mail StarsStripesandHearts@gmail.com.

SOURCE Stars, Stripes, & Hearts Inc.

Stars, Stripes, & Hearts Inc.

CONTACT: Stars, Stripes, & Hearts Inc., +1-703-891-7072

Web Site: http://awarriorswall.org


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