Women Veterans ROCK! Names Cathie Lechareas as the 2015 Woman Veteran Honoree of The Year

WASHINGTON - Oct. 20, 2014 - PRLog -- The Women Veterans ROCK! Advocacy Campaign for Women Veterans and Military Families announced today that Cathie Lechareas has been named Women Veterans ROCK!’s 2015 Women Veteran Honoree of The Year.

On Veterans Day, November 11, 2014, Lechareas will be honored by the women veterans community as the “2015 Woman Veteran Honoree of the Year” during the Women Veterans ROCK! Rally & Veterans Day Celebration at The Women Veterans National Memorial located at Arlington National Cemetery.

The Women Veterans ROCK! Rally is “Putting a Female Face on Veterans Day Celebrations” by honoring Women Veterans who have served and passed on, as well as celebrating Women Veterans who have served and live on!

This year, Women Veterans ROCK! salutes U.S. Navy veteran Cathie Lechareas for six years of courageous military service as a Navy Cryptologist and commends her for her ongoing, dedicated, post-military service to America’s veteran community.

Lechareas is a driving force and a leading visionary within the military community.  She is the co-founder and executive director of C*A*M*M*O (http://www.cammomusic.org/), the Center for American Military Music Opportunities. C*A*M*M*O (http://www.cammomusic.org/) is a dynamic nonprofit organization that that focuses on service-related conditions such as Post Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD) and Traumatic Brain Injury (TBI).

Through the systematic use of music C*A*M*M*O concentrates on restoring, maintaining, and improving the physical, emotional, psychological, and neurologic functioning of active-duty service members and veterans. C*A*M*M*O is also dedicated to advancing veterans’ artistic and technical abilities of our veterans and service members, providing a hub where they can go to find information about opportunities in the field of the Arts. C*A*M*M*O is the creator and sponsor of such groups as 4TROOPS, the Voices of Services, and The American Military Spouses Choir.

In addition to the current operations in the Northern Virginia and Washington DC metro area, plans for acquiring or building physical centers in Tennessee, California, New York, Texas and other locations throughout the U.S. are underway. Ideally, each of these locations will have an educational component in partnership with a local university, a residence hall or housing arrangements, rehearsal space, studios, offices, and a music therapy wing.

“Cathie Lechareas is a national example of how America’s military women continue to serve their country in their post-military/civilian lives.  She’s also a national treasure for her innovative work as a Woman Veteran Business Owner dedicated to public service for America’s War Heroes,” says Deborah Harmon-Pugh, Campaign Chair of Women Veterans ROCK!

Admission to the Women Veterans ROCK! Rally & Veterans Day Celebration is free and open to the community, but advanced registration is required.  Women Veterans and Military Families interested in registering for the Women Veterans ROCK! Rally & Veterans Day Celebration can visit www.WomenVetsRock2014Rally.eventbrite.com for registration and more information.

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About Women Veterans ROCK!

"Women Veterans ROCK!" is a Coalition of Women Veteran Organizations and Women Advocacy Organizations Supporting Women Veterans & Military Families.  We are supporting them in the areas of: Housing; Employment; Education; Financial Stability; Health & Wellness.  We achieve our mission through four successful signature programs including the: Veterans Day Rally; Women Veterans Summer Retreat;  Women Veterans Civic Leadership Institute; and our “Get To Know Us” Series of Outreach Programs and Activities. Women Veterans ROCK! is sponsored by The Healthy Caregiver Community Foundation, a 501(c)(3) nonprofit community organization.  For more information, please visit http://www.WomenVetsRock.org (http://www.womenvetsrock.org/).