Painting with a Twist Flower Mound to Host Charitable Event for Veterans Day

FLOWER MOUND, Texas - Nov. 3, 2014 - PRLog -- Flower Mound, Tx. – November 3, 2014– As part of the nation’s largest paint-and-sip franchise, Painting with a Twist Flower Mound will participate in the company’s system-wide fundraising event taking place on Veteran’s Day, Nov. 11, to benefit the Special Operations Warrior Foundation (http://www.specialops.org/) through the company’s charitable arm, Painting with a Purpose. (http://www.paintingwithatwist.com/painting-with-a-purpose/)

Painting with a Twist Flower Mound is one of 100 studios participating in this fundraiser and is donating 50 percent the event’s proceeds to the Special Operations Warrior Foundation.

Guests can visit the Painting with a Twist Flower Mound schedule page at http://www.paintingwithatwist.com/events/viewevent.aspx?eventID=234201 to sign up to attend the Veteran’s DAY Painting with a Purpose class for $35. A patriotic scene titled “Amber Waves of Grain” will be painted during this event.

This Veteran’s Day Painting with a Purpose event signifies the first time the company is banding together on the same day in support of a national cause. The Special Operations Warrior Foundation provides children of special operations personnel who lost their lives in the line of duty with full financial assistance for a post-secondary education, as well as educational and family counseling. The foundation also makes immediate financial assistance available to special operations members severely wounded and hospitalized. Nearly 70,000 Army, Navy, Marine Corps and Air Force personnel, active and reserve, make up units assigned to U.S. Special Operations.

“We are proud to join this system-wide Painting with a Purpose event benefitting the Special Operations Warrior Foundation” said local franchise owner Denise Montgomery. “It is a great way to honor those who have served our country and their families.”

As part of the businesses’ commitment to give back through painting parties, local Painting with a Twist studios hold charity events each month through Painting with a Purpose. The program has raised nearly $1 million for local non-profit organizations.

At Painting with a Twist, guests come together to experience a unique ‘getaway’ that includes friends, paint and the option to BYOB. Led by local art instructors, guests paint on bare canvases using paint and brushes provided by the studio. There are more than 4,000 original pieces of copyrighted artwork, ranging from landscapes, abstracts and cityscapes, to creative renderings of animals, iconic buildings and florals, which have all been conceptualized and produced by Painting with a Twist art instructors.

To learn more about Painting with a Twist Flower Mound, visit https://www.paintingwithatwist.com/flowermound or call 972-691-8386.

About Painting with a Twist®

Painting with a Twist, based in Mandeville, Louisiana is the leading paint-and-sip franchise with more than 180 franchises in 27 states. Founded in 2007 by Cathy Deano and Renee Maloney, Painting with a Twist began franchising in 2009 and provides customers with paint, a canvas and brushes that lead to a fun evening with friends and a finished piece of art. The company maintains a strong focus on giving back to the local community, and by the end of 2014, Painting with a Twist will have donated more than $1 million through their charity arm, Painting with a Purpose. As the fastest-growing franchise in the industry, Painting with a Twist was ranked the top Paint and Sip franchise as part of the 2014 Entrepreneur magazine annualFranchise 500 edition. For more information about Painting with a Twist’s franchise opportunity, visit www.paintingwithatwistfranchise.com.

About The Special Operations Warrior Foundation

The Special Operations Warrior Foundation (SOWF) began in 1980 and ensures full financial assistance for a post-secondary degree from an accredited two or four-year college, university, technical or trade school, as well as educational and family counseling to the surviving children of Army, Navy, Air Force and Marine Corps special operations personnel who lose their lives in the line of duty.The foundation also provides immediate financial assistance to severely wounded and hospitalized special operations personnel. The Warrior Foundation is committed to providing scholarship grants to over 1,000 children, who survive over 900 Special Operations personnel who gave their lives in service to our country. Learn more about the Special Operations Warrior Foundation visit: www.specialops.org.