Volunteers of America - Sidewalk Santas - to Ring The NASDAQ Stock Market Closing Bell

ADVISORY, Nov. 22, 2011 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) --

What:

Volunteers of America's (VOA) iconic Sidewalks Santas®, will visit the NASDAQ MarketSite in New York City's Times Square. VOA is a non-profit organization dedicated to improving the lives of the less fortunate. Monies raised from VOA's Sidewalk Santa® campaign will provide holiday food vouchers to the needy.

In honor of the occasion Richard Motta, President and CEO of Volunteers of America Greater New York will officially ring The NASDAQ Stock Market Closing Bell.

Where:

NASDAQ MarketSite – 4 Times Square – 43rd & Broadway – Broadcast Studio

When:

Wednesday, November 23rd, 2011 – 3:45 p.m. to 4:00 p.m. ET 

Contact:

Glenna Freedman Public Relations

(212) 730-0700

Glenna@glennafreedmanpr.com

NASDAQ MarketSite:

Jen Knapp

(212) 401-8916

Jennifer.knapp@nasdaqomx.com

Feed Information:

Gal 3C/06C 95.05 degrees West

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DL 3811 Vertical

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Webcast:

A live webcast of the NASDAQ Closing Bell will be available at:

http://www.nasdaq.com/about/marketsitetowervideo.asx or http://social.nasdaqomx.com.

Photos:

To obtain a hi-resolution photograph of the Market Close, please go to http://www.nasdaq.com/reference/marketsite_events.stm and click on the market close of your choice.

About Volunteers of America:

Volunteers of America (VOA) is one of the nation's oldest and largest human services organizations, serving nearly 50,000 people in need in the Greater New York area every year. Their mission is to empower the men, women and children they serve to live safe, healthy, and productive lives. Since its founding in New York City in 1896, VOA has been at the forefront of social service, delivering life-changing and, in many cases, life-saving services to people in need. VOA is dedicated to helping individuals and families in need create positive and lasting change, through social service programs that support and empower them to live safe, healthy and productive lives. From pre-schoolers with developmental delays to older adults wishing to age at home rather than face institutionalization; from families recovering from domestic violence to veterans in need of housing and other services, Volunteers of America-Greater New York offers practical and compassionate support to thousands of the most vulnerable men, women and children in our community each year.

About NASDAQ OMX:

The NASDAQ OMX Group, Inc. is the world's largest exchange company. It delivers trading, exchange technology and public company services across six continents, with more than 3,500 listed companies. NASDAQ OMX offers multiple capital raising solutions to companies around the globe, including its U.S. listings market, NASDAQ OMX Nordic, NASDAQ OMX Baltic, NASDAQ OMX first North, and the U.S. 144A sector. The company offers trading across multiple asset classes including equities, derivatives, debt, commodities, structured products and exchange-traded funds. NASDAQ OMX technology supports the operations of over 70 exchanges, clearing organizations and central securities depositories in more than 50 countries. NASDAQ OMX Nordic and NASDAQ OMX Baltic are not legal entities but describe the common offering from NASDAQ OMX exchanges in Helsinki, Copenhagen, Stockholm, Iceland, Tallinn, Riga, and Vilnius. For more information about NASDAQ OMX, visit http://www.nasdaqomx.com. *Please follow NASDAQ OMX on Facebook (http://www.facebook.com/pages/NASDAQ-OMX/108167527653) and Twitter (http://www.twitter.com/nasdaqomx). 

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