Love Hope Strength Foundation is a charitable foundation whose purpose is to raise funds and awareness in order to benefit people with cancer and leukaemia. The charity sponsors treks and climbs to the world's highest mountains, often performing musical concerts at the peak.
Origins
In the spring of 2001, at age 31,
James Chippendale
James Chippendale (born around 1969) is an American business executive and anti-leukemia campaigner and co-founder of the charity Love Hope Strength Foundation. He is also founder and CEO of an entertainment and sports insurance broker, CSI Enterta ...
, an American businessman, was diagnosed with
leukemia, needing a
bone marrow transplant to recover. After his recovery in 2003, he founded a cancer charity, the Love Hope Strength Foundation (LHSF), with fellow survivor
Mike Peters, a Welsh musician and lead singer with
The Alarm. Mike is a 3-time cancer survivor and an internationally acclaimed singer for the Welsh rock band
The Alarm. Together they had the vision that LHSF could literally, “Save lives, one concert at a time!”
Activities
The charity raises funds for cancer treatment, promotes awareness and early detection, and advocates for bone marrow registration by holding rock concerts at remote, elevated venues, including
Everest base camp, the top of the
Empire State Building
The Empire State Building is a 102-story Art Deco skyscraper in Midtown Manhattan, New York City. The building was designed by Shreve, Lamb & Harmon and built from 1930 to 1931. Its name is derived from "Empire State", the nickname of the st ...
, the Inca ruins of
Machu Picchu
Machu Picchu is a 15th-century Inca citadel located in the Eastern Cordillera of southern Peru on a mountain range.UNESCO World Heritage Centre. It is located in the Machupicchu District within Urubamba Province above the Sacred Valley, which ...
, with a concert at
Mount Kilimanjaro
Mount Kilimanjaro () is a dormant volcano in Tanzania. It has three volcanic cones: Kibo, Mawenzi, and Shira. It is the highest mountain in Africa and the highest free-standing mountain above sea level in the world: above sea level and ab ...
in 2009. The UK organisation holds an annual summer trek to the top of Wales's highest mountain,
Snowdon
Snowdon () or (), is the highest mountain in Wales, at an elevation of above sea level, and the highest point in the British Isles outside the Scottish Highlands. It is located in Snowdonia National Park (') in Gwynedd (historic ...
, called ''Snowdon Rocks'', and to this have been added a number of other events, including ''Rhondda Rocks'', ''Avebury Rocks'' and ''Ben Nevis Rocks''.
LHSF concerts feature both amateur and professional musicians and have featured high-profile rock musicians including
Chuck Berry,
The Fixx's
Cy Curnin,
Squeeze's
Glenn Tilbrook,
Everclear,
The Beat,
Nick Harper
Nick Harper (born 22 June 1965) is an English singer-songwriter and guitarist. He is the son of English folk musician Roy Harper.
Early life
Harper was born in London, England, to the folk singer-songwriter Roy Harper. Nick tells of how he ...
, Chris Summerill and members of
The Cult. The first four shows had raised almost $1 million by September 2008.
LHSF is a beneficiary of a documentary film called ''More To Live For'',
which details James Chippendale's cancer and survivorship experience.
References
External links
Love Hope StrengthOfficial site (USA)
Love Hope StrengthOfficial site (UK)
Love Hope StrengthOfficial site (Australia)
Cancer organizations based in the United States
Medical and health organizations based in Colorado
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