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.
7-504: In the spring of 2001, at age 31, James Chippendale , 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
14-634: A concert at Mount Kilimanjaro in 2009. The UK organisation holds an annual summer trek to the top of Wales's highest mountain, Snowdon , 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 , Chris Summerill and members of The Cult . The first four shows had raised almost $ 1 million by September 2008. LHSF
21-414: Is a beneficiary of a documentary film called More To Live For , which details James Chippendale's cancer and survivorship experience. This article about a philanthropic or charitable organization is a stub . You can help Misplaced Pages by expanding it . James Chippendale James Chippendale (born around 1969) is an American business executive and anti- leukemia campaigner and co-founder of
28-668: The charity Love Hope Strength Foundation. He is also founder and CEO of an entertainment and sports insurance broker , CSI Entertainment Insurance, and hosts a television segment in the Dallas, Texas area. Chippendale attended Arizona State University and worked for almost two years at a general insurance company in Dallas, before founding his own company, CSI Entertainment Insurance. The company became an international entertainment and sports broker, providing insurance coverage for large-scale events and music festivals. In 2000, Chippendale
35-595: The Welsh rock band The Alarm . Together they had the vision that LHSF could literally, “Save lives, one concert at a time!” 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 Inca ruins of Machu Picchu , with
42-410: The top of the Empire State Building . LHSF concerts feature both amateur and professional musicians. The first four shows had raised almost $ 1 million by September 2008. Chippendale hosts a television segment, "Last Call with James Chippendale", on NBC Dallas/Fort Worth. The section features interviews with local celebrities and airs during Sunday night sports show Out of Bounds . Chippendale
49-590: Was diagnosed with leukemia and could only survive if he found a suitable bone marrow transplant . He found one in Germany, and the operation was successful. As of 2008, he was cancer free. In 2003, Chippendale founded cancer charity the Love Hope Strength Foundation (LSHF) with fellow survivor Mike Peters . 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 and
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