Love Hope Strength

{{Short description|Charitable organization}} {{Infobox non-profit | name = Love Hope Strength | image = | caption = | founders = James Chippendale, Mike Peters (musician) | type = Charitable foundation | tax_id = | registration_id = | founded = 2003 | location = Colorado, U.S. | coordinates =  | origins = | key_people = | region_served = | products = | services = Fundraising for cancer, leukemia patients | focus = | mission = | method = | revenue = | endowment = | num_volunteers = | num_employees = | num_members = | subsid = | owner = | former_name = | website = {{URL|lovehopestrength.org}}<br>{{URL|lovehopestrength.co.uk}} | dissolved = | footnotes = }}

'''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.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Love Hope Strength Foundation [USA] – Saving Lives – One Concert at a Time |url=https://lovehopestrength.org/ |access-date=2022-12-21 |website=lovehopestrength.org}}</ref>

==Origins== In the spring of 2001, at age 31, James Chippendale, an American businessman, was diagnosed with leukemia, needing a bone marrow transplant to recover.<ref>{{cite news |first=Lisa |last=Martin |title=Dallas cancer survivor starts charity with singer from a popular '80s band |url=http://www.wfaa.com/sharedcontent/dws/fea/healthyliving2/stories/DN-nh_newjames_0916liv.ART.State.Edition1.26dae45.html |work=WFAA.com |date=17 September 2008 |access-date=6 February 2009 }} {{Dead link|date=October 2010|bot=H3llBot}}</ref> 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.<ref>{{cite news |first=Pamela Gwyn |last=Kripke |title=A World Away, Finding a Lifeline and a Friend |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2008/11/10/us/10transplant.html?_r=1&scp=1&sq=%22james%20chippendale%22&st=cse |work=New York Times |date=November 9, 2008 |access-date=6 February 2009 }}</ref> 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!”<ref>{{Cite web |title=Mission – Love Hope Strength Foundation [USA] |url=https://lovehopestrength.org/mission/ |access-date=2022-12-21 |website=lovehopestrength.org}}</ref>

==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,<ref>{{cite news |title=Editorial: Life-saving gift |url=http://www.dallasnews.com/sharedcontent/dws/dn/opinion/editorials/stories/DN-marrow_12edi.ART.State.Edition1.4a71366.html |work=Dallas News.com |publisher=Dallas Morning News |access-date=6 February 2009 }}</ref> the top of the Empire State Building,<ref>{{cite news |title=Alarm Singer Aims High With Tour |url=https://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/wales/north_east/6442449.stm |work=BBC News Wales |publisher=BBC |date= 12 March 2007 |access-date=6 February 2009 }}</ref> the Inca ruins of Machu Picchu,<ref>{{cite news|first=Don |last=Sapatkin |title=Going extra miles for cancer aid |url=http://www.philly.com/inquirer/health_science/weekly/20081013_Going_extra_miles_for_cancer_aid.html |publisher=Philadelphia Inquirer |date=October 13, 2008 |access-date=6 February 2009 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090108223719/http://www.philly.com/inquirer/health_science/weekly/20081013_Going_extra_miles_for_cancer_aid.html |archive-date=January 8, 2009 }}</ref> with a concert at Mount Kilimanjaro in 2009.<ref>{{cite web |title=Kilimanjaro Rocks |url=http://www.lovehopestrength.org/kili/home/ |publisher=Love Hope Strength Foundation |access-date=6 February 2009 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090216112419/http://www.lovehopestrength.org/kili/home/ |archive-date=16 February 2009 }}</ref> The UK organisation holds an annual summer trek to the top of Wales's highest mountain, Snowdon, called ''Snowdon Rocks'',<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.lovehopestrength.co.uk/2016/03/snowdon-rocks-10/|title=Snowdon Rocks 10 - Love Hope Strength Foundation|access-date=17 June 2016}}</ref> 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.<ref>{{cite web |title=Love Hope Strength Foundation: Mission |url=http://www.lovehopestrength.org/site/mission/ |publisher=Love Hope Strength Foundation |access-date=6 February 2009 }}</ref> The first four shows had raised almost $1 million by September 2008.<ref name="AWay">{{cite news |first=Pamela Gwyn |last=Kripke |title=Preparing For The Worst |url=http://www.americanwaymag.com/james-chippendale-csi-entertainment-insurance-austin-gary-weinberger |work=American Way |date=15 September 2008 |access-date=6 February 2009 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090717065310/http://www.americanwaymag.com/james-chippendale-csi-entertainment-insurance-austin-gary-weinberger |archive-date=17 July 2009 }}</ref>

LHSF is a beneficiary of a documentary film called ''More To Live For'',<ref>{{cite web|url=http://lovehopestrength.org/james-chippendale-starts-love-hope-strength-foundation-to-connect-marrow-donors-with-those-in-need/|title=James Chippendale Starts Love Hope Strength Foundation To Connect Marrow Donors With Those In Need -|access-date=17 June 2016}}</ref> which details James Chippendale's cancer and survivorship experience.

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==External links== *[http://www.lovehopestrength.org Love Hope Strength] Official site (USA) *[http://www.lovehopestrength.co.uk Love Hope Strength] Official site (UK) *[https://web.archive.org/web/20160130214823/http://www.lovehopestrength.org.au/ Love Hope Strength] Official site (Australia)

Category:Cancer organizations based in the United States Category:Medical and health organizations based in Colorado