SAVING LIVES ONE CONCERT AT A TIME
MISSION The Love Hope Strength Foundation (LHS) harnesses the global power of the music industry and the passion of its fans to save lives - one concert at a time. We are a non-profit “Rock ‘n’ Roll” cancer foundation focused on saving the lives of people in need, right now. All of our support and the proceeds we generate are used to purchase life saving equipment and identify marrow donors to match with patients in need of a second chance at life.
LHS Co- Founder Mike Peters’ (The Alarm) “Mission” Jacket is a symbolic statement of his personal battle against cancer.
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SAVING LIVES ONE CONCERT AT A TIME The Love Hope Strength Foundation is literally working to save lives - one concert at a time. In fact, our work has already resulted in over 1000 direct and potentially life saving matches and delivered over 70,000 people to the international marrow donor list (as of JULY 1st 2014).
70,000+ REGISTERED
LHS events are responsible for adding over 70,000 registrations to the international marrow databases.
1000+ MATCHES
Over 1000 potentially life saving matches have been located for patients in need of marrow or stem cell transplants.
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Through music-centric “Rocks Events� LHS has built and supported cancer centers around the globe.
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get on the list
Love Hope Strength’s successful “Get On The List” campaign is already building international marrow databases through the power of rock ‘n’ roll events around the world. We are currently creating awareness via sign-up drives at concerts, festivals, and localized communitybased events.
The campaign encourages concertgoers to visit a Love Hope Strength booth where they can quickly learn more about the ease of becoming a marrow donor. They are given an opportunity to “Get On The List” by submitting a cheek swab and filling out a confidential information form. The entire process only takes a few minutes and donation is no longer the painful procedure we all remember.
HOW WE HELP
When a match is made at an artists’ concert, they are notified. Think about it - that’s the un-tapped power of an artist’s music and community. The power to actually save lives.
LHS is “on the ground” directly reaching individuals to gather data and samples that are then submitted to an international database. Teams of people analyze the database and then work with LHS around the clock to match potential live saving donors to cancer patients in need. Once a match is found, the LHS donor is contacted and asked to contribute their marrow sample at a local hospital. The sample is then transported to the cancer patient with the goal of saving their life. Tracking the matches: Love Hope Strength has the unique ability to identify where the “match” was made. To date, the matches primarily come from our “Get On The List” program – enabling us to contact the artist or band that was performing when the match was made and thank them for helping to potentially save a life.
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Mike Peters
Founder. The Alarm
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James Chippendale Founder. Executive @ Ascend Insurance, USA
Our founders Mike Peters, the front man for U.K. bands The Alarm and Big Country, and fellow cancer survivor James Chippendale, co- founded the Love Hope Strength Foundation in 2007.
Working together, Mike, James, our Board, our staff, musicians and thousands of volunteers around the world diligently work to help save the lives of cancer patients.
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“Knowing that each one of our gigs has the potential to save lives is very humbling. LHS is doing a great job out there in educating and raising awareness for this type of cancer. More people need to realize how simple and painless it is to get on the register and help save a life” - Robert Plant
GREAT COMPANY We are honored to have some of the world’s top entertainers, including Grammy and Emmy award-winning producers and musicians supporting the Love Hope Strength Foundation. Between them they have sold over 600 million albums and played to millions of people around the globe!
The Alarm • Robert Plant SQUEEZE • The Levellers PAUL WELLER • OfFSPRING Stray Cats • Smash Mouth Fastball • THE CULT • The Fixx Michael Franti • Linkin Park Gin Blossoms • BAD RELIGION Flight of the Concords MUMFORD AND SONS Donavon Frankenreiter John Oates • Gene Loves Jezebel FRANK TURNER • Nick Harper Jason Mraz • Sugar Ray GRACE POTTER & THE NOCTURNALS White Buffalo • Enrique Iglesias Big Country • English Beat Disco Biscuits • CY Curnin THE BACON BROTHERS • OAR Jimmy Fallon • Glenn Tilbrook Saturday Night Live Tony Visconti Isle of Wight Festival LolLapalooza • Austin City Limits Bumbershoot • RIOT FEST BonNaroo • Red Rocks, Colorado BeaUtiful DayS
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LHS HISTORIC FIRSTS Every year, our mission to save lives pushes us farther - and higher! LHS will always strive to continue to create unique and meaningful cancer fighting events.
SNOWDON ROCKS - 2007-PRESENT
The first LHS trek and concert at the highest point in Wales. LHS Co-Founder Mike Peters used to gaze at the mountain’s peak from his hospital window while having chemotherapy.
EVEREST ROCKS – 2007, 2012
Climb and worlds highest concert ever performed and first ever western rock concert in Kathmandu in front of 15,000 people and a television audience of 4 million.
BEN NEVIS ROCKS –2012 - PRESENT
The Highest Gig In Britain to support cancer care in the Highlands of Scotland.
KILIMANJARO ROCKS – 2009, 2015
Trek and concert atop the 19,341ft peak of Mt Kilimanjaro, the world’s largest free-standing mountain.
MT FUJI ROCKS – 2010
A symbolic pilgrimage to Japan’s Mount Fuji-san
HOLY LAND ROCKS – 2014
Support for the world’s first Arab Donor Registry in the Holy Land that is building bridges of peace through the simple act of saving lives
Funded an outfitted vehicle for a children’s program to assist with safe transport of kids to and from treatment in New Jersey Funded a mobile cancer unit which will screen and treat 20,000-30,000 patients per year in remote regions of Peru. Working with the International Coalition of Cancer (UICC) to make saliva based marrow registration a global initiative.
Built Hospital Ward and funded 2 Stem Cell Harvest machines in Wales. Now in partnership with NHSUK Funded a transport vehicle to deliver patients to and from treatment in Australia. LHS co-founder Mike Peters to speak at World Cancer Congress in Melbourne Purchased the first radiation and mammography machines for the country of Nepal. Funded children’s cancer center in Tanzania.
THE WORLD IS LISTENING Global television coverage including Bloomberg, CNN, MTV, Sky News, BBC, VHI, CBS Morning News and hundreds more. International radio coverage through Howard Stern, Danny Bonaduce Show, SiriusXM and more. Featured in over 2000 articles in 60 countries including NY Times, USA Today, Daily Mail UK, China Post, Billboard, SPIN, Outside, Forbes and India Times. Total Number of media impressions: over 800 million. Social Media and email database: over 30,000 supporters. Attendance at marrow drives, concerts and events was 2.7 million in 2013
Get Involved! Simply put, the more people we “GET ON THE LIST” the more lives that can be saved...in real time. As with any charity, fundraising will always be an important component of efforts, but mostly we need you, your band, or your company to help us get more people on the donor list. Saving Lives One Concert At A Time: If you are in a band, manage a band, book a band, or are simply a fan of a band, you can make a difference. You can help save a life – and once that life is saved you will truly understand how much of an impact your talents have really made. Let’s start saving lives together – right now! Contact us today. TEL: 07814 404877 EMAIL: contact@lovehopestrength.co.uk ONLINE: lovehopestrength.co.uk / facebook.com/lhsuk
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