The charity sponsors treks and climbs to the world's highest mountains, often performing musical concerts at the peak.
[1] In the spring of 2001, at age 31, James Chippendale, an American businessman, was diagnosed with leukemia, needing a bone marrow transplant to recover.
[2] 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.
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.
[11] LHSF is a beneficiary of a documentary film called More To Live For,[12] which details James Chippendale's cancer and survivorship experience.