November 12th, Uncle Mike’s, New York, NY – Benefiting the Love Hope Strength Foundation, Hosted by Sky Vega. Featuring a special performance by The Sky Band and many more musicians. More information.   Read More »

NORTH PLAINFIELD, NJ: VIP Honda, part of the Bill Vince Auto Group, Route 22 East at Somerset Street in North Plainfield, was a sponsor of the Love Hope Strength Foundation 2009 Walkathon, reported VIP Honda General Mgr., Adam Kuczynski. The event was held recently, in cooperation with Overlook Hospital, at Oakridge Park in Clark to benefit cancer research charities.VIP Honda made a donation to the Love Hope Strength Foundation and also entered a team of...  Read More »

ESSEX — Two years ago, Kelly Carpenter spent her 29th birthday in the hospital receiving her sixth round of chemotherapy to treat stage three colon cancer.She turned 31 this month in Tanzania, days after climbing Mount Kilimanjaro. The Essex native and nurse at Fletcher Allen Health Care scaled Africa’s tallest mountain with an international group of musicians and cancer survivors that climb mountains to raise money for cancer treatment.

“I’ve...  Read More »

Donate to LHS and receive a FREE “Live at Red Rocks CD” and get entered to win a commemorative LHS Epiphone guitar like the one played atop Kilimanjaro!  Read More »

On September 28th, 25 cancer survivors, legendary musicians (including Cy Curnin of The Fixx, Mike Peters of the Alarm, Robin Wilson of the Gin Blossoms, Glenn Tilbrook of Squeeze, Slim Jim Phantom of The Stray Cats, and Nick Harper), and supporters of the Love Hope Strength Foundation’s Kilimanjaro Rocks! Team, assembled at the gates to Mt Kilimanjaro. On October 5th, ALL of the 25 climbed to the summit of Uhuru (which means freedom in Swahili) –...  Read More »

A concert on the roof of Africa. Writer Nick Heil is on assignment for BACKPACKER in Tanzania, where he’s climbing Kilimanjaro with the cancer-fighting Love Hope Strength Foundation. Keep checking back for updates on the climb, and to learn more about the expedition, visit kilimanjarorocks.com.

Oct. 5: Crater Camp and Mweka Camp

We’re back on the air! It’s been a tough 48 hours, and this is one pooped blogger. After back-to-back...  Read More »

RHYL, Wales (Wireless Flash – FlashNews) – Climbing Mount Kilimanjaro takes lots of preparation – especially for rock stars. Just ask Mike Peters, frontman for The Alarm, and Gin Blossoms’ crooner Robin Wilson, who’ve started trekking up the mountain for a two-week expedition to promote cancer research for the Love Hope Strength Foundation.

Peters says living in a mountainous area of North Wales has helped him prepare for the climb,...  Read More »

This is Kilimanjaro Rocks…The Love Hope Strength’s latest musical journey, to the roof of Africa. 25 legendary musicians (including members of The Alarm, The Fixx, The Gin Blossoms, Stray Cats, and Squeeze), cancer survivors and supporters have embarked upon a symbolic pilgrimage to Uhuru, the 19,341ft peak of Mount Kilimanjaro. We do so in order to bring love, hope and strength to the people of East Africa. Funds from “Kilimanjaro Rocks” will be...  Read More »

By JARROD WISE / KVUE News The Austin City Limits Music festival is just days away. As of Wednesday afternoon, the stages were still being assembled. They’re being constructed on the new drought and wear-resistant bermuda grass.With the recent rains, the turf seems to be holding up to what’s expected to be a record-breaking crowd.

“We’ve taken extra precautions with the rain and wet ground. We’ve been laying down special...  Read More »

Writer Nick Heil reports from Kilimanjaro, where altitude sickness takes its toll at 14,000-plus feet. Writer Nick Heil is on assignment for BACKPACKER in Tanzania, where he’s climbing Kilimanjaro with the cancer-fighting Love Hope Strength Foundation. Keep checking back for updates on the climb, and to learn more about the expedition, visit kilimanjarorocks.com.

Oct 2: Camp 4, Sheffield Camp, 14,740 feet

After a rough night—we fell...  Read More »

Oct 2, 2009 Today 25 legendary musicians (including Mike Peters of The Alarm, Cy Curnin of The Fixx, Robin Wilson of the Gin Blossoms, Glenn Tilbrook of Squeeze, Slim Jim Phantom of The Stray Cats, and Nick Harper), cancer survivors, and supporters from the Love Hope Strength Foundation aligned their symbolic trek up Mt. Kilimanjaro with Lance Armstrong’s, LIVESTRONG day. Each member of the team stood holding yellow prayer flags to add to the power of...  Read More »

Robin Wilson, lead singer of the Gin Blossoms, is on the show, live from Mr. Kilimanjaro. Danny has a soft spot for the band because they were the band that he and Gretchen saw on the first date, which lead to them getting married. Robin’s honored to hear that. Suddenly, the connect is lost, but Danny is willing to play the role of Robin so we can learn about The Love Hope Strength Foundation is at it again – bringing musicians to really neat location...  Read More »

(from Artistdirect.com) While one group of rock legends and cancer survivors are hiking Mt Kilimanjaro to fight cancer in East Africa in an event dubbed Kilimanjaro Rocks, the Love Hope Strength Foundation (LHS), a rock n’ roll charity that uses the power of music to fight cancer, will also be joining forces with Livestrong at Austin City Limits (ACL) to make a difference in the fight against cancer.

Every...  Read More »

(from Artistdirect.com) While one group of rock legends and cancer survivors are hiking Mt Kilimanjaro to fight cancer in East Africa in an event dubbed Kilimanjaro Rocks, the Love Hope Strength Foundation (LHS), a rock n’ roll charity that uses the power of music to fight cancer, will also be joining forces with Livestrong at Austin City Limits (ACL) to make a difference in the fight against cancer.

Every...  Read More »