About 170 supporters; including doctors, nurses and fans joined Mike Peters for the sponsored walk up the Llanberis path for Snowdon Rocks. Mike arrived at the misty summit and joked, looking over his shoulder, “that was a long way to come to play on a building site!” Everyone’s efforts in reaching the summit were rewarded with the day’s only clearing in the clouds, timed to perfection just as the music started.
The short set was part of the weekends fundraising efforts of the Foundation which was to raise awareness and funding for cancer research projects.
The first Snowdon Rocks in 2007 raised over £40,000 which was shared between The North Wales Cancer Centre at Ysbyty Glan Clwyd, The Alaw Unit, Ysbyty Gwynedd and North Wales hospices at St. Kentigerns, St. David’s and Ty Gobaith. In 2008, the second ‘Snowdon Rocks’ raised even more funding, £45,000 which is once again being distributed throughout Cancer Care in North Wales.
‘Snowdon Rocks 3′ (Sponsored by Mackenzie Jones, Solicitors of St. Asaph) will involve a walk up the famous Llanberis / Railway Path with a very special acoustic concert at the summit with plenty of surprises throughout the day.
“The exciting thing about getting involved in Snowdon Rocks,” says Mike, “is that you get to see where your money goes. So far, the money raised can be seen in the newly built Eira suite at the North Wales Cancer Centre.
“Cancer is the number one killer of mankind in the world today” continues Mike Peters, “and as I can testify, we are very, very fortunate to have world class cancer care on our doorstep in North Wales. Each and every one of us will have cause to deal with this dreaded disease at some point in our lifetime.”
All proceeds from Snowdon Rocks have gone directly to Cancer Care in North Wales, which diagnosed and successfully treated Mike Peters (a two times cancer survivor) for Chronic Lymphocytic Leukaemia (CLL) in 2005/06 and Non Hodgkins Lymphoma (1995). Mike Peters is still undergoing long term maintenance treatment at the Alaw Unit, Ysybyty Gwynedd with a view to finding a cure.
Love Hope Strength Foundation is a charity formed by James Chippendale and Mike Peters to raise awareness and create funding for cancer care both locally and globally with a series of worldwide events; such as Everest Rocks (2007), Peru Rocks at Machu Picchu (2008), and in late September 2009, Mike will lead a 30 strong team to Africa for Kilimanjaro Rocks.
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