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, the top of the Empire State Building, the Inca ruins of Machu Picchu, with a concert at Mount Kilimanjaro in 2009. The UK organisation holds an annual trek to the top of Wales' highest mountain, Snowdon, each summer, and has 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. The first four shows had raised almost $1 million by September 2008.
LHSF is a beneficiary of a documentary film called More To Live For, which details James Chippendale's cancer and survivorship experience.
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