Friends,

To celebrate my 50th Birthday I wanted to do something special and I have found the event that can make a difference in my life while helping others as well. In October, I will go on a week long 50 mile hiking trek through the Grand Canyon, Bryce and Zion Canyons to help the Love Hope Strength Foundation. I am excited to train to get myself in better shape and play a part in saving lives. Founded in 2008 by Mike Peters of The Alarm and James Chippendale, the Love Hope Strength Foundation promotes innovative, music related, outreach and awareness programs for leukemia and cancer sufferers, survivors and their families. The charity raises awareness and recruits potential donors to the organ and bone marrow registers. Their treks to Everest, Kilimanjaro, Snowdon and Fuji have funded projects in those regions and they have registered over 150,000 to the Bone Marrow Register and found over 3,000 potentially life-saving matches. My goal is to raise at least $3500 for this life saving organization. If you or someone you know has been effected by cancer, please consider a donation of whatever you can afford so we can battle cancer.