Return to the Mountain ........ with Mike Peters
On Saturday June 21st 2008
(The Longest Day), Mike Peters, the internationally acclaimed singer
of Welsh rock and roll band The Alarm and current world record holder
for the Highest Concert performed on land at 18,500 feet on MT.
Everest (Everest Rocks October 21st 2007), will once again lead
a procession of doctors, nurses, fans and supporters on a charity
fundraising walk to the top of Snowdon / Yr Wyddfa (the highest
point in England & Wales), to perform Snowdon
Rocks 2 - a very special acoustic concert at the summit followed
by an acoustic finale at Y Galeri, Caernarfon the very same evening.
All proceeds will go directly
to the North Wales Cancer Treatment Centre at Ysbyty Glan Clwyd,
Bodelwyddan and the Alaw Unit at Ysbyty Gwynedd, Bangor where Mike
Peters (a two times cancer survivor),was diagnosed and successfully
treated for Chronic Lymphocytic Leukaemia (CLL) in 2005/06. Mike
Peters is still undergoing long term maintenance treatment at the
Alaw Unit with a view to finding a cure under the watchful eye of
Dr. David Edwards who has been Mike's haemotologist throughout both
of his cancer battles. Dr. Edwards will also be accompanying Mike
to the summit of Snowdon.
Snowdon
Rocks 2 is being promoted through the LOVE HOPE STRENGTH
Foundation, a charity formed by Mike Peters to raise awareness and
funding for cancer care both locally and globally, with a further
series of world wide events that will continue throughout 2008.
In particular, 'Peru Rocks', which will take place between
October 8th and 17th in the form of a 4 day trek through the High
Andes with acoustic concerts at the world famous Macchu Picchu Citadel
and finale in the Peruvian capital city of Lima.
Last year's event on Snowdon
raised a staggering £43,000 (far more than Mike Peters ever
imagined), and some of the additional funding was distributed throughout
cancer care organisations in North Wales such as Ty Gobaith, St
David's Hospice in Llandudno and St. Kentigerns Hospice in St. Asaph.
To join Mike Peters and
participate in Snowdon Rocks please call 01745 571571 or email Katrina
for an individual or group registration form.
Mike Peters Acoustic
Concert - Y Galeri Caernarfon -21st June 2008 £15 advance
plus booking fee.
Please call Galeri Box
Office Tel: 01286 685222 or visit www.galericaernarfon.com
Or directly from The Alarm
Information Service Tel: 01745 571571 online @ www.thealarm.com
Why 'Snowdon Rocks'?
"Because you can see both hospitals where I have been cared
for from the summit and climbing Snowdon is symbolic of the virtual
mountain that cancer sufferers and their carers have to climb with
each and every diagnosis." says Mike Peters, adding, "Every
single person alive in North Wales today will have cause to visit
one of these two cancer centres during the course of their lifetime,
either as a patient or a carer, or simply visiting a friend or family
member. Cancer affects all of us."
Why Now? "Now
is payback time"continues Mike, "I believe the time is
right for such a huge undertaking because science is on the verge
of massive breakthroughs in the treatment of all cancers, specifically
in the field of Leukaemia with pioneering work taking place in the
fields of Stem Cell and Gene therapy. As I can testify, people who
had previously been given days / months / years to live are now
being treated and cured every day, giving hope for future generations."
Why Love Hope Strength?
"Because once in 1995 and more recently in 2005,I was diagnosed
with and survived chemotherapy treatment for Chronic Lymphocytic
Leukaemia [CLL]"states Mike, "I owe my life to medical
science and the skill and dedication of doctors and nurses at two
Welsh hospitals - Ysbyty Glan Clwyd and Ysbyty Gwynedd.Through the
creation of the Love Hope Strength Foundation, I will be working
throughout 2007 and beyond to raise funds for cancer research.
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