SNOWDON ROCKS

On Saturday, June 23rd 2007, Mike Peters, two times cancer survivor and internationally acclaimed singer of Welsh rock band The Alarm will lead a procession of doctors, nurses, fans and supporters on a sponsored walk to the summit of Snowdon / Yr Wyddfa (the highest point in England & Wales), to perform a very special acoustic set at the summit.
Over the weekend of June 22nd and June 23rd 2007, Mike Peters will host 'SNOWDON ROCKS' a series of events throughout North Wales featuring two further Mike Peters acoustic concerts. The first will take place on Friday June 22nd at Rhyl Town Hall with proceeds going directly to the North Wales Cancer Treatment Centre at Ysbyty Glan Clwyd, Bodelwyddan where Mike Peters was first diagnosed with Non Hodgkin’s Lymphoma back in 1995/96.A second concert will be held after the Snowdon trek on Saturday evening June 23rd at the Galeri in Caernarfon with funds being channeled locally into the Alaw Unit at Ysbyty Gwynedd, Bangor. Mike (who was diagnosed and successfully treated for Chronic Lymphocyte Leukemia (CLL) in 2005/06), is currently being treated at the Alaw Unit with a view to finding a cure under the watchful eye of Dr. David Edwards who has been Mike's hematologist throughout both of his cancer battles. Dr. Edwards will also be accompanying Mike to the summit of Snowdon.The weekend is being promoted through the LOVE HOPE STRENGTH Foundation, a charity formed by Mike Peters to raise awareness and funding for cancer research projects and is building a support network for cancer patinets both locally and globally with a series of world wide events that will be held throughout 2007 including Empire Rocks at the Empire State building in New York City and his historic climb and concert at the base camp of Mount Everest. Anybody wishing to participate in sponsorship or any individual wishing to accompany Mike on the sponsored walk to the summit of Snowdon should contact Peter Jones on 01745 571571 for further details.
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 caregiver have to climb with each and every diagnosis." says Mike Peters adding, "Every single person alive in North Wales today will have course to visit one of these two cancer centers during the course of their lifetime, either as a patient or a caregiver or simply visiting a friend or family member. Cancer affects all of us."