Colo concerts set group records for donor signups

By ROBERT WELLER ASSOCIATED PRESS WRITER DENVER -- Significant progress has been made in the past two decades finding bone marrow donors for leukemia and other cancer sufferers, but on any given day 6,000 people need donations - even though 11 million people are on a global donor registry. The Denver-based Love Hope Strength Foundation, founded by entertainment insurance executive James Chippendale and British musician Mike Peters, formerly of The Alarm, has a way to boost the numbers: Solicit donors at rock concerts. Both Chippendale and Peters are cancer survivors. Last weekend, the foundation advertised for donors at Denver-area concerts featuring Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers, Steve Winwood and the Dave Matthews Band. It set a foundation record of 435 newly registered donors for a music event. In the past, getting 50 was... [read full story]