Lee has been doing various fundraising events since 2007 including a trek to Mount Everest Base camp for two children's charities, a parachute jump for Cystic Fibrosis and organising various events in restaurants/bars. Most recently he swam from mainland UK to the Isle of Wight for a sports centre charity.
Lee’s Mother was diagnosed with cancer several years ago so he promised his Mam that he would raise money for the cancer centre that supported her during her battle. Combining his love of pick collecting and raising money made perfect sense and luckily she is still here to see how successful the project has become.
A huge amount has been raised since announcing the group. This has been achieved by a combination of selling off pick sets that were printed & donated by some of the biggest pick printing companies in the world that all fully support the project (Ego Picks, Grover Allman, InTune, No Logo, Pick Guy & PickWorld, Sinister guitar picks) and auctioning off items that Bands have donated (picks, sticks, set lists, passes, signed items etc) on the Facebook group www.facebook.com/groups/pickcollectorsagainstcancer
Auctions that have taken place have included items from bands including Anthrax, Venom Inc, Slipknot, Slayer, Hatebreed, Stone Sour, Skindred, Crossfaith, KISS, Uriah Heep, Y&T, Status Quo, Europe, Five Finger Death Punch, Shadows Fall, Sepultura, (HED)pe, Anti-Flag, Kyle Gass Band, Black Stone Cherry, Ten years after, Gojira, Rob Fenn, New found glory, AC/DC. These items are donated by the bands, guitar techs, Stage hands, Security, fans & collectors.
None of this could be possible without the support of everybody.
Ian Grushka from New Found Glory printed some picks with the band logo on the front & PCAC on the back… These sold out in under 6hrs and raised $1000 in profit. This gave life to the Band/PCAC picks. Since then other artists have also done this... Shadows Fall, Venom Inc, Wolfsbane, Karma to Burn, Sandra Araya & Kyle Gass Band have joined in and there are now a large number of artists wanting to do the same. Ian has become a keen supporter of the project by donating a lot of items which have raised hundreds of dollars, he has also persuaded bands he knows to join in and print picks.
Shirts have been designed and sold all around the world from America, Australia, Canada, Finland, Germany, Latvia to the UK.
There are 4 main charities that the group supports…The monies from most auctions & Band/PCAC picks get split and donated to :
Not a single penny/dollar is taken for profit.
The project is getting bigger every day with more Bands, artists, techs, promoters, fans etc getting involved.
Lee’s Mother was diagnosed with cancer several years ago so he promised his Mam that he would raise money for the cancer centre that supported her during her battle. Combining his love of pick collecting and raising money made perfect sense and luckily she is still here to see how successful the project has become.
A huge amount has been raised since announcing the group. This has been achieved by a combination of selling off pick sets that were printed & donated by some of the biggest pick printing companies in the world that all fully support the project (Ego Picks, Grover Allman, InTune, No Logo, Pick Guy & PickWorld, Sinister guitar picks) and auctioning off items that Bands have donated (picks, sticks, set lists, passes, signed items etc) on the Facebook group www.facebook.com/groups/pickcollectorsagainstcancer
Auctions that have taken place have included items from bands including Anthrax, Venom Inc, Slipknot, Slayer, Hatebreed, Stone Sour, Skindred, Crossfaith, KISS, Uriah Heep, Y&T, Status Quo, Europe, Five Finger Death Punch, Shadows Fall, Sepultura, (HED)pe, Anti-Flag, Kyle Gass Band, Black Stone Cherry, Ten years after, Gojira, Rob Fenn, New found glory, AC/DC. These items are donated by the bands, guitar techs, Stage hands, Security, fans & collectors.
None of this could be possible without the support of everybody.
Ian Grushka from New Found Glory printed some picks with the band logo on the front & PCAC on the back… These sold out in under 6hrs and raised $1000 in profit. This gave life to the Band/PCAC picks. Since then other artists have also done this... Shadows Fall, Venom Inc, Wolfsbane, Karma to Burn, Sandra Araya & Kyle Gass Band have joined in and there are now a large number of artists wanting to do the same. Ian has become a keen supporter of the project by donating a lot of items which have raised hundreds of dollars, he has also persuaded bands he knows to join in and print picks.
Shirts have been designed and sold all around the world from America, Australia, Canada, Finland, Germany, Latvia to the UK.
There are 4 main charities that the group supports…The monies from most auctions & Band/PCAC picks get split and donated to :
- Make a wish
- Dana Farber cancer institute
- Waterside Cancer Support Center
- Teenage Cancer Trust
Not a single penny/dollar is taken for profit.
The project is getting bigger every day with more Bands, artists, techs, promoters, fans etc getting involved.