in the California AIDSRide 2, bicycling 540 miles in seven days from San Francisco to Los Angeles, raising money for AIDS care facilities. Vincent took part in the In Harmony With The Homeless project, in which professional songwriters collaborated with individuals living in shelters on L.A.'s skid row. Vincent's song referencing September 11, "5000 Heroes", raised over $40,000 for the Families of Freedom Scholarship Fund, and brought commendations from former U.S. President Bill Clinton and former U.S. Senator Bob Dole. The song went to number one in Omaha and Lincoln, Nebraska. In 2003, he was the featured performer at the inauguration of then Nebraska governor, and former U.S. senator and Secretary of Agriculture Mike Johanns. In 2007, Vincent was one of a select group of people personally trained by former Vice President Al Gore in Nashville, Tennessee, sponsored by The Alliance for Climate Protection and The Climate Project, and is an officially sanctioned presenter of Gore's climate crisis presentation, as seen in An Inconvenient Truth. Vincent's version includes the impact diet has on the environment. In 2010, Vincent was a featured performer at a Hiroshima Peace Concert celebrating teachers in Hiroshima, Japan, in commemoration of the 65th anniversary of the bombing. Vincent is an advocate for a plant-based diet, citing concerns for the environment, world hunger, personal health, and animal welfare. To this end, he was an official celebrity endorser of the California Healthy School Lunch Resolution (ACR-16), which asked schools to offer a plant-based lunch option on the daily menu. The resolution overwhelmingly passed the California Assembly and Senate in 2003. Discography Whatever Happened To Fun... – (1985) (as singer in Candy) Mercury/Polygram (re-released 2012 by RockCandy (UK) Trust – (1994) (originally unreleased; eventually released in 2007) MCA Kyle Vincent – (1997) Hollywood "Wake Me Up (When The World's Worth Waking Up For)"-Single (1997) Wow & Flutter (1999) SongTree "Tell It Goodbye (An Ode To Candlestick Park, 1960–1999)" -Single b/w "The First Thing On My Mind"- (1999) SongTree Sweet 16 (Rare & Unreleased, Vol. I) – (2000) SongTree Wow & Flutter (2001) SongTree/Varèse Sarabande/Universal (2 bonus tracks) Heroes Among Us – (2001) -Lincoln, Nebraska radio-sponsored collection commemorating 9/11, featuring "5000 Heroes" "5000 Heroes" – Single Solitary Road – (2002) SongTree Solitary Road – (2003) SongTree (change in sequencing, and 1 song dropped, 1 song added) "Remember Me" -Single (2003) Teenage Neon Jungle – (2003) (as singer in Candy) SongTree