Dempsey Center

Dempsey Center Making life better for people impacted by cancer through no-cost support services in Maine and beyond
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The Dempsey Center improves the quality of life of those impacted by cancer. We provide a personalized, holistic and integrated approach to cancer prevention, education, and support. The presented by Amgen is an annual run, walk, cycle fundraising experience -- every dollar raised by participants directly benefits the Dempsey Center.

📣 Hey College Students 📣Will your school be the next winners of the Dempsey Challenge College Cup?!Each year, teams from...
09/03/2026

📣 Hey College Students 📣

Will your school be the next winners of the Dempsey Challenge College Cup?!

Each year, teams from colleges throughout Maine and around the country compete to be the winners of the College Cup. Working as a team, they raise the most money for the mission of the Dempsey Center and earn the title on Dempsey Challenge Day.

Winners not only get bragging rights for a year, but they also get to take a picture with Patrick Dempsey as they receive their award.

It’s a little friendly competition with a BIG impact. Every dollar you raise helps provide no-cost support, care, and services to people impacted by cancer.

Round up your friends. Rally your campus. Start fundraising.

Learn more at DempseyChallenge.org

Connect with other men who understand the ups, downs, challenges, and uncertainties that can come with cancer in our upc...
09/02/2026

Connect with other men who understand the ups, downs, challenges, and uncertainties that can come with cancer in our upcoming support groups and series designed specifically for male-identifying clients.

Men's Cancer Support Group
Tuesdays, 11:30 AM - 1:00 PM
Virtually via Dempsey Connects
Led by Eric Lutz, LCSW

A supportive, confidential space for men impacted by cancer to support one another. This group offers honest conversation and practical coping strategies to help you navigate a diagnosis, treatment, or survivorship. Whether you want to share or just listen, you’ll find understanding, connection, and encouragement here.

It's Your Life: Living with Intention
Thursdays, September 10th - October 22nd, 5:00 - 6:45 PM
Dempsey Center - Rock Row Health Campus
Led by Yosh Beier, Certified Hakomi Therapist, Mediator, and Executive Coach

A cancer diagnosis can bring that realization uncomfortably close. But it also can offer a sobering clarity. It creates a rare opening to step back from the roles, expectations, and old scripts that have shaped your life and ask some honest questions: What really matters to me now? How do I want to use the time I have? What does it mean to live my life?

It’s Your Life is a six-week reflective workshop series for men at any stage of the cancer journey. Through guided reflection, small-group conversation, and honest sharing, we’ll explore how to bring the clarity that can come with facing cancer into the choices we make about how we want to live. There are no recipes and no right answers—just an opportunity to explore these questions alongside other men who are asking some of them, too.

Learn more and register by visiting www.DempseyCenter.org, calling us at 877-336-7287 or emailing us at [email protected].

Here's what's happening at the Dempsey Center this week!In addition to our individual nutrition and movement + fitness c...
08/31/2026

Here's what's happening at the Dempsey Center this week!

In addition to our individual nutrition and movement + fitness consults, massage, reiki, + acupuncture services, and individual counseling sessions, these classes are all offered at no cost.

If you or someone you know has been impacted by cancer and is interested in utilizing our services, please call us at 1.877.336.7287 or email us at [email protected].

You can learn more about all of our services, workshops, and classes by visiting DempseyCenter.org.

📸 Will Zimmermann Photography

We're inching closer to Dempsey Challenge weekend and inching closer to our goal of $1.9 million to support people impac...
08/27/2026

We're inching closer to Dempsey Challenge weekend and inching closer to our goal of $1.9 million to support people impacted by cancer. Over 1,550 of you have formed over 200 teams and are ready to run, walk, and ride on Saturday, September 19th.
..and we want you to join us!

Visit www.DempseyChallenge.org and register today to join us in person in Lewiston, Maine or take on the Challenge virtually wherever, whenever between now and Challenge weekend.

08/26/2026

It's National Dog Day and today, we’re celebrating the four-legged friends who bring comfort, joy and a little extra love to the Dempsey Center. 💙

Our Dempsey Dogs are more than adorable faces—they’re Pet Partners-certified dogs who provide moments of connection, calm, and companionship to people impacted by cancer.

Whether they’re offering a quiet cuddle, a wagging tail, or simply sitting by someone’s side, these incredible pups have a way of making hard days feel a little lighter.

Give a paws-up for our amazing Dempsey Dogs and the wonderful teams who make their work possible! 🐾 Let them know how much you love them in the comments!

🎤🏀We are thrilled to share that NBA legend Reggie Miller () is coming to Dempsey Challenge 2026!A Basketball Hall of Fam...
08/26/2026

🎤🏀
We are thrilled to share that NBA legend Reggie Miller () is coming to Dempsey Challenge 2026!

A Basketball Hall of Famer, five-time NBA All-Star, and one of the greatest clutch shooters in NBA history, Reggie will be joining us for a weekend that’s all about coming together For Every Story. 💙

Drafted by Indiana in 1987, Reggie spent his entire 18-year career with the Pacers. Reggie finished his career as the NBA's all-time leader in three-point field goals at the time and remains one of the league's most celebrated long-range shooters. Beyond the court, Reggie has become a familiar voice in sports broadcasting as NBC's Lead NBA game analyst. You may also know him from his newest passion as a semi-pro cyclist, competing in races all over the country.

And now he's prepping to take on Dempsey Challenge 🚴

Champions can catch Reggie at Night of Love and Light where he will be joining us as a guest speaker and everyone can see Reggie at Challenge where he plans to take on one of our cycling routes.

Get ready. This is going to be one for the storybooks. 💙

Experience the Dempsey Center at our upcoming public workshop, Connect + Experience: Blackout Poetry! Blackout poetry is...
08/25/2026

Experience the Dempsey Center at our upcoming public workshop, Connect + Experience: Blackout Poetry!

Blackout poetry is a creative writing practice where participants transform existing text, often from old books, into poetry by selecting meaningful words and obscuring the rest. This reflective, low-pressure art form encourages mindfulness, emotional expression, and a sense of control, offering a calming space for processing difficult experiences and finding unexpected moments of connection and creativity. We invite you to join us for a relaxing cup of tea while you learn something new and easy. No experience necessary.

Wednesday, September 16th
3:00 - 4:30 PM
Dempsey Center - Rock Row Health Campus
Led by Maine author and poet, Sylvia Bourgoin.
Open to the public ages 12+.

Public sign up at https://www.dempseycenter.org/services/classes-workshops/public/.

A legend is coming to Dempsey Challenge 2026... Any guesses??Find out on Wednesday!
08/23/2026

A legend is coming to Dempsey Challenge 2026...

Any guesses??

Find out on Wednesday!

Can't make it to Lewiston, Maine on Saturday, September 19th? Still want to get in on the fun and make life better for p...
08/21/2026

Can't make it to Lewiston, Maine on Saturday, September 19th? Still want to get in on the fun and make life better for people impacted by cancer?

Join the Virtual Dempsey Challenge!

Since 2020, people from around the world have taken on the Dempsey Challenge in their own way from all over the world. Folks have hiked the John Muir Trail in California, climbed Mount Katahdin, ran through their hometown in the midwest...even our founder, Patrick Dempsey, took on the virtual Challenge, riding his bike in Ireland one year!

All you need to do is register as a virtual Challenger for our 2026 event, pay the registration fee, and then take on the Challenge how you want, where you want, when you want...just let us know what you did!

While there is no fundraising minimum to participate in the Virtual Challenge, Virtual Participants who raise $150 or more will receive an official bib and finisher patch. Those who reach the $150 goal by September 1st will have their bib and patch mailed in time for race day. Any bibs and patches earned after that date will be mailed by October 1. All Virtual Challengers will receive a digital/printable bib in September.

Register today at www.DempseyChallenge.org.

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11 Rock Row, Suite 410
Westbrook, ME
04092

Opening Hours

Monday 8am - 5pm
Tuesday 8am - 7:30pm
Wednesday 8am - 7:30pm
Thursday 8am - 7:30pm
Friday 8am - 4:30pm

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+18773367287

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