LEWISTON — The Patrick Dempsey Center for Cancer Hope and Healing at Central Maine Medical Center is offering a free workshop for children, teens and families affected by cancer.

“Native American Creative Workshop: Medicine Bag” will take place from 4 to 6 p.m. Friday, April 8, at 12 High St., conference room H. The offering is part of the center’s Healing Tree children’s program.

A medicine bag is a sacred tool used for protecting, healing and guiding an individual through the multifaceted experiences of the Earthwalk. Learn the art of creating a medicine bag in order to bring hope and healing into life.

Presenter Stasia Minkowsky is an author, teacher intuitive counselor and ceremonialist. Her formal training in Native American spirituality began in 2001 on the Gila River Reservation in Arizona.

She has since participated in and conducted ceremonies for hundreds of people. Her forthcoming nonfiction novel, “Skinny White Woman,” is a personal account of her training.

For more information, contact Children’s Program Coordinator Tookie Bright, LMSW-cc, at 795-8256 or email [email protected].

Preregistration is available by calling the Dempsey Center at 795-8250, toll-free 1-877-336-7287 or online at www.dempseycenter.org.