LEWISTON — Nearly 3,000 runners and walkers stepped off for treks of 5 kilometers and 10 kilometers through the Twin Cities on Saturday morning as the seventh annual Dempsey Challenge opened at Simard-Payne Memorial Park. Patrick Dempsey, actor, auto racer and Lewiston native, was once again at the center of the weekend celebration of cancer survival and […]
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Bethel woman beats cancer twice, raises money for Dempsey Center
BETHEL — Sue Cross was 25, in the hospital to have cysts removed, when she woke up from surgery to hear she’d had a complete hysterectomy. “‘You have ovarian cancer and your prognosis is not good,’” Cross remembers staff telling her. “I rolled over in bed and said, ‘No, that’s not right,’ and went back […]
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Joan Lunden to attend Dempsey Challenge
LEWISTON — Joan Lunden, the popular co-host of “Good Morning America” for almost two decades and currently special correspondent for NBC’s “Today Show,” will attend this weekend’s Dempsey Challenge and make several public appearances. Diagnosed with breast cancer last year, Lunden will lead the Survivor Walk on Saturday morning and serve as the keynote speaker at […]
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Top Dempsey Challenge fundraiser battles cancer, back in full force
Katy Romano got involved in the Dempsey Challenge the very first year when a mutual friend of hers and Patrick Dempsey’s pitched her on bicycling and eating lobster in Maine. The Atlanta woman and her husband decided to make it an annual event, raising more money each time. Two years ago, she set an individual […]
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Dempsey and the Challenge roll into town this weekend
LEWISTON — Early fundraising figures look strong, the weather forecast looks good and Patrick Dempsey — fresh off racing in Fiji and shooting a movie in London — has his bags packed. The seventh annual Dempsey Challenge kicks off Saturday. “The overall feeling and openness of everyone participating in the challenge is magical,” the actor […]
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Dempsey Challenge to replace power cords stolen from balloon festival
LEWISTON — Dempsey Challenge organizers have agreed to help the Great Falls Balloon Festival Committee replace the power cables stolen from storage in April, according to a statement by staff members of both events. The heavy-duty copper cords used to power Simard-Payne Memorial Park for the Balloon Festival and the Dempsey Challenge each year were […]
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Friends of Diane Castonguay Gould to pursue her goal to help sick children
LIVERMORE — Friends of the late Diane Castonguay Gould have teamed up to follow through on her goal to raise money to enhance the lives of sick children and raise cancer awareness. Gould, a wife and the mother of three boys, was killed Jan. 19 on Route 17 in Fayette when a propane truck rolled […]
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More nonprofits, less money to go around
LEWISTON — While thousands gathered to run, walk, cycle and Patrick-gaze last month — raising $1.1 million for the Patrick Dempsey Center for Cancer Hope & Healing — some area nonprofits quietly say they’ve felt the pinch of the Dempsey Challenge‘s phenomenal success the past six years. It’s an awkward situation. They’re all out to […]
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Dempsey Challenge begins on ‘a beautiful day to save a life’
LEWISTON — “It’s a beautiful day to save a life.” That phrase, printed on bright pink T-shirts worn by one of the Dempsey Challenge teams at Saturday’s run/walk event, summed up the sentiments of thousands of people at the sixth annual fundraiser for the Patrick Dempsey Center for Hope and Healing. Opening under bright sun […]