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Current Support Groups Offered at the Patrick Dempsey Center for Hope & Healing:
Cancer Wellness & Support Group
This group combines support with education designed to teach participants
skills to enhance wellness & healing.
CLIMB (Children’s Lives Include Moments of Bravery)
This program, designed for children ages 6-11 whose Parent or Grandparent
has Cancer, offers six weekly, one hour meetings during which conversation
and art are used to help children identify and appropriately express complex
feelings.
When Someone You Love Has Cancer: Support for Family & Caregivers
Offers support & education for adults whose loved one has cancer,
facilitated by a licensed clinical oncology social worker.
For more information on these support groups or others offered in the Lewiston/Auburn area, please visit our support section.
There are many ways for those wishing to contribute to the Center to Give. Read below or visit the Giving section of our website for more ideas.
Become a Volunteer at The Center
Volunteers enrich and strengthen the services offered at The Dempsey Center, and we consider volunteers to be our greatest resource.
Donate in Honor of a Loved One
Learn more about the ways you can financially support the work of the Dempsey Center and honor a loved one.
Do you Quilt?
We need quilters to create squares for our “Honor Quilt” and “Memory Quilt”.