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Sponsored by: Dempsey Center
Updated: September 27, 2021 2021 Giving Guide

Dempsey Center

2022 Goals

  • Provide high-quality, personalized services both in-person and virtually through Dempsey Connects all at no cost to help make life better for people impacted by cancer in Maine and beyond.
  • Open our hospitality home in Portland, Maine—Clayton’s House—and begin accepting guests by the end of 2021.
  • Raise $1.5M through the 2021 Dempsey Challenge

Fundraising Events / Opportunities

The Dempsey Challenge presented by Amgen Oncology is the Dempsey Center’s flagship fundraising event and has raised over $16M since its inception in 2009. Individual and corporate partners are invited to participate either through registering to run, walk, or ride themselves, or through supporting the event with a corporate sponsorship. As a sponsor, you receive customized, highly-visible benefits to help you reach your marketing and philanthropic goals. Sponsorship opportunities for the 2022 Dempsey Challenge are currently available. Please connect with Chrissie Penney at cpenney@dempseycenter.org to learn more.

Giving Opportunities

The Dempsey Center offers year-long opportunities to support the no-cost programs and services offered at the Center for both corporations and individuals. From room naming opportunities, to specific program or series sponsorships, to annual sponsorships that support every services the Center offers, the ways to help make life better for people impacted by cancer are countless. Our dedicated development team will work with you to help align your support with what resonates most for you. If you are interested in learning more about how to help provide a haven of support for cancer patients, their loved ones, and care partners—all at no cost to them—please contact Chrissie Penney at cpenney@dempseycenter.org.

Volunteer Opportunities

The Dempsey Challenge relies on the time, talent, and dedication of over 500 volunteers to ensure a successful event each year. While many volunteers are individual, we often have businesses and community groups who chose to volunteer together.

Volunteer opportunities also exist year-round at the Dempsey Center. If you’re interested in helping make programs and services possible like Reiki, Nutrition classes & workshops, and Dempsey Center Orientations, to name only a few, we’d love to hear from you! Volunteer Opportunities are regularly posted at DempseyCenter.org/give-back, or email volunteer@dempseycenter.org to learn more.

Leadership

Chrissie Penney, Chief Advancement Officer
Patrick Dempsey, Founder, Board Member

Board officers

Wendy Tardif, Dempsey Center CEO & President

Tim Griffin, Chair: Portfolio Manager, HM Payson

Meg LePage, Secretary: Partner, Pierce Atwood, LLP

Bill Williams, Treasurer, Finance Committee Chair: Manager of Compliance and Controls, WEX, Inc


Board Members

Peter Manning: Senior Vice President, Marketing & Business Development, Select Medical

Laurie Downey: Controller, Roman Catholic Diocese of Portland

Ann Drew: Chief Risk & Compliance Officer, WEX, Inc

Peter Hayes: President & CEO, Healthcare Purchaser Alliance of Maine

Renee Nicholas: Vice President, Advocacy and Strategic Collaborations, Stand Up To Cancer

Karen Bradbury, Governance Committee Chair: VP, Learning and Development, UNUM

Lee Nelson, Development Committee Chair: Retired TV News Anchor

Jim Whitmore, Dempsey Challenge Steering Committee Chair: Entrepreneur

At a Glance:

Established: Established as 501c3 in 2017. Founded in 2008 initially as a department of CMMC
Employees: 31 FTE
Annual revenue: $3,719,458

Top funding sources

49% Events (Dempsey Challenge and other)
26% Corporate Partnerships
15% Grants + Foundations
10% Individual Giving

Contact

29 Lowell St.
Lewiston, Maine 04240
877-336-7287

778 Main St.
South Portland, Maine 04106

https://www.DempseyCenter.org
https://www.facebook.com/DempseyCenter
https://www.twitter.com/Dempsey_Center
https://www.instagram.com/Dempsey_Center

Awards / Accolades

2019 — Patrick Dempsey & Dempsey Center, Excellence in Cancer Awareness Award from Prevent Cancer Foundation 2021 — World Ovarian Cancer Coalition Impact Award

Mission Statement

To make life better for people managing the impact of cancer.

Service locations

In-Person Services provided in Lewiston and South Portland, Maine. Virtual Services offered to the entire state of Maine and select programs & services offered to people anywhere in the world.