Student Completes Coast-to-Coast Charity Run, WABI Reports
WABI (Channel 5) spoke with University of Maine student Matt Dexter about his participation in 4K for Cancer — a 4,000-mile team run from San Francisco, California, to Baltimore, Maryland, to raise awareness of cancer and raise money for cancer research. For 42 days during the summer, Dexter and more than 20 other college students ran about 10 miles a day. On rest days, the students visited cancer patients at hospitals and performed service projects. “Meeting the people at the hospitals — that, I think was the best part and the hardest part of the run,” said Dexter, whose mother died from cancer when he was 13. “Four-thousand miles of running aside; hearing their stories, having your own emotions coming up, your past coming out, and just reflecting on why you’re doing what you’re doing, really sums up the whole trip.” Dexter raised nearly $7,300 in donations, exceeding his goal of $5,000.