Student’s efforts to raise funds, awareness of cancer featured in Bangor Metro
Bangor Metro magazine published an article on fourth-year University of Maine student Matt Dexter. He is president and founder of the Christine B. Foundation (CBF) — named in honor of his mother who died of stomach cancer when he was 13. To positively affect people fighting cancer, Dexter has organized a seven-day relay run this July to raise awareness and funds that begins in Portland, Maine and ends in New York City. Each registrant is required to raise a minimum of $2,000. The proceeds are then invested into CBF comfort bags that are handed out to patients at a cancer center on the one rest day runners are given during the weeklong event, according to the article. “Handing out those comfort bags is where the runners get to see their impact,” Dexter said. “We not only provide positive thoughts and motivation but also provide CBF comfort bags with blankets, back scratchers, lotion and things patients have actually requested. We don’t know them, we’re just supporting them and their battle against their cancer.”