Recent UMaine grad delivers comfort bags to cancer patients, WLBZ reports
WLBZ (Channel 2) covered a recent comfort bag delivery to patients at Eastern Maine Medical Center’s Lafayette Family Cancer Center in Brewer. Recent University of Maine graduate Matt Dexter led the effort as part of the Christine B. Foundation (CBF) — an organization he created to raise awareness of and funds for cancer in honor of his mother who died of stomach cancer when he was 13. The bags included puzzles, games, pens, blankets and other small items to brighten the day of those undergoing treatment, according to the report. “When I’m able to hand a comfort bag directly to a patient it really goes a long way. Anything to just get their mind off the treatment and get their mind off the reason why they’re there,” Dexter said. The CBF raises funds for the bags each summer through a relay run that begins in Portland, Maine and ends in New York City.