The Maine women's team recently had the opportunity to meet "Dr. McDreamy", Patrick Dempsey, star of TV's "Grey's Anatomy".
A Lewiston, Maine native, Dempsey opened the Dempsey Center for Cancer Hope & Healing, in honor of his mom who is a breast cancer survivor.
Through the Friends of Mel Foundation, a donation of over $5,000 to the Dempsey Center from last year's Skating Strides event in Orono, keeping the money raised in Maine, in the state.
The Dempsey Center was very supportive of Skating Strides last year, and plans to send representatives to the January 2012 event as well for puck drop and pregame ceremony.
