Dempseys Bike Run Nets $1M For Cancer Center

First Released: October 10, 2011 12:03 PM EDT Credit: Getty Premium LEWISTON, Maine -- Caption Patrick Dempsey gets to the 2011 MTV Movie Honours at Universal Galleries Gibson Amphitheatre in Universal City, Calif., on June 5, 2011Patrick Dempseys bicycle run in western Maine to boost money for his cancer center has netted about $a million. The Sun's Rays Journal of Lewiston reviews that about 4,000 people required part within the third annual fundraiser effort to profit the Patrick Dempsey Center for Cancer Hope and Healing in the Central Maine Clinic in Lewiston. 100s of bike riders pedaled between 10 and 100 miles along streets in Androscoggin and Oxford areas throughout the 2-day event, which ended Sunday. The streets were lined with visitors entertaining the bike riders. Dempsey, a local of Buckfield, plays Dr. Derek Shepherd on Televisions Greys Anatomy. He founded the Dempsey Center in 2008. (Copyright 2011 by Connected Press. All privileges reserved. These components might not be released, broadcast, rewritten or redistributed) Copyright 2011 by NBC Universal, Corporation. All privileges reserved. These components might not be released, broadcast, rewritten or redistributed.