BANGOR, Maine (NEWS CENTER) --  Mckenzie Lowe is battling a terminal form of cancer and her family says that conventional treatments aren't working anymore. That's why they want to try a controversial treatment that is not approved by the FDA.  Her family, including her uncle, who lives in Searsport, want Mckenzie to try antineoplastons.

"She's a fundraiser, she plays soccer, she does all the sports and stuff like this when she's able she always wanted to be a vet she loves animals," explains Rob Lowe of Searsport, who is Mckenzie's uncle.  He  speaks fondly of his niece.  Right now, she looks like any other 12 year old child, but growing inside her brain stem is an inoperable tumor known as Diffuse Intrinsic Pontine Glioma or DIPG, a form of cancer that is almost always fatal.

BANGOR, Maine (NEWS CENTER) -- It's time again to clean out your closets for our annual Coats and Toys for Kids campaign. Those unused coats can do so much good for so many needy people who are out there and who are struggling.

People in need of those coats are already going to their local Salvation Army pickup sites to get coats for this winter that were donated last year. Crystal Pinto is one of the volunteers at the Salvation Army in Bangor.

She is helping people find new coats. She knows how important the program is, because at one point in her life she was homeless and in need of a warm coat too.

"A lot of times i just had those pull over hoodies and I spent a lot of time being sick because I was always wet or cold and there was no way to be warm or dry," explained Crystal.