ENTERTAINMENT NEWS …
SHANNON TAVARES
Eleven-year-old actress Shannon Tavares was happily playing Young Nala in the Broadway production of The Lion King when she was diagnosed with AML leukemia only two months ago. T
The talented tween is now receiving chemotherapy treatments at Schneider Children’s Hospital on Long Island, but her doctor feels that a bone marrow transplant from a stranger may be needed to save her life.
Complicating the search for a matching donor is the fact that Shannon’s mother is African-American and her father is Dominican.
The young actress decided to approach this challenge pro-actively with a PSA explaining the need for people of all ethnicities to sign up as potential bone marrow donors.
Take a look at the smiling face of a brave young Broadway pro, then order a registration kit at www.getswabbed.org.
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