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Inside Track Help The Lion King's Shannon Tavarez Fight Leukemia 11-year-old Shannon Tavarez lived every little girl's dream performing as young Nala in The Lion King on Broadway. In April, Shannon was diagnosed with AML Leukemia, and now she lives at Schneider Children's Hospital in Long Island, fighting her cancer with daily chemo treatments.


Shannon's chances of beating this horrible disease will greatly increase with a bone marrow transplant.  African American's have a particularly hard time finding a match, as they make up less than seven percent of the national registry (according to DKMS, the largest bone marrow donor center).

Want to help? Here's how.  Register to find out if you are a donor match for Shannon or someone like her. CLICK HERE to read about how you can receive a simple registration kit with DKMS through the mail.

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