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Event Spotlight: Bone Marrow Drive for Gabby

See if you're a match to help Gabby Mongillo, who is suffering from leukemia.

Gabby Mongillo is one-and-a-half years old, and the young girl adopted from Yemen by a local family suffers from Acute Myeloid Leukemia and is in urgent need of a bone marrow transplant.

Matthew McGuire, whose son Liam has had his own battle with leukemia, is . It will be held Sept. 23 from 10 a.m. - 4 p.m. at the Rocky Point Fire Department at 49 Route 25A in Shoreham.

Registering as a bone marrow donor takes no more than five minutes, but could be the difference in Gabby's life, or someone elses. Visit getswabbed.org to learn more, and check the Friends 4 Liam Facebook page for more information and updates on the event.

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