Public responds to Shanel Cooper
published: Saturday | May 6, 2006

COOPER

SINCE THE publication of the plight of two-year-old Shanel Cooper, there have been overwhelming responses from persons living overseas who have expressed an interest in assisting.

Those individuals may make a contribution to the Victoria Mutual Building Society Branch in Montego Bay, St. James, account number #23150188. Persons living in the United States and Canada can call the bank's toll-free number 1-866-967-8627 or 1-888-991-8627.

Persons in the United Kingdom may also call the toll-free number 0800-068-8627. Shanel's mother, Rhonda Isaacs, had made an urgent appeal to the public to assist her daughter who needs surgery to remove a large tumour from her left leg. The plight of the young girl was highlighted in the Across the Nation feature in The Gleaner on Wednesday.