<div>Hi – we are Gwen and Anthony, Kel Tabaniag’s youngest sister &amp; cousin.
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<div>We're coming together to ask for your help in supporting <strong>someone who means the world to us</strong> — our brother, our cousin, our protector, our anchor.
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<div><strong>Kel is the kind of person you’re lucky to have in your life</strong>. He’s <strong>sharp</strong>, <strong>charismatic</strong>, <strong>fiercely intelligent</strong>, and <strong>endlessly loving</strong>. A Bay Area native raised in Redwood City and now living in San Francisco, he’s the guy who lights up every room — always cracking a joke or sharing thoughtful insight. For us, he’s more than family — he is family, in every sense of the word.
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<div>Fifteen years ago, Kel beat parotid cancer. Now, he’s facing it again — and this time, it's <strong>stage 4 squamous cell carcinoma</strong>, an aggressive form of skin cancer that’s returned and spreading from his face to his lymph nodes.
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<div><strong>A Long Road Ahead </strong>
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<div>Kel is about to begin a <strong>challenging and uncertain treatment journey</strong>. He is undergoing his first round of chemo — 4-day rounds followed by 17 days of recovery, then repeated.
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<div>Surgery or radiation may come next, but that’s still uncertain. With the <strong>cancer located so close to his eye</strong>, radiation may not even be an option. And the chemo comes with a <strong>20% risk of permanent neuropathy</strong> — nerve damage that can cause lasting numbness or weakness.
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<div>But Kel is moving forward with courage, strength, and hope. He’s ready to fight. And we believe in him — because he’s done it before.
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<div><strong>Why We’re Asking for Help </strong>
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<div>Kel recently moved into a new apartment and is preparing to take time off work to focus entirely on healing. With <strong>no income during treatment</strong>, the costs of medical care, rent, transportation, and recovery essentials will pile up fast.
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<div>Your donation will help Kel with:
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<div>✨ <strong>Medical bills and prescriptions</strong>
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<div><strong>✨ Rent and day-to-day living expenses</strong>
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<div><strong>✨ Transportation to and from treatment</strong>
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<div><strong>✨ Nutritional and recovery support</strong>
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<div><strong>✨ Possible caregiving needs</strong>
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<div><strong>From Our Family to Yours </strong>
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<div>We’re a close-knit family — one that celebrates every holiday, every baseball game, every little moment together. We’re not ready to stop making memories with Kel.
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<div>As his sister, Gweny has seen firsthand the kind of brother Kel is — always protective, always present.
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<div>As his cousin, Anthony has known him as a brother since childhood — someone to look up to, laugh with, and lean on.
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<div>Kel has been there for so many of us. Now it’s <strong>our turn to be there for him.</strong>
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<div><strong>***Please donate if you can &amp; share this campaign***</strong>
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<div>Every contribution — big or small — helps lift a burden and brings Kel one step closer to healing.
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<div>With love and gratitude,
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<div>Gwen &amp; Anthony
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