It hosted an event called "Casting the Role of a Lifeline" to find bone marrow matches for those with blood cancers. And she just had a huge personality," her mom, Odiney Brown told Eyewitness News reporter Joelle Garguilo. "We were looking for a bone marrow donor, a match," Brown said. One of Shannon's wishes was to get as many people as possible on the bone marrow registry." Then you're on the bone marrow registry until you're about 61.