About Tara

Tara Katherine Bean, of Shrewsbury, MA, was a typical, energetic fourth grader who enjoyed soccer, piano, dance lessons, skiing, reading, music, and of course - shopping at the mall! She loved and cared deeply for animals and often talked of becoming a veterinarian someday.

Although she had no symptoms, a routine school eye exam found a vision problem that let to the discovery of a brain tumor. Just three short weeks after her diagnosis, and one day after the surgery that revealed a fragile, inoperable tumer, Tara died unexpectedly from complications.

TARA KATHERINE BEAN

February 28, 1990- February 15, 2000

Tara continues to inspire us to come together to help find better treatments and a cure for brain tumors. It is our hope that one day soon other children will no longer suffer from what Tara so bravely, and so suddenly, faced. Tara would have wanted it this way.