RICARDO CHAVIRA - CHAVIRA LANDS CANCER CHARITY AWARENESS ROLE

CHAVIRA LANDS CANCER CHARITY AWARENESS ROLE

Actor RICARDO CHAVIRA is stepping up his breast cancer awareness campaign - he is the new ambassador for a healthcare charity.
The Desperate Housewives star's life has been blighted by the disease - he lost his mother to the illness when he was 15, and just last year (08), both of his sisters were treated for breast cancer.
Chavira has long put his name to charitable causes and now he's accepted a role as spokesperson for support network Wellness Community's C.A.R.E. (Cancer Advocate Resources and Education) campaign.
He tells InTouch Weekly, "Cancer is not just a tumour that affects the person that it's growing inside. It affects everyone around them, specifically their family members. There is a lot of stress there because we're constantly making sure that this person that we love is being taken care of and doing well but lose track of that for ourselves.
"There's a workshop series called Caring and Coping available at any of the centres. And they've got an extensive website with a slew of resources and a lot of informational literature. Here we are at a time in our country where health care is a huge topic and this organization is trying to tackle it with a fresh perspective."