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To all our loyal supporters The House of Blues and Rock Band 4 PresentThe Warning Band! The girls are playing their first concert at The House of Blues in Aneheim, California, on Oct 11 be the first to purchase your tickets in advance using this link or go to our website at thewarningband.com and learn more!

http://concerts.livenation.com/event/09004F1400756A93?c=EML_LN_746703&camefrom=EMLN_746703

 

 

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Now that our summer adventure is over we like to take this opportunity to thank all the people that helped made our dream come true, we hope to make you all proud as we continue on this journey.

Thanks to Nick Warring to Win Squires for their constant hard work and support to achieve this goal.
Especially thanks to the mastermind of this campaign Ted Boylan for never give up and everyday push to reach the goal, and be always on the search to make sure everything was taken care of, without you nothing of this would had happened.
To Alan Sacks for making sure we had everything that we possible needed during our adventure.
Thanks to all of you for your time and efforts.

To our Gofundme donors

Thank you so much for all your support and your confidence in us, it's been the most humbling experience that we ever had, that people you don't know, trusting us in what we are doing and cheering us on, is an amazing feeling. Thanks to you all, you know who you are, and we do also. It is impossible to put all the names here, but really from the bottom of our hearts, we thank you!

To Berklee Collegue of Music

Damien Bracken, Rob Rose, Bob Doezema, Jeff Perry, Oisin McAuley, Dominick Ferrara, Jesse Williams, David Rivera, Skip Smith, and everyone else involved, Thank you for taking care of us and all the patience and hard work you put on this to make our experience at Berklee Summer Programs a one to remember forever.

To our sponsors

Thanks to The Ellen DeGeneres Show for all your hard work and support all through this experience and beyond, we love you.
To Target, Orange Amplifiers, Gibson,

Special Thanks

Alex R. thank you for all your kindness and support through all the adversity, we dont have enough words to thank everything you did and keep doing for us.
David Ellefson for your involvement and support.
All friends and family for their support through all this.

We had the time of our lifes!!! THANKS AGAIN TO ALL OF YOU!!
We are going to keep on Rocking!!! m/

 

 

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Warning Band fans and supporters, this is to be our final update before this successful campaign is brought to a close as we’ll no longer be taking donations. Because of all you kind and generous supporters the original goal of sending Dany, Pau, and Ale to Berklee has been reached, and in addition we were also able to help with the costs of the ongoing private lessons which have been a big part of the girl’s lives and progress thus far. What great success! So, with the summer program at Berklee drawing closer it’s time to end our current fundraising journey.

First, to follow up on the last update, housing arrangements have been made for Dany, Pau, Ale, and their parents Luis and Monica. They’ll be in an apartment very near the Berklee campus in Boston, and we’re all thankful to have that work out for them.

And most importantly, the Villarreal family is so humbly and eternally grateful for all of your support, kind words of encouragement, and generosity. They are overwhelmed that strangers from all over the globe have come together and made a dream come true for the girls. Dany, Pau, and Ale will work very hard at Berklee to make everyone proud! They are also very thankful for your recent support to assist with the ongoing private lessons. To hear just how thankful and excited they are is heartwarming, and I for one am grateful that we could not only help those talented and hardworking girls, but we were able to help such nice people! So, on behalf of the Villarreal family, and from the bottom of their hearts thank you all very much!

In addition, all of us should take a moment to thank Ted Boylan. Some of you may know that Ted, a friend of the Villarreal family, began this campaign many months ago with the goal of course to get those girls to The Berklee College of Music. He knew how much it meant to them, and knowing they wouldn’t get there without help he set out to make it happen. Ted has been the driving force behind the fundraising, the founding of the web site, the promotions, the merchandise, and may other tasks. He has volunteered and worked tirelessly for many months and for many late nights behind the scenes so the Villarreals could focus on the music. So, from us fans happy to see great things happening for those talented girls; thank you Ted!

To keep up with Warning Band news in the future, visit the band’s website at www.thewarningband.com. Keep in mind there may not be much news for the beginning of the summer as the girls will of course be attending Berklee. Boston will be getting warned! Hopefully we’ll get to see a photo or two of the girls enjoying their studies there. That’s a hint mom and dad! While visiting the web site don’t forget that in addition to seeing news and videos of the girls you can still support them by purchasing Warning Band merchandise from the store. You can also post in the comments section, so let the girls know which songs are your favorites. And, I can’t mention the web site without thanking Win Squires of Triastrum Design and IT. To get a web site off the ground and supported continuously Ted needed an expert which he found in Win. We enjoy a great web site to visit thanks to Win’s personal commitment and professional expertise. Thank you Win!

Don’t forget to support the girls by downloading The Warning band’s iTunes release here; https://itunes.apple.com/us/album/escape-the-mind-ep/id985741367. Let’s hope for many more in the future!

So, as we draw what has been an exciting and successful campaign to a close, cheers to all of you wonderful supporters, and here’s to an unforgettable experience for Dany, Pau, and Ale at the Berklee College of Music! Safe travels Villarreal family, and young ladies; Rock Boston!

Any questions for the band or concerning promotions or fundraising efforts can be directed to Ted Boylan at boylanted@rocketmail.com.

-Nick Warring, promotional writer

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Warning Band fans and supporters, the girls need your help! Housing accommodations for the girls and their parents for the Berklee trip have unfortunately fallen through. We need to find a place in Boston for the family to stay while Dany, Pau, and Ale attend the 5 week summer program next month. As there isn’t room in the budget for transportation (car rental) for the 5 week stay we need to find something very close so the girls and their parents can walk to and from campus. To that end our needs are fairly specific;

• The Back Bay or Fenway areas are preferable as they are very near campus. Something within a mile of Berklee would be best and maybe 1.5 miles at the most. Campus is located at Boylston St. and Massachusetts Ave.
• A furnished apartment is desirable over a motel/hotel so they’ll have a kitchen, laundry room etc.
• 2 queen beds and 2 bathrooms would work, but 3 beds would be better.
• Something with security would be fantastic, either an alarm system or on site personnel.
• We’d like to get them settled in July 3, 4, or 5, and they’ll stay until about August 10th or 11th.

If you know of anything or have any information concerning availability and price please let us know. Email Ted Boylan at boylanted@rocketmail.com and Luis Villarreal at luisvillarr@gmail.com. You may also email me by clicking on the mail icon next to my name.

Allexis news; Yesterday’s update contained the great news that Allexis, a lovely 11 year old fan of The Warning Band was to receive her needed liver transplant either last night or today. It is an understandably lengthy procedure so as soon as we get news on her progress we’ll let you know. Our thoughts and prayers are with her! To learn more about her, or to donate or leave a message of support, visit her gofundme page here; http://www.gofundme.com/fcmk3c. Get well soon brave Allexis!

Warning Band news; Since the Pal Norte festival on April 25th things have quieted a bit for Dany, Pau, and Ale. They have been finishing up their school year and of course looking forward to Berklee while their parents, Luis and Monica, work hard taking care of the planning. The girls have also continued to work regularly with their individual teachers. Those girls are driven to become better and better and even after the world class education they’ll get at the elite Berklee summer program they won’t stop; they’ll continue to work privately with their instructors to become the best that they can be. So, we’ll continue with fundraising campaign to help with the costs of the tutoring, which is about $1800 per month total for the girls. Their parents have worked hard and sacrificed greatly to get the girls to this point but financial resources have been depleted and maintaining their lesson schedule won’t be possible without our help. There are a lot of us supporters here, so a few dollars per month from each of us will go a long way to keep the girls practicing under expert guidance. We’re of course hopeful that the Warning Band will begin to generate the revenue to be self-sufficient someday, but we aren’t there yet, so let’s keep them practicing! And speaking of practicing, on The Warning's Facebook page you'll find a short video of Ale practicing arpeggios with her fantastic teacher Pablo, and I understand her little fingers have become strong and fast! Below is a video of the girls playing a Muse cover at the Pal Norte music festival. Please excuse the audio, we were only able to obtain cell phone footage. It's great though to see the girls on a big stage! Don’t despair at the girls performing a cover, the girls will be writing more of their own material! Let's hope that after the Berklee trip The Warning Band finds more opportunities to perform and entertain us with their great music!

Visit The Warning Band web site here http://www.thewarningband.com/ and click “store” at the top of the page to support the girls by purchasing Warning Band merchandise. It’s a win/win; you’ll look great in Warning Band apparel and you’ll be supporting the girl’s music lessons. Click on “media” to see media coverage of the girls, and of course you’ll find photos and videos of the girls including videos of them performing their original material live. And if you haven’t seen it yet, scroll down on the home page to see the video interview with Dany, Pau, and Ale. As always thank you very much to Win Squires of TRIASTRUM for the fantastic website we get to visit!

You can also shop at the store by visiting The Warning Band’s Facebook page and clicking “shop now” on the picture of the girls.

Don’t forget the iTunes release of the EP here; https://itunes.apple.com/us/album/escape-the-mind-ep/id985741367 Support the girls by downloading their fantastic original work and spread the Warning!

If you’d like to review previous updates they can be found by clicking “show all” below.

Any questions for the band or concerning promotions or fundraising efforts can be directed to Ted Boylan at boylanted@rocketmail.com.

-Nick Warring, promotional writer.

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SPECIAL UPDATE ON ALLEXIS:
We have just received word from Liz Siebrecht, that Allexis, will be receiving a Liver from a donor late tonight or into the early morning, we are asking Warning fans to pray that the Transplant will go smoothly and successfully! Thank you all for your support for Allexis!... Ted Boylan
Dear Allexis, we all Love you! be strong little Princess! The Warning Band Family

 

 

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Berklee news Warning Band fans! It was originally hoped that Dany, Pau, and Ale could attend The Berklee College of Music summer program in 2016. However, they are going this summer! Thanks to you fantastic supporters the fundraising was successful enough soon enough that they were able to get in this year! So, they’ll spend their July in Boston MA fulfilling their dream to attend the prestigious Berklee! The girls are so happy and thankful to all of you! The picture above says it all! And more news; Berklee has tailor-made a program just for them based on their level of expertise, which I’m sure we will all agree is quite advanced. They’ll get much more out a program targeted to their level than they would an entry level program. So congratulations girls! We know how you want to work to be the best musicians you can be, so have a blast!

Tuition has been paid and housing is being finalized. We’re continuing with the gofundme campaign as we would like to provide the girls with O-1 visas. Originally we budgeted for simple student visas for the summer program, however with the recent press, exposure, and performance on The Ellen DeGeneres Show we’re hoping for more opportunities for the girls to travel to the U.S. (and other countries of course) to perform. The O-1 visas are expensive but they will allow the girls the access they need to perform and work in the states. Let’s hope they come to fill arenas in all of our cities! The visas are $5,000 for each girl in addition to the tuition, housing, travel, and food expenses that we campaigned for.

We would also like to continue helping with their education beyond Berklee. Dany, Pau, and Ale work with local instructors regularly. Their teachers are excellent and are part of what makes the girls excellent as well. While Berklee will be a fantastic experience and education for the girls they’re not going to stop working hard as they love it too much. Their parents have sacrificed greatly to get the girls to this point, but financial resources for those extra expenses have been nearly exhausted. To keep the girls working with their teachers as they have been we’re hoping to raise $1800 per month. There are a lot of us supporters here; a few dollars per month from each of us will go a long way to keep the girls practicing under expert guidance.

Personal news; since performing their live concert to debut their original music, a hectic recording schedule, performing on The Ellen DeGeneres Show, and performing on a big stage at the Pal Norte Rock Festival the girls are back to their regular routine of school, homework, and music lessons. Part of their practice includes preparing for other local concerts but for the most part they’re back to their routine as young girls and students. What isn’t routine is how much they’re looking forward to Berklee this summer! By the way girls, and mom and dad, please send pictures! We’d all love to see them enjoying their Berklee dream!

Merchandise news! While visiting the website at http://www.thewarningband.com/ click on “shop” at the top to support Dany, Pau, and Ale by purchasing newly available Warning Band merchandise. You can also visit The Warning Band’s Facebook page and click on “shop now” at the top to take you to the store.

Don’t forget the iTunes release of the EP here; https://itunes.apple.com/us/album/escape-the-mind-ep/id985741367 Support the girls by downloading their fantastic original work and spread the Warning!

Their very first single on iTunes, also a Warning Band original titled Free Falling on iTunes for only .99 cents! http://itunes.apple.com/album/id978737333

Visit The Warning Band’s website here; http://www.thewarningband.com/ to see videos of the Ellen and Pal Norte performances, and click on “media” to see recent news articles and media releases about The Warning Band. Don’t forget to post in the comments section and let the girls know what you think of their original work. As always thank you very much to Win Squires of TRIASTRUM for the fantastic website we get to visit!

If you’d like to review previous updates they can be found by clicking “show all” below.

And don’t forget Allexis! As you can see in a photo below, Dany, Pau, Ale, and their parents Luis and Monica would still like us to focus on another in need. One of their dear fans, Alexis, is a young girl suffering from a liver disease called Biliary Atresia. Alexis has had 8 surgeries in the past two years and has been placed on the list as needing a liver transplant. Time is now critical for Alexis as she has been on the waiting list since October 2014. A gofundme page has been established for Alexis. The financial goal has been met, but what Alexis needs now is a living donor! A "living donation" happens when a person who is alive gives either a kidney or a part of their liver to someone with end-stage kidney or liver disease. Living donation is often more effective for improving a patient's health than receiving an organ from a donor who has passed on. There have been over 500 living donor liver tissue procedures at Toronto General Hospital since 1990 with no donor deaths or any major, persistent complications. Helping this lovely little girl has become very important to Dany, Pau, and Ale, so they asked that we use their gofundme page to guide you to Alexis. Please visit Alexis’ page here to find out how to help her; http://www.gofundme.com/fcmk3c. You can also learn more on the Warning band website. Time could be short, so please, everyone follow the link to see if you can help. On Alexis' gofundme page is a link to email her mother, Liz Siebrecht, if you have any questions or think you can help.

Any questions for the band or concerning promotions or fundraising efforts can be directed to Ted Boylan at boylanted@rocketmail.com.

-Nick Warring, promotional writer.

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TV audiences have been warned! For those that weren’t able to see it we’ve reached our second original goal of the campaign. Dany, Pau, and Ale were on The Ellen DeGeneres Show! They were on Friday April 24th and earned a standing ovation from an excited audience after playing Ozzy Osbourne’s Crazy Train! They were fantastic! They were also very composed and charming young ladies during the interview with Ellen. They did what they do best as the Warning Band which is being awesome and precious all at once! Visit The Warning Band’s website at http://www.thewarningband.com/ and scroll down to see the video of their Ellen performance. It’s 5 minutes and 27 seconds that you don’t want to miss!!! And, you’ll see that Ellen gave each of the girls a check for $10,000 courtesy of Target!!! Thank you Target and Ellen! That money will be used to establish a college fund for each of the girls. After all, after the Berklee summer program these young girls still have to finish elementary school, high school, and attend college! So, thanks to everyone who emailed The Ellen show on behalf of the girls, they are very grateful!

More about the continuing campaign; as you all know, we’ve also reached our goal of funding the girl’s attendance at a summer program at The Berklee College of Music. The girls are very excited as one of their greatest joys is continuing to work towards being the best musicians they can be. The picture at the top of this page says it all! We’ve covered tuition, air fare, room and board, meals, and expenses for one parent to accompany them. We originally budgeted for simple student visas for the girls, but with the recent press, exposure, and excitement for The Warning Band we’re hoping for more opportunities in the future for the girls to travel and even work here in the U.S. (and Canada and other countries of course). So, we’re continuing the gofundme campaign with two new goals;
-The first is to provide the girls with O-1 visas which will allow greater access to the U.S for the girls to travel and hopefully someday work. And by work we mean filling stadiums and arenas for concerts! Okay, that may be a ways off, but we need to give them access to the U.S. Those visas and fees are expensive so we want to raise $5,000 for each of them, for a total of $15,000.
-Our second goal is to allow them to continue with their daily music education. They each work with an instructor every day after school…. after doing their homework of course, and they love working hard! Their parents have sacrificed greatly to get the girls to this point, but financial resources for those extra expenses have been nearly exhausted. To keep the girls working with their teachers as they have been we’re hoping to raise $1800 per month. Their teachers are excellent, and they’re helping to make the girls excellent, so let’s keep them practicing! There are a lot of us supporters here; just a few dollars from each of us each month will do it!

I know we all hope for The Warning Band to be a big success one day, and we’re hoping that includes financial success for the girls. We’re all here after all because we believe in them. However, the band isn’t generating enough revenue to be called income yet. There are the expenses listed above, equipment expenses, and printing T shirts, photos, etc. and making the soon to be released CD all takes money. Until the band is generating enough revenue with merchandise sales, iTunes downloads, CD sales, and someday filling arenas in our cities to cover expenses, let’s keep helping. Dany, Pau, and Ale are so talented and maybe even more importantly they work so hard they deserve the opportunity to keep us warned!

Merchandise news! While visiting the website at http://www.thewarningband.com/ click on “shop” at the top to support Dany, Pau, and Ale by purchasing newly available Warning Band merchandise. You can also visit The Warning Band’s Facebook page and click on “shop now” at the top to take you to the store.

Don’t forget the iTunes release of the EP here; https://itunes.apple.com/us/album/escape-the-mind-ep/id985741367 Support the girls by downloading their fantastic original work and spread the Warning!

Their very first single on iTunes, also a Warning Band original titled Free Falling on iTunes for only .99 cents! http://itunes.apple.com/album/id978737333

Don’t forget the CD is coming! We still don't have a firm date but we're looking at a couple weeks.

Personal news; Dany, Pau, and Ale worked very hard writing and practicing for their recent live concert where they debuted their original music. After a short break they’ve been working double time to record for the iTunes EP, CD release, and to make recordings to audition for Ellen at the show’s request. And, they performed at a large local rock festival on April 25th. Information for the event can be found here; https://www.facebook.com/PalNorteOficial. You can see them practicing on the big stage in a picture below. After a lot of long hours, hard work, and travel, the girls can now get back to their routine of practicing their craft with their music teachers after school. They are practicing for other upcoming local concerts where they’ll get more experience on big stages, but for the most part the girls can settle back into their routine and get some much needed rest!

Fun news! Visit The Warning Facebook page to see tweets about the girls from Kirk Hammett of Metallica and from the band Coldplay! The band Guns N’ Roses also commented on the girls here; https://paradisecity.com/post/552888fbd24930300e8b461a/

Visit The Warning Band’s website here; http://www.thewarningband.com/ and click on “media” to see recent news articles and media releases about The Warning Band. Don’t forget to post in the comments section and let the girls know what you think of their original work. As always thank you very much to Win Squires of TRIASTRUM for the fantastic website we get to visit!

Other news; as you can see in a photo below, Dany, Pau, Ale, and their parents Luis and Monica would still like us to focus on another in need. One of their dear fans, Alexis, is a young girl suffering from a liver disease called Biliary Atresia. Alexis has had 8 surgeries in the past two years and has been placed on the list as needing a liver transplant. Time is now critical for Alexis as she has been on the waiting list since October 2014. A gofundme page has been established for Alexis. The financial goal has been met, but what Alexis needs now is a living donor! A "living donation" happens when a person who is alive gives either a kidney or a part of their liver to someone with end-stage kidney or liver disease. Living donation is often more effective for improving a patient's health than receiving an organ from a donor who has passed on. There have been over 500 living donor liver tissue procedures at Toronto General Hospital since 1990 with no donor deaths or any major, persistent complications. Helping this lovely little girl has become very important to Dany, Pau, and Ale, so they asked that we use their gofundme page to guide you to Alexis. Please visit Alexis’ page here to find out how to help her; http://www.gofundme.com/fcmk3c. You can also learn more on the Warning band website. Time could be short, so please, everyone follow the link to see if you can help. On Alexis' gofundme page is a link to email her mother, Liz Siebrecht, if you have any questions or think you can help.

If you’d like to review previous updates they can be found by clicking “show all” below.

Any questions for the band or concerning promotions or fundraising efforts can be directed to Ted Boylan at boylanted@rocketmail.com.

-Nick Warring, promotional writer.

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GREAT NEWS! We have accomplished one more of our goals! The Warning Band WILL BE! on the Ellen Degeneres show tommorow! check the time and listing in your area, YOU WILL NOT WANT TO MISS THIS !

 

 

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Warning Band supporters and fans, you can see from the picture above that Dany, Pau, and Ale are absolutely thrilled about Berklee! It’s literally a dream come true for them and they are so grateful to all of you generous people! They wanted to express their appreciation to all of you themselves, and the picture says it all! What smiles from such great young people! The Villarreal family is eternally grateful and humbled beyond words!

While we can celebrate our goal of fulfilling the Berklee dream, we can still help them further. We’ve decided to continue with the gogundme campaign with two new goals;

1- Travel visas. We originally budgeted for simple student visas for the girls to attend Berklee. However, with all of the recent media attention, increase in popularity, and help with recording professionally we’re hopeful that The Warning Band will be presented with more opportunities to travel to and perform in the U.S. To give them those opportunities we would like to provide them O-1 visas which will grant them more access to the U.S. Our goal for funding the visas is $5,000 for each girl, or $15,000 total. We’d all love to see the girls perform someday in our city, let’s give them the chance!

2- Our second goal is to continue the current and ongoing music education for the girls. Luis and Monica have sacrificed greatly, as loving parents do, to provide Dany, Pau, and Ale with regular music lessons in addition to equipment needs. After many years of sacrifice financial resources are nearly exhausted. We’d now like to help the girls maintain their lesson schedule. Dany, Pau, and Ale are obviously extremely talented young musicians, and one reason for that is their incredible work ethic and fantastic teachers. They work hard each day after school with their teachers to hone their skills, and they remain dedicated to continuing that hard work to become even better. Of course the summer program at Berklee will be of great educational value to them, but they still have their passion for their daily lessons and practice time. Their instructors have obviously done a fantastic job with them, and Dany, Pau, and Ale are not allergic to hard work! So, let’s help them continue! Our fundraising goal is $1800 per month to continue the lessons. There are a lot of us supporters here; just a few dollars from each of us each month will do it!

To avoid confusion we'll be disabling the Canadian campaign and pressing on with the U.S. based campaign found here; http://www.gofundme.com/p9b98w

We’re still thankful that Victoria Records has signed on to provide professional studio time for the girls. We can now look forward to the best quality recordings, and imagine how good The Warning Band will sound now! Studio time is expensive, so thanks to Victoria Morales-Kuhne of Victoria records the girls will get the time they need. Remember fans, this “record deal” will allow the girls to expertly record their work but it is not revenue. We still need to help the girls as described above until they break through and their work and sales of recordings can generate the income needed to keep operating, and more importantly to the girls, to keep learning.

Merchandise news! Warning Band merchandise can now be purchased from the website at www.thewarningband.com. Just click on “shop” at the top of the page to purchase shirts, hoodies, jackets, caps, and iPhone cases. We hope to see more merchandise such as coffee mugs and posters soon, so keep watching! You can also visit The Warning’s Facebook page and click at the top on “shop now”.

Performance news! Dany, Pau, and Ale have been practicing diligently to prepare for some large, local live concerts. The first will be the Pa’l Norte Rock Festival on April 25th. You can find info regarding the festival here; https://www.facebook.com/PalNorteOficial. The girls will be playing with some big names and the concert will give them experience on a big stage! Exciting! Get good at the big stage girls; I suspect you’ll be spending a lot of time on them in the future!

Don’t forget the iTunes release of the EP here; https://itunes.apple.com/us/album/escape-the-mind-ep/id985741367 Support the girls by downloading their fantastic original work and spread the Warning!

Fun news! Visit The Warning Facebook page to see tweets about the girls from Kirk Hammett of Metallica and from the band Coldplay! The band Guns N’ Roses also commented on the girls here; https://paradisecity.com/post/552888fbd24930300e8b461a/

Visit The Warning Band’s website here; http://www.thewarningband.com/ and click on “media” to see recent news articles and media releases about The Warning Band. Don’t forget to post in the comments section and let the girls know what you think of their original work. As always thank you very much to Win Squires of TRIASTRUM for the fantastic website we get to visit! Win has been personally dedicated to the girls and has been professionally excellent!

Also, don't forget the CD is coming! We still don't have a firm date but we're looking at a few weeks.

Any questions for the band or concerning promotions or fundraising efforts can be directed to Ted Boylan at boylanted@rocketmail.com.

On behalf of the humbled and eternally grateful Villarreal family thank you all!

-Nick Warning, promotional writer.

 

 

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Hello Warning Band fans, this may be our most important update yet. Dany, Pau, Ale, and their parents Luis and Monica would like us to focus this update on another in need. And a desperate need it is. One of their dear fans, Alexis, is a young girl suffering from a liver disease called Biliary Atresia. Alexis has had 8 surgeries in the past two years and has been placed on the list as needing a liver transplant. Time is now critical for Alexis as she has been on the waiting list since October 2014. A gofundme page has been established for Alexis and the financial goal has been met. The finances are to assist with housing for her family to live near the hospital for up to 6 months should a donor be found and the procedure takes place.

What Alexis needs now is a living donor! A "living donation" happens when a person who is alive gives either a kidney or a part of their liver to someone with end-stage kidney or liver disease. Living donation is often more effective for improving a patient's health than receiving an organ from a donor who has passed on. There have been over 500 living donor liver tissue procedures at Toronto General Hospital since 1990 with no donor deaths or any major, persistent complications.

Helping this lovely little girl has become very important to Dany, Pau, and Ale, so they asked that we use their dedicated gofundme page to guide you to Alexis. Please visit Alexis’ page here to find out how to help her; http://www.gofundme.com/fcmk3c

Time could be short, so please, everyone follow the link to see if you can help. On Alexis' gofundme page is a link to email her mother, Liz Siebrecht, if you have any questions or think you can help.

Remember, Alexis’ financial needs have been met, so while donations are appreciated that’s not what we’re asking for. What she needs now is a living donor! We need to find someone willing to help with O+ or O- blood type, and between the ages of 18 and 45. That’s just the start though; other testing is required to ensure eligibility.

Here is a link for information regarding the living donor program; http://www.uhn.ca/MOT/PatientsFamilies/Clinics_Tests/Pages/living_donor.aspx

Here is a link to a living donor manual; http://www.uhn.ca/MOT/PatientsFamilies/Clinics_Tests/Documents/LivingDonor_LiverDonorManual.pdf

Please everyone; help find Alexis a living donor. If you think you may be candidate fill out this form and fax it to the number provided; http://www.uhn.ca/MOT/PatientsFamilies/Clinics_Tests/Documents/MOT_PF_CC_LivingDonor_DonorHealthHistoryForm.pdf

Dany, Pau, and Ale continue to work hard on their music, and there will be more updates coming soon concerning their progress, but for now please visit Alexis’ page, share the link, and spread the word for Alexis! Let’s get all the attention for her that we can so that a living donor can be found!

-Nick Warring, promotional writer