Calendar of Events

	2nd Annual Art for a Cure Event: 7-11pm / $25 Ticket (includes hor d'ourvres and 2 drinks) Event Date: April 22, 2011 MC: Dana Loesch of The Dana Show Music: Scott Reynolds Event Location: Lemp - 1817 Cherokee, St. Louis, 63118 Volunteers are needed! Email info@baaware.org if you are able to help in preliminary stages and/or able to help the evening of the event. Art for a Cure raised over $12,000 last year. With that money we were able to help 6 families who were facing financial hardship due to cost encured by transplant. Our goal is to raise $20,000 this year and help many more families and raise awareness for biliary atresia. Not only is this for a wonderful cause, but you are able to purchase wonderful works of art by local artist, enjoy great food and drink, see some local familiar faces and hear the groove of local musicians. Download Flyer Here!
	B.A. Player B.A. Cure - Missouri Baptist University Saturday, January 15, 2011 Women's Basketball vs. McKendree University at 2 pm Men's Basketball vs. McKendree University at 4 pm We will be honoring local B.A. families at half-time of the women's game and the men's game. Any B.A. family and BARC/Transplant team members in attendance gets in for free. Please let me know at tiahwingate@hotmail.com if you will be attending, and which game. Also, we would like the name of each BA "kid", their age, and date of Kasai and/or transplant, for when they're announced.In addition to honoring the B.A. kids, we will be raising money for ChiLDREN by selling t-shirts and bracelets. The players will also be conducting a pledge drive, and wearing shirts during warm-ups. Check out www.baplayerbacure.org
	THANKS TO ALL WHO PARTICIPATED TO MAKE THIS DAY A HUGE SUCCESS! NOT ONLY DID WE RAISE TONS OF AWARENESS ON DECEMBER 1, BUT WE ALSO RAISED $1625.00 FOR BA RESEARCH! National Help Make the World Aware of Biliary Atresia Day Wednesday, December 1, 2010 This is the first annual National Day of BA awareness. T-Shirts and Window Decals are on sale for this day and all the proceeds go to NIDDK tagged for Biliary Atresia research. . Click HERE to purchase. We encourage everyone to take a moment on this day to educate someone else about BA and the importance of organ donation. Ways to help? 1) Organize your own fundraiser 2) Post the available flyer everywhere (work, put at license offices, hand out at a public place) 3) Get people to purchase the BA Day merch to help raise funds 4) Print the available donor cards and hand them out on this day 5) Take lots of pictures for our BA Day Photo Album! Get creative and Go BIG. Together we can make a difference. You don't need your organs in Heaven; God knows we need them here! Help spread the word!(See the event on Facebook, click HERE)
	American Liver Foundation 2010 Liver Life Walk Join the 'Damn You Bilis' Event Schedule: Registration 9am, Walk 10am Event Date: September 18, 2010 Event Location: Tower Grove Park, Sons of Rest Shelter Our team goal is 100 members this year. Please join us and help us surpass our goal. There is strength in numbers and we need to raise awareness about Biliary Atresia, Organ Donation and Liver Disease. Click HERE to join our team and/or to make a donation to the American Liver Foundation. Click HERE to get this year's 'damn you bili' T-shirt.
	BA Meet-Up / Photoshoot Weekend in St. Louis Friday - Sunday June 25 - 27 Sunday, June 27th at 9:30 am will be the BA photoshoot with the lovely and talented Emily Miller. This will be help at the St. Louis Art Museum and T-shirts are available for the group photo-Click Here. To learn more about the weekend click here.

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