2010 U.S. Transplant Games
July 30, 2010 to August 4th 2010 in Madison, Wisconsin
The National Kidney Foundation Proudly presents the U.S. Transplant Games.
The Foundation is a voluntary healthagency dedicated to preventing kidney and urinary tract diseases, improving gamesthe health and well being of individuals and families affected by these diseases and increasing the availability of ALL organs for transplantation. The Foundation has presented the U.S. Transplant Games since 1990.
Join Team Kentucky at the U.S. Transplant Games
For meeting details, call or e-mail Lisa Allgood, Team Manager 502-585-5433 1-800-737-LIFE (5433)
Meetings are informational and no obligation or commitment is required. Team Kentucky is organized by the National Kidney Foundation of Kentucky and other coalition organizations as a service to transplant recipients, living donors, donor family members, and the professionals, friends and family members who support them.
What are the U.S. Transplant Games?
The games are more than an athletic competition. They are the coming together of thousands of individuals who all share one thing in common; their lives have been touched by organ and tissue donation. The transplant games showcase the success of transplantation while calling attention to the critical need for donors.
Who Can Attend
There's something for everyone... transplant recipients, donor family members, living donors and their friends and family. You don't need to be an accomplished athlete to participate; the U.S. Transplant Games are much more than a competition. The games serve as testimony to the gift of life, both for those who have given and those who have received.
Living donors and donor family members may take part in recognition ceremonies and educational seminars. By attending the games you will meet transplant recipients, donor families and living donors.
Recipients who have received a lifesaving solid organ transplant or heterologous bone marrow and are at least six months post-transplant can choose to compete in one or more of the many sporting events.
Medals will be awarded to the top males and females in each category. While the games are an athletic competition, athletic ability is not a requirement to participate and in fact, many participants come just for the camaraderie.
Sporting Events: Badminton, 3 on 3 Basketball, Bowling, Team Bowling, Cycling, Golf, Team Golf, Racquetball, Doubles Racquetball, 5K Race, Swimming, Table Tennis, Tennis, Doubles Tennis, Track and Field and Volleyball
2008 Team Kentucky Pictures
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