Liver transplant recipient Onyi Kenine sprints to the finish line.
Team Philly is a group of transplant recipients, living donors, donor families, and supporters who attend the Transplant Games every other summer to highlight transplant success and the importance of organ donation.
Join Team Philadelphia for the 2018 Transplant Games of America, August 2-8, 2018 in Salt Lake City, Utah.
Every other year, Gift of Life Donor Program, the region’s organ procurement organization, organizes a team of transplant recipients, donor family members, living donors and their supporters to participate in the Transplant Games of America. The Transplant Games will be held in Salt Lake City, Utah from Auguest 2-8, 2018.
The Transplant Games of America is an Olympic-style athletic competition that raises organ and tissue donor awareness by displaying the talents and abilities of individuals who have undergone life-saving transplant surgeries, as well as honoring families whose loved ones have given the gift of life. Competition events are open to organ transplant recipients, living donors, bone marrow recipients, and a limited number of corneal and tissue transplant recipients. There will also be special programs and workshops available for donor families to attend as well plenty of opportunities to cheer on our athletes as they prove that transplantation works!