Transplant Games 2008


Mayo Clinic is among the sponsors of the National Kidney Foundation’s 2008 U.S. Transplant Games, which are held in even-numbered years “to demonstrate the success of transplantation, honor those who have given the gift of life, and call attention to the need for more organ donors.”

This year the Transplant Games are being held in Pittsburgh, PA, and Mayo Clinic will have a booth to greet Mayo patients and others and to provide a platform for participants to share their transplant stories by engaging in social media.

Please check out these sites to see and hear about people whose lives have been dramatically affected by transplant, and use these social media to help raise awareness of donation by passing these compelling stories along to your family and friends.

To learn more about how you can do this, here are Seven Steps to Promoting Transplant through Social Media.

And if you have been an organ or tissue donor or recipient and you’re not attending the Games, please take a moment to share your story, too, either on those sites or in the comments below.

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