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Detailed information on competitions is available on the Transplant Games website. Individuals will compete in an official 5K in their own community and submit their times to obtain a medal.

In addition, we will be offering a cash prize to the team with the most creative one-to-two-minute video, filmed at or during the race, and submitted for judging. A registered team must consist of at least six runners and their video must include a mock-up or real torch.

Future registrations will be offered at a reduced rate and individuals already registered will receive a partial credit toward the Transplant Games in San Diego. Every individual registered will receive a commemorative gold medal in celebration of this unique one-of-a-kind event. Registration for the Donate Life Transplant Games will be opening soon.

There are additional discussions underway that may include a film series, sponsor exhibits, and virtual chats for attendees to meet and greet. Stay tuned for details. Although there are many details to finalize, I want to reassure everyone that our mission remains unchanged. Our goal has always been to highlight the unparalleled success of transplantation and to honor the thousands of donors whose sacrifice makes it all possible.

We are relying on the strength of our transplant community to keep moving forward — focusing others on the tremendous need for more organs.

Here are the numbers waiting in the NJ-NY area. Finally, we would like to recognize the tremendous work of the Meadowlands Local Organizing Committee over the last four years, leading a team of dedicated professionals in supporting the greatest donation and transplantation event in the world. Skip to content. July 16, - July 21, Such was the case with former seven-term State Sen. Leo Corbet.

His life was transformed twice. He was suffering from what doctors thought was ischemic cardiomyopathy, a heart condition that causes the left ventricle to pump poorly. It was a surprising diagnosis, I am a runner, and I was running marathons and training hard. I had no idea what it was. Around July of , I was training for some races, and went in for a wellness checkup. I asked to have hormone levels checked […]. One day, he woke up around Thanksgiving, and his eyes were yellow, and his urine […].

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