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Team
Announcements:
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There are
plenty of Sarris Candy bars available in Shelley's
office in C900. Do you know of a location willing to
display a case of Team Pittsburgh labeled Sarris Candy
bars? This is a big fundraiser for the Team. Milk
chocolate, peanut butter, crisp, almond, and pretzel
rods are available for only $ 1.00 each. Now available!
Sarris Salted Pretzel bar!
The classic milk chocolate bar now loaded
with broken pretzels pieces. Salty, smooth, crunchy and
sweet, makes it the perfect treat to eat
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Check for the latest
photos and
results from previous Team
Pittsburgh events. Also check out Team Pittsburgh
on
Facebook for more information and photos.
Who is Team
Pittsburgh?
We are the
transplant recipient athletes, donor family members, living
donors, families, friends, health care professionals, and
spectators from Western Pennsylvania & Northern West
Virginia communities who will proudly represent this region
at the 2010 U.S. Transplant Games.
We may be your
family member, friend, neighbor, or co-worker. We have
survived a life-threatening illness or tragedy with high
hopes to help others by raising national awareness of both
the successes of transplantation and the desperate need for
life-saving organ donors through our participation in the
upcoming U.S. Transplant Games. We are committed to this
cause in order to help those who await their “gift of
life”.
What are "The Games?"
The U.S. Transplant Games is a
four-day athletic competition among recipients of all organ
and bone marrow transplants held every two years at sites
all over the continental U.S. The Games consist of 12
sports and 41 events.
As much as
this very special event is an athletic competition that
calls attention to the success of organ and bone marrow
transplantation, it is also an incredible celebration of
life among recipients, their families and friends.
Transplant recipients who do not physically qualify to
compete are encouraged to join the local team and attend the
Games as spectators so they can be a part of this gathering
of recipients.
The purposes of the U.S. Transplant Games are:
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To
demonstrate to our nation’s public the collective and
individual successes of the life-restoring therapy of
organ and bone marrow transplantation
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To use the
mass media to promote the success of organ donation and
transplantation and to call attention to the dire
need for organ donation through events and support
activities before, during, and after the event
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To contribute to the successful
rehabilitation of our nation's transplant patient
community
To involve the
entire transplant community--including it’s physicians,
health care professionals, patients, donor families and
related organizations--in a worldwide collaborative effort
for the benefit of organ donation awareness.
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