Updates

Transplant Games Information:

• Important Links

  • US Transplant Games Official Website

  • Team Pittsburgh Uniform Ordering Form

    • At the meeting on Saturday we talked about uniforms and ordering which needs to be submitted ASAP.  Attached is a Team Pittsburgh Friend uniform ordering page -- please complete and return to: Michelle Christenson at mchristenson@core.org or mailed to:  

      • Shelley Zomak.9 Hillcrest Drive, Cecil, PA 15321

      Checks should be made payable to the National Kidney Foundation and forwarded to me as well. Please let us know if you have any questions on the attached order. Orders need to be places ASAP so that we can get a shipping date to plan for the uniform distribution meeting.

       

  • 2010 U.S. Transplant Games Registration Page

  • Transplant Games Medical Waiver Form

  • Download Hotel/Bus/Participation Form

  • Team Pittsburgh Membership Form

   

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• We are excited to announce that registration for the 2010 National Kidney Foundation U.S. Transplant Games^® will open on Monday, February 8, 2010 at 10:00 AM EST.  For registration and housing details and to register, log on to transplant games.org.

   

  Register early and save! You can take advantage of early-bird discounts until Friday, March 19^Th. Standard registration fees begin March 20^Th.

   

  What's new for 2010?

   

  • Tailgate Party prior to the Opening Ceremony
  • Modified age groups for Children (13 and under)
  • Ballroom Dancing will be included as a demonstration sport.
  • Living Donors compete in selected competitions.
  • and more!

  • The 2010 Games will have an optional Grab and Go Lunch which can be picked up at the AEC - Games Hub daily for any attendees. -- Decide what will work for you...

   

• Hotels:

  • If you supported a hotel room for the Games with a credit card just before Christmas you should have received your room codes by now from Mary Grace Diane -- if you have not please let me know.  Also, if you do not feel you want those rooms right now let me know so we can see if someone else from the Team could use. 

  • Hotels will be available after one person registers for the Games -- if you are not part of a room block I would suggest that someone from your group registers ASAP -- you do not need to register the entire family on day 1 -- just enough to secure a room. Only one person per room should register for the hotel -- you will need to have the names of everyone staying with you to include at that time -- this is the only way shuttle transportation during the Games will be noted. 

  • The hotels where a majority will be staying are Best Western Inn on the Park and Concourse.  If rooms are not available during registration please add your name to the waiting list -- this is not uncommon as they attempt to add hotels only when needed.  Also, after April 30th any rooms from the room blocks which are unclaimed will be released to the general population.  There will be a room in Madison for everyone. 

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:

• To demonstrate to our nation’s public the collective and individual successes of the life-restoring therapy of organ and bone marrow transplantation
• 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
• 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

Team Announcements:

 

• Shop online at Avon and support Team Pittsburgh!      Participate in the Team Pittsburgh Avon Fundraiser. Support Our Cause With this Online Event. By shopping online through this website 40% of the proceeds will be contributed to the cause. Avon Event for the Allegheny Division of the National Kidney Foundation. Be Sure to Enter CODE:TEAMPITT1. To shop online at AVON follow the link www.youravon.com/lindsaydaniels  and then click: Online Events.  For any questions, please contact Lindsay Daniels at 724.322.0110.
   
• 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

   

• Check for the latest photos and results from previous Team Pittsburgh events.
   

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