Organ transplant recipients, living donors, and donor families from New Jersey, New York, and Connecticut gathered at Metlife Stadium Meadowlands in East Rutherford, New Jersey, to celebrate the inspiring achievements at the 2024 Transplant Games of America held in Birmingham, Alabama.
The group known as Team Liberty — a program of the Sharing Network Foundation — brought home 118 medals across a range of events including basketball, track and field, swimming, pickleball, cornhole, and trivia. They competed against thousands of participants from all 50 states.
Team Liberty participates in the biennial Transplant Games and works year-round to raise awareness about the importance of organ and tissue donation and transplantation.
About NJ Sharing Network
NJ Sharing Network, headquartered in New Providence, NJ, is the federally designated non-profit organization focused on saving and enhancing lives through the recovery of donated organs and tissue in the Garden State. NJ Sharing Network partners with 54 local hospitals to provide hope for nearly 4,000 New Jersey residents waiting for a lifesaving organ transplant and is part of the national recovery system for over 100,000 people on the national transplant waiting list.
NJ Sharing Network has reported organ donation records for five consecutive years, with over three million New Jerseyans registered as organ and tissue donors, according to the New Jersey Motor Vehicle Commission (NJMVC). Recognized by NJBIZ as one of the state’s ‘Best Places to Work’ for seven consecutive years, NJ Sharing Network is among the top-performing organ procurement organizations (OPO) in the nation. To learn more, get involved, and join the National Donate Life Registry as an organ and tissue donor, visit www.NJSharingNetwork.org.
About the Sharing Network Foundation
The Sharing Network Foundation supports the work of NJ Sharing Network, the federally designated non-profit organization responsible for the recovery of donated organs and tissue in the Garden State. The Foundation is committed to increasing the number of lives saved through clinical advancement, family support, public awareness and education about the lifesaving benefits of organ and tissue donation and transplantation. For more information or to make a contribution, visit www.SharingNetworkFoundation.org.