Please help Team Louisiana get to the 2024 Transplant Games. Your gift will help sponsor the recipients, donors and their families from Louisiana to attend, participate and cheer on their loved ones in Birmingham, Alabama from July 5 - 10, 2024.
Thanks to a special gift from The Wendy Marx Fund for Organ Donor Awareness, your donation will be doubled!
The Wendy Marx Fund for Organ Donor Awareness will match up to $10,000.00 for gifts received by April 30, 2024.
The weeklong event features thousands of athletes from all 50 states competing in 20 athletic and recreational competitions. Joining the nearly 43 domestic teams will be international guest teams from Australia, Brazil, Columbia and others. The full lineup of sports will be announced in the future, but is expected to include badminton, ballroom dancing, 3-on-3 basketball, bowling, cornhole, cycling, darts, golf, pickleball, table tennis, swimming, tennis, trivia challenge, track and field, virtual triathlon, volleyball and more. Athletic competitions will be hosted at seven venues across the greater Birmingham area and will be free and open for all spectators.
In addition to the medal events, the Games will host more than 45 special events and programs designed to bring the community together, including the Opening Ceremony, 5K Race/Walk, Donor Tribute Ceremony, Living Donor Celebration, seminar and workshop program, TGA Village, Veteran’s Salute, Quarter Century Club Dinner, and more. These events not only serve as an opportunity for donor families, recipients, living donors and professionals to engage with one another and share stories, but it celebrates donors who gave the selfless gift of life.