Transplant Games of America is working hard to plan an amazing Games 2024 for next summer.  Many of the elements that you are accustomed to in the pre-covid games will be back in 2024.  The Team Walk-in Ceremony will be back during the Saturday night Opening Ceremonies.  Also, shuttles will run from all sanctioned hotels to Convention Center and then from Convention Center to competitions in outlying areas such as bowling and track events.

 

Here are some activities to enjoy outside the competitions.

Film Festival

Enjoy donation and transplant related films.  A different film will be featured each day but will have multiple start times to accommodate schedules.  Films still to be announced.

 

  • Friday – 2:00 p.m., 5:00 p.m. & 8:00 p.m.​
  • Sunday – 2:00 p.m. & 8:00 p.m.​
  • Monday – 2:00 p.m., 5:00 p.m. & 8:00 p.m.​
  • Tuesday – 2:00 p.m., 5:00 p.m. & 8:00 p.m.​

 

Luncheon Series

Join donation and transplant experts in the exciting atmosphere of the Transplant Games.  Lunch and presentations on challenges facing patients, caregivers, and donor families:​

 

  • Friday at 12:00 p.m.        Multicultural Affairs in Transplantation​
  • Sunday at 12:00 p.m.      Health & Happiness in Transplant​
  • Tuesday at 12:00 p.m.    Transplant Life Foundation Awards Luncheon​

 

Keep these dates in mind

  • January 5, 2024 – Early Registration
  • May 1, 2024 – Late Registration
  • Competitors must have received or donated before Oct. 6, 2023

 

Transplant Team AZ is in the midst of our Fundraising so we can provide the typical accommodations packages for our team members of hotel and travel stipend.  The Track schedule is posted on

TrackItForward.com, dates are filling up nicely.  However, we need extra help during the Thanksgiving Weekend.  This is at the ATTESA track in Casa Grande.  We know this quite a trek for a lot of you.  We are offering a $25 gas card for anyone who volunteers for two or more shifts per day.

 

In addition to Pro-Auto, we have the Jim Click Raffle Tickets for sale.  These tickets are only on sale through Dec. 2.  They are priced at $25 apiece.  The Team keeps every dollar we raise when we sell a raffle ticket.  This is a great fundraiser, and we can raise a lot of money if we sell the 200 tickets we have on hand.  This year’s grand prize is a 2024 Ford Bronco Raptor.  But don’t forget about the two first-class round-trip tickets to anywhere in the world or $5,000 cash as the 2nd and 3rd place winners.  If you want to “check-out” tickets to sell, contact Tila at tila@tranplantaz.org and she will mail you some tickets.  Or you can spread the word and send people directly to our website to purchase tickets. The link for the page to buy tickets is https://www.transplantaz.org/shop/raffle-ticket/

 

Our Digital Dozen Donuts fundraiser was a new concept we wanted to try out.  This 100% digital campaign required some creativity and minimal time.  Our goal was to sell 100 dozen and that would pocket us $750 for Team AZ.  We thank the Team members who helped us and bought donuts themselves and also spread the word by sharing on social media.  We sold 48, good try for our first campaign!