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  • Chris Klug, Liver Transplant Survivor and Olympic Gold Medal Hopeful in Snowboarding, to Celebrate Gift of Life at U.S. Transplant Games
    Snowboarder and liver transplant recipient Chris Klug is one-of-a-kind at the Winter Olympics. In July 2000, he received a liver transplant following a seven-year battle with liver disease. Only five months post transplant, Chris Klug was back on the snowboarding competition circuit . . . (read more)

  • National Kidney Foundation Seeks Nominations for 2002 U.S. Transplant Games Awards (Click here to print out a nomination form)
    The National Kidney Foundation is currently seeking nominations for three awards to be presented at the 2002 U.S. Transplant Games to be held June 25-29 at Disney's Wide World of SportsTM Complex . . . (read more)

  • The San Antonio Spurs and the National Kidney Foundation Declare March 14th Sean Elliott Organ Donor Awareness Night
    To celebrate the one-year anniversary of Spurs forward Sean Elliott’s return to basketball, the San Antonio Spurs and the National Kidney Foundation are bringing Elliott’s ongoing organ donor awareness and kidney disease education campaign to the Alamodome . . . (read more)

  • U.S. Transplant Games to Return to Disney World®
    The U.S. Transplant Games will return in 2002 to Disney’s Wide World of SportsTM Complex in Orlando, FL, the site of the largest Games to date . . . (read more)






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