The Donate Life Transplant Games is a multi-sport festival for individuals who have undergone life-saving transplant surgeries. Competition is open to living donors and solid organ transplant recipients as well as bone marrow, cornea, and tissue transplant recipients. More than an athletic event, the Games highlight the success of transplantation; honor the lasting legacy of donors; provide hope to those who continue to wait; and promote donor registration.

 

While athletes must be recipients of life-saving transplant surgeries, anyone registered with a state-sponsored team can attend the five-day festival.  

 

The Transplant Life Foundation (formerly the Transplant Games of America - TGA) produces the Donate Life Transplant Games, a biennial event held in different locations across the United States. In 2024, thousands of people gathered in Birmingham, AL, to celebrate the power of organ donation and transplantation. Previously, the Games were hosted in San Diego in 2022, drawing more than 10,000 participants.

Due to COVID-19, the 2020 Games were postponed and later "reimagined" in the summer of 2021 through various community events across the U.S. While this modified event lacked some of the in-person emotion and energy, it still highlighted the incredible gift of life and the urgent need for organ donors, with more than 109,000 individuals waiting for a life-saving transplant. Many events were also broadcast live from the American Dream in New Jersey, offering opportunities for a wider audience to witness the impact of donation and transplantation.

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Looking ahead, the 2026 Donate Life Transplant Games will take place in Denver, CO, bringing together thousands of transplant recipients, living donors, donor families, and supporters to celebrate resilience, honor donors, and raise awareness about the lifesaving power of organ, eye, and tissue donation.

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. For more information visit the website at www.transplantgamesofamerica.org.

 

Learn more about the Transplant Life Foundation.