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| Members of NY/NJ Team Liberty
are preparing to compete in the 2004 US Transplant
Games that will be held in Minneapolis-St.
Paul, MN during July. Pictured from left to
right are John Lucchesi, lung transplant recipient
2001; Marcia Krupit, MSW, transplant social
worker of the Saint Barnabas Medical Center’s
Renal Transplant Program and Co-manager of
Team Liberty; RoseMarie Hampp, kidney donor
2003; Michael DiPiano, simultaneous kidney
pancreas transplant recipient 1998; Pat Malone,
3-time kidney transplant recipient and winner
of a bronze medal in track and field at previous
US Transplant Games. |
Organized by the National Kidney Foundation, this year’s Olympic-style games will celebrate 50 years of organ transplantation since the first successful kidney transplant was performed in Boston in 1954. Athletes who have received a life-saving organ transplant that has been functioning for at least six months and kidney donors are encouraged to compete in a variety of sports. The event brings transplant recipients, donor families, living donors and transplant professionals together to showcase the quality of life that can be achieved after transplant and to promote an increase in the availability of all organs for transplantation. Anyone interested in participating with or supporting Team Liberty, should call Marcia Krupit at 973-322-8461.
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