USA Transplant Support Group

The USA Regional Transplant Support Group has been going for several years. March of 2006 I unofficially took over the support group. October of 2006 we started the Youth Support Group. Both have been extremely successful. The main support group has gone from 5-10 attendees a month to 30-50 a month. Each month is filled with a nice dinner, educational topic and an exercise component, usually dancing. One month we learned to salsa, belly dance, line dance.....
The Youth Support Group attendance is not as great, but their compliance has soared. Last year at this time there were some children in jeopardy of losing their kidneys. This year they are doing great with more than 9 months of compliance. We have a lot of reasons to be proud of USA Transplant and there is more to come. We are expecting 20-40 of our patients to compete in the 2008 US Transplant Olympic Games. These games are going to be sanctioned by the official Olympic Games and are not for the faint at heart. One of the main reasons for the games is to promote organ donation but also to show that transplant patients are active and alive. They have been given a second chance at life and are taking advantage of it.
Within the next year I will be sending out emails asking you guys to support Team Alabama with contributions, donations, orders for fundraisers as well as time in these efforts. We have to raise $800 for each participate, so we need a lot of help. Keep you eyes open for future blog information and emails----more importantly, keep your wallet lose because we need your help. Team Alabama is going for the Gold in 2008.