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Transplant Recipients Celebrate Life

Posted at 9:41 AM, Dec 21, 2013
and last updated 2013-12-21 09:41:45-05

GRAND RAPIDS, Mich.- The Transplant Games of America are coming back in 2014 but first they are making a stop in Grand Rapids on a flag tour.

The tour is part of a countdown to the games being held in Houston. Area organ, eye and tissue recipients, living donors, donor family members and the public are all invited to participate in the event and sign the flag. The event is being held from 10 a.m. to noon on Monday, December 30th in the Spectrum Health Medical Group’s Meijer Heart Center lobby.

The Transplant Games raise awareness about the importance of organ, eye and tissue donation.