(DENVER, CO) – Team Liberty, representing organ transplant recipients, living donors, and donor families from New Jersey, New York, and Connecticut, earned more than 90 medals at the 2026 Transplant Games of America in Denver, Colorado.
The group competed in events including basketball, track and field, swimming, pickleball, cornhole, and trivia, joining thousands of participants from all 50 states.
The Transplant Games also set a Guinness World Record for the largest gathering of living organ donors and transplant recipients, with 966 participants assembled in one place.
Team Liberty is a program of the Sharing Network Foundation. It participates in the biennial Transplant Games and works year-round to raise awareness about organ and tissue donation and transplantation. More information is available at www.GoTeamLiberty.org.
According to the United Network for Organ Sharing (UNOS) and NJ Sharing Network, more than 100,000 Americans — including nearly 4,000 New Jersey residents — are currently waiting for a lifesaving organ transplant. Learn more or register as a donor at www.NJSharingNetwork.org.
PHOTO CREDITS: Courtesy of NJ Sharing Network