Workshop that covers the important issues in developing a plan for how to live successfully with a transplanted organ. Includes planning for post-transplant medications and other needs through successful fundraising. The class teaches grass roots fundraising, organizing a fundraising committee and creating ideas for fundraising events. It is taught monthly in Atlanta and at each Trends in Transplant conference around the state.

The Mentor Project workshop is designed to enhance the special skills gained from the transplant experience. During the course of the half-day seminar, mentors are empowered with the skills that help bring hope and counsel to those new to the world of transplantation. Mentor candidates are post-transplant patients referred by the transplant teams.

One-day seminars hosted in designated outreach areas across Georgia covering medical issues of wellness and transplantation, as well as GTF programs and services.  

Children who have received an organ transplant miss many school days due to illness, transplantation, follow-up procedures and clinic visits. GTF offers assistance with educational needs through a tutoring program available to transplanted children under the age of 18 and still enrolled in elementary, middle or high schools. Applications are made through the transplant center social work staff and must indicate use of other school resources as well.  

Realizing that transplantation poses financial hardships on the entire family, GTF annually awards academic scholarships to selected students who are transplant recipients, dependents of a transplant recipient, living donors, or the sibling of a transplant recipient under the age of 22. The scholarships are awarded to students who are presently enroled in a post-high-school accredited institution or beginning such a program.  

A social group for young transplant recipients that meets quarterly for dinner and conversation, with the purpose of meeting new people and sharing our common journey. The group meets at various Atlanta-area restaurants for casual dining to socialize and celebrate the joy of living. Click here for details about the next Transplant Talk.