Kids And Kubs Challenge Transplant Team in Twelfth Annual Game (Today) Saturday January 10

Tampa General Hospital's skilled surgical Organ Transplant Team will visit North Shore Park, located at 901 North Shore Blvd, St. Petersburg, on Saturday, October 10. The softball game aims to raise public awareness about organ donation and organ transplantation at the hospital.

A featured event of the day will be the annual softball game with the Organ Transplant Team challenging the Kids and Kubs. The game is scheduled to begin at 10:00 AM.

The event was initiated by former Kids and Kubs player Cleo Stinyard, who challenged the Transplant Team to a softball game after undergoing a kidney transplant 11 years ago. Tampa General is Florida's busiest transplant center, and TGH has performed an estimated 20,000 transplants over the past years.

Tampa General Hospital's Transplant Institute is ranked among the top five in the nation by volume and is the number one transplant institute in Florida. The Liver Transplant Program began in 1987 and is now one of the busiest liver transplant centers in the country.

The Transplant Institute has performed over 2,300 liver transplants and set records in 2023. The high patient volumes reflect the uncommon and challenging hepatic diseases we treat compared to other hospitals.

Attendees of the free event can learn about pancreas and kidney transplants, as well as donor opportunities.