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Genesee County Athletes to Participate in Transplant Games
State Senator John Gleason (D-Flushing) will be one of five Genesee County athletes participating in the Transplant Games of America.
The Games, a multi-sport festival event for athletes who have undergone life-saving transplant surgeries and living donors, will be held in Grand Rapids. This will be Michigan's first time hosting the games.
Gleason has been a big advocate of organ donation after having undergone a kidney transplant in 2001.
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