We are Project Hope Transplant! A team of young adult transplant recipients dedicated to making peer support a strong and accessible resource for pediatric, adolescent, and young adult transplant patients across the globe!

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Welcome to
Project Hope!

We are a nonprofit organization founded by pediatric and AYA transplant patients, for pediatric and AYA transplant patients.

Our five Board of Directors members came together in 2023 after bonding over our shared experiences as young transplant recipients and realizing how much work remained in order to unify the community. Growing up with end-stage organ failure and undergoing transplantation, many of us lacked the resources and opportunities to connect with peers who truly understood what we were going through.

We created Project Hope to help change that. Our mission is to ensure that young transplant patients have access to the education, support, and community we all wish we had growing up.

We’re so glad you’re here and excited to welcome you to the Project Hope community!

RECENT EVENTS

In addition to our structured, peer-led community meetings hosted by our chapters on an online platform, Project Hope Transplant hosts in-person events for mentors, mentees, families, staff, and volunteers to connect face-to-face! Check out our recent meetups!

Learn more about our upcoming group mentorship opportunities, support sessions, and in-person events!


Upcoming Events


  • Happy Transplantiversary, Project Hope!

    This year, the Project Hope MedStar Georgetown Transplant Institute chapter brought members together for a special Transplantiversary Party to honor just how far each recipient has come. Throughout the day, members celebrated with friendship bracelet making, UNO No Mercy, Pin the Organ on the Patient, and, of course, singing "Happy Transplantiversary to You!" while enjoying a liver-shaped cake!

    Beyond the games and festivities, the celebration created space to reflect on the journeys that brought us together. We recognized the challenges overcome, celebrated resilience, and expressed our gratitude to our donor heroes and their families, our loved ones, caregivers, and the medical teams whose compassion and dedication made these milestones possible. This event was a joyful reminder that every transplantiversary is not only a celebration of life, but also of the community that walks alongside us every step of the way.

    Most importantly, transplantiversaries with Project Hope remind recipients that they are not alone! Thank you to everyone who celebrated with us!

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Members Are Saying

We love getting feedback from our partner organizations, centers, and most importantly our individual patients and family members! Every experience shared helps us improve and adjust our program and incorporate our stakeholders' ideas. Our mission is so important to us, and we value all the incredible comments, feedback, and stories we receive from our members. 

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  • "This group normalizes transplant in a way that I have never seen anything else do. I have seen so many children grow up feeling isolated by their medical experiences.... Addressing that issue is, in my mind, the single best thing that medical professionals can do… It is also the thing that we, as a medical community, are failing at most miserably. This group addresses just that and does so in a way that creates a strong community bond.”

  • “My child loves the group! He is usually shy, but he always asks me when the next group meeting is and seems to genuinely feel a connection to all the mentors.”

  • “My daughter has struggled with her self-image when it comes to transplant. She doesn’t like to talk about it, even at home, and sometimes gets embarrassed when people find out that she takes medicine, see her scar, etc. The way she is responding to this group, the confidence she’s gaining, and seeing the older mentors who are doing so well gives me so much hope for her future.”

  • “I got to attend one of the first in-person events Project Hope Transplant hosted for my local chapter. It was so great to meet other transplant patients in person, and it was the first time I had met another recipient my age in over 15 years as a patient. It was so fun, and I had a great time!”

  • “My daughter loves this group! She has always been proud to be a transplant recipient and proud of her story, and I have been dreading the day when that teenage insecurity sets in and she might stop feeling that way. This group puts my mind at ease because it makes me think that might not happen now. It’s great for her confidence. Being able to “teach” the other kids in the group alongside the older mentors about the things she knows about transplant and medical experiences in general has really been a sense of pride for her.”

  • “As a mentor and older recipient, this group has been so impactful to be part of. Not only do I get to grow my own community and support system, but I get to help younger transplant recipients receive the support and resources I wish I had growing up.”

  • “Our [medical] team appreciates all Project Hope does for our patients!”

  • “Having a group that normalizes the part of me that usually makes me different than my peers truly changes the game. I feel like I can talk freely without worrying people won’t understand what I’m talking about, will think my experiences are weird, or won’t be able to relate to me. Having a conversation about ‘what organ is your favorite organ and why’ and it being totally normal for everyone around you is totally awesome.”

  • “No one really understands how difficult it is to watch your kid go through something as difficult, isolating, and traumatic as an organ transplant. It’s hard to watch as a parent, but watching my kid and others from our center connect with the Project Hope community lets us know that our family isn’t alone and there is hope out there.”