{"id":6906,"date":"2020-06-22T17:45:17","date_gmt":"2020-06-22T21:45:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/gatransplant.org\/about-us\/our-mission-history\/"},"modified":"2025-09-08T09:50:29","modified_gmt":"2025-09-08T13:50:29","slug":"our-mission-history","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/gatransplant.blackbaudwp.com\/es\/about-us\/our-mission-history\/","title":{"rendered":"Nuestra Misi\u00f3n e Historia"},"content":{"rendered":"<h1>\n\t\t\tNuestra misi\u00f3n\n\t\t<\/h1>\n\t\t\t<p>Bridging the gap between hope and opportunity by educating and enriching the lives of those affected by organ transplant<\/p>\t\t\n\t\t<h2>\n\t\t\tEl nacimiento de GTF\n\t\t<\/h2>\n\t\t\t<p>Tommy Smith se acerc\u00f3 a su trabajador social de trasplantes, Pat Dunkerley, con la loca idea de iniciar una organizaci\u00f3n que pudiera brindar apoyo inmediato a los pacientes y sus familias en situaciones de crisis y durante todo el proceso de trasplante. <strong>Quer\u00eda asegurarse de que ning\u00fan paciente de Georgia tuviera que elegir entre comer o tomar los medicamentos necesarios para mantener el trasplante que le salv\u00f3 la vida.<\/strong> Pat and Tommy knew the chore would be herculean, but they rolled up their sleeves, pulled in their friends and family, and the Georgia Transplant Foundation was born.Tommy was the visionary and Pat worked right by his side to make his dream come true. Today, GTF has evolved beyond its roots to become the largest organization of its kind in the country. <strong>Georgia Transplant Foundation impacts more than 2,000 individuals each year, supplying more than $2.08 million in financial assistance annually.<\/strong><\/p>\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/gatransplant.blackbaudwp.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/bb-plugin\/cache\/Tommy_Pat-square.jpg\" alt=\"Tommy Pat\" itemprop=\"image\" height=\"1200\" width=\"1777\" title=\"Tommy Pat\" onerror=\"this.style.display='none'\"  \/>\n\t<a href=\"#\" id=\"trigger-\" role=\"button\" data-modal=\"\" data-node=\"\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\tVista previa modal\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<iframe width=\"960\" height=\"715\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/TVkXRJEgAp4\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\t\t\t\t\t\n\t<p>Tommy Smith, fundador de GTF<\/p>\n\t<h2>Nuestra historia<\/h2>\n<p>Georgia Transplant Foundation was founded in August 1992 by kidney transplant recipient Thomas &#8220;Tommy&#8221; F. Smith, a veteran of the Vietnam War serving his country in the United States Marine Corps. Recognizing first-hand the tremendous financial impact that patients and families face before, during, and after transplantation, Tommy decided that he needed to do something to help needy Georgians.<\/p>\n\t\t<h2>\n\t\t\tIMPRESIONES EN LA HISTORIA DE GTF\n\t\t<\/h2>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h4>1992<\/h4>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><strong>La Georgia Transplant Foundation es fundada en agosto de 1992 por Tommy Smith.<\/strong><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/gatransplant.blackbaudwp.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/tommy-smith.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"490\" height=\"392\" \/>Despu\u00e9s de recibir una carta en su buz\u00f3n sobre la dif\u00edcil situaci\u00f3n que enfrentan los pacientes trasplantados, la leyenda del Sal\u00f3n de la Fama del b\u00e9isbol, <strong>Tom Glavine, da su apoyo a GTF y presta su nombre a la Fundaci\u00f3n<\/strong> (durante los pr\u00f3ximos 25 a\u00f1os) a trav\u00e9s de su evento &quot;Entrenamiento de primavera de Tom Glavine&quot;, recaudando m\u00e1s de $5.9 millones para la comunidad de trasplantes de Georgia.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h4>1993 <\/h4>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/gatransplant.blackbaudwp.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/1993_Board.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"499\" height=\"397\" \/><strong>Se forma la primera Junta Directiva. <\/strong>Tommy Smith reuni\u00f3 a una junta fundadora de personas dedicadas que, a pesar de tener carreras de tiempo completo, estaban dispuestas a trabajar por las noches y los fines de semana para asegurarse de que los receptores de trasplantes recibieran el apoyo y la asistencia financiera que necesitaban.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h4>1995  <\/h4>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><strong>Se otorga la primera beca Carlos y Marguerite Mason Trust a GTF<\/strong> por un total de $400,000 durante un per\u00edodo de tres a\u00f1os para: Programas de asistencia financiera, Folleto informativo de GTF y un n\u00famero de tel\u00e9fono 1-800. Ese mismo a\u00f1o, GTF ampli\u00f3 la lista de programas ofrecidos para incluir: Asistencia previa al trasplante, Seguro previo al trasplante y Asistencia para la vivienda.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h4>1996   <\/h4>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><strong>Nace el primer logo GTF.<\/strong><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/gatransplant.blackbaudwp.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/Brayson_Homes.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"500\" height=\"344\" \/><strong>La primera casa de trasplantes de Brayson Homes recaud\u00f3 $65,058.60 para GTF.<\/strong><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h4>2004<\/h4>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/gatransplant.blackbaudwp.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/trenads-in-transplant-logo1.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"167\" \/><strong>La primera conferencia de Trends iN Transplant (TNT) se lleva a cabo en Columbus, GA.<\/strong><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h4>2009<\/h4>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/gatransplant.blackbaudwp.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/Hospitality.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"234\" height=\"234\" \/><strong>Hospitality Highway Century<\/strong> - M\u00e1s de 1.500 ciclistas pedalearon por la autopista GA-400, ya que se cerr\u00f3 temporalmente para beneficiar a GTF. El evento inaugural recaud\u00f3 m\u00e1s de $55,000 para la Fundaci\u00f3n.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h4>2011<\/h4>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><strong>GTF otorga $1.2 millones en asistencia financiera directa.<\/strong>El primer n\u00famero de <strong>Revista Imprint de GTF<\/strong> se publica y distribuye a m\u00e1s de 20.000 en todo el estado.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h4>2013<\/h4>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>los <strong>Programa de enlace con el centro de di\u00e1lisis (DCL)<\/strong> se lanza para animar a los pacientes en di\u00e1lisis a que consideren el trasplante como una opci\u00f3n de tratamiento al conocer los programas y servicios que ofrece GTF.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h4>2016<\/h4>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Gracias a la generosidad del Carlos y Marguerite Mason Trust, <strong>GTF se mud\u00f3 a su hogar para siempre con la compra de un edificio<\/strong>.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h4>2017<\/h4>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/gatransplant.blackbaudwp.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/MJS_CelebrateLife_2019-200-of-187.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"455\" height=\"272\" \/>La inaugural <strong>Celebrate Life Gala<\/strong> fue creado y se convirti\u00f3 en el nuevo evento insignia de GTF.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h4>2018<\/h4>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><strong>M\u00e1s de 10,000 personas ayudaron <\/strong>a trav\u00e9s de los programas de asistencia financiera directa de GTF.<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Our Mission Bridging the gap between hope and opportunity by educating and enriching the lives of those affected by organ transplant The Birth of GTF Tommy Smith approached his transplant&hellip;<\/p>","protected":false},"author":43,"featured_media":0,"parent":6839,"menu_order":46,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-6906","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"acf":[],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/gatransplant.blackbaudwp.com\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/6906","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/gatransplant.blackbaudwp.com\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/gatransplant.blackbaudwp.com\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gatransplant.blackbaudwp.com\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/43"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gatransplant.blackbaudwp.com\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=6906"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/gatransplant.blackbaudwp.com\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/6906\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":62446,"href":"https:\/\/gatransplant.blackbaudwp.com\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/6906\/revisions\/62446"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gatransplant.blackbaudwp.com\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/6839"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/gatransplant.blackbaudwp.com\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=6906"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}