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So we advertised to like 10,000 people in our area on the right boards and stuff. Hopefully we don't get that many people who show up.

I called Panini to ask for some kind of door prize if they could donate something. Not heard back from yet.

I may call Topps and Leaf also 

The idea of a pack battle on maybe youtube or something might be intesting ?? Have to look into it. It's hard to find help.

I bugged 2 of my friends who know nothing about sports cards to help out and my son and another young teen who likes Pokemon. 

So I am limited to what I can pull off as I am running on very few volunteers

So I am hoping some of the people who might come. Might volunteer to help out for future ones.

I think it would be alot of fun for people to come and hang out.

So we might be trying to bite off more than we can handle. Then again if you don't try nothing is ever done.

Send me your name, address. I'll donate.

Donn

Just an idea/suggestion.

I've been to trivia nights where a game called Living or Dead is played. Usually this involes a $1 buy-in but could just be for fun or a prize.

In a nutshell, everyone stands up and a name is called out.  If you think the person is alive, you give a thumbs up - if you think they're dead, a thumbs down.  It's a honor system result and when a person is wrong, they sit down.  Of course, eventually you get down to 2 or 3 people who then come "up front" and turn back to back to prevent peeking.  For your event you could call out names of players in all sports.  There's even the "In Memoriam" section here on TCDb to give you a list of people who have passed.

I have replied and we will send back a tax deductible paper for your contribution since this is going to a 501c3 

Thanks again

Selling cooked food with beverages is a great idea but not so great if you don't have enough volunteers and the local health department might have something to say. So you might want to go with prepackaged foods/drinks. Or maybe you can get a local food truck to sell hot food and drinks.

I agree we would probably sell chips, candy bars, beverages and maybe hot dogs..

food truck idea may be a great idea during warmer weather 

Did you mention what state you are in?

You should see if your local library has any book sales between now and when you have the event.  Often times they are willing to donate unsold books for causes so you might be able to request any unused sports books to use as raffle prizes.

You can also see if you can purchase any larger lots on ebay or craiglist and break it down into small lots of 20 or more cards and offer them as grab bags.

Another idea, see if you can find any auctioniers willing to volunteer.  You can offer up an auction where people can sell unwanted cards with a percent going to the chairty and they get the rest since it's their items being sold.  My son and I used to go to a sports auction in NH and had a blast.  Everything from unopened boxes of cards, higher value cards, odd ball lots, unique items, signed items etc.

And of course, autographs... sometimes you can find local sports figures who are willing to donate their time signing autographs to help charities.  Might not be a top star but it might be a minor league player or someone who made it a year or two into the majors.

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