I’m currently trying to get 100,000 PLUS cards ready to go to Cincinnati, so I’ve been spending a lot of time bagging up cards!!

This is what 15,500 bagged up cards look like!!!

I’ve said it several times, but we don’t just donate commons; we donate every single player that has pretty much every played the great game of baseball….as well as several other sports!!!

The Cincinnati donations will include these great players and Hall of Famers!!!

Pete Rose, Eddie Murray, Nolan Ryan, Gary Carter, George Brett and Joe Morgan!!

And not just cards! We donate all types of stuff include unopened full sets, Starting Lineup Dolls and even “pictures”! Not really sure how big these are but they are a lot bigger than cards!

Reggie Jackson, Steve Garvey, Mike Schmidt, Jim Palmer, George Brett

Big thanks to our friends Brian Robinson (San Diego, CA) and Thomas Bacon (Highland Ranch, CO)!!! Brian just keeps sending in cards, I think this is his FOURTH HUGE box!

I’m still surprised at how generous you guys are out there!! Every donation is greatly appreciated!!

We went to Wal-Mart today to see about getting some boxes of baggies and they have totally changed the box that the baggies that we need come in!!!

Here is the new box -

We still need a TON of boxes of these things!!!!

Today has been a BIG day for us at Commons 4 Kids!

First we were contacted by a guy from Maryland awhile back and we were trying to figure out how to get THOUSANDS of cards from Maryland to Kentucky. About a week or more went by and the only idea I had was mail, but that can get expensive. Then I got an email from him telling me that he was flying into Frankfort, KY for work. He’s never been here, what are the odds. He emailed me today and said he got here safely and we set up a meeting.

Eric Harlan donated thousands of cards from his childhood and had nothing be great things to say about us, which really means a lot! It’s awesome that so many people are standing behind us and what we are doing. Here is a picture of his donation -

We know the cards weight 103 lbs because he had to carry them on the plane!!!

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We also go an email from a guy from Frankfort, KY – Barry Barnes. Since we were already in Frankfort, I texted Mr. Barnes to see if we could meet him today as well and we set it up with no hassle.

Mr. Barnes donated a huge tub of cards; several from big time sets like 2012 Museum Collection and Triple Treads; if you know anything about baseball cards, you know that these are not packs you get at Wal-Mart. These are HOBBY only packs and I know that the pack of Triple Treads were around $135 a pack because I tried to talk to my wife into letting my buy a pack (it was unsuccessful by the way!)

I’ve already started sorting these cards and there are cards very low numbers and some really big names! An amazing donation!

These two great guys are the reason this thing has taken off so much and it’s such a huge success!!! These guys donate the cards from their childhood and the cards that they have put their money into, so that we can bag them up and deliver them to kids as far as we can go!!
Thanks to EVERYONE who has donated to this program!! It’s greatly appreciated!!!