What to do with long ago awards..?

[Limitool]

Hello all.

I'm just curious what any of you folks did or will do with your past awards you have attained. Probably lots of us have done an endeavor that a lot of awards were accumulated from. This could be in the form of plaques, ribbons, metals and trophies. And they could come from various endeavor's.

I'm doing some deep diving into some stuff and came across a lot of past awards. Ya hate to just throw them away in the trash as if "nothing happened". But nobody else wants them as their yours. And their all very old and not worth recycling. But I have to make a decision on what to do so I thought I'd ask what anybody has done with theirs. All total I probably have well over 150 items with 1/3 being trophies from archery and pool. Many are H.S. track medals and ribbons. Lots of special plaques from social awards also. I also have a stack of magazines I kept with a lot of those endeavors I was mentioned in.

I bagged up a lot of them for trash today and then thought of asking you folks what you did or would do. None of my kids will want collection of awards this vast. Even my late wife 30 yrs ago asked when we were boxing them up to move here... "What in the hell are you going to do with all of this"? I answered "I'll worry about it later". Well later is here. I'll be 70 this summer and believe me the "Glory days" are over...! So besides the trash does anyone have another idea before the next dump run...? Thanks for any other suggestions.

 

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[GirlWithWolf]

Contact teachers of special needs students and they might be interested in them. (Even the archery ones)

 

[Limitool]

Contact teachers of special needs students and they might be interested in them. (Even the archery ones)

They might. My name can come the trophy and a new plate glued on possibly. But most of these are gonna need some deep cleaning done.

 

[ticndig]

bury the trophies in the woods for relic hunters to post on here in the future.

 

[achanceforgold]

bury the trophies in the woods for relic hunters to post on here in the future.

that's a cool idea.
a 100 years from now someone will be posting it on the TN forum

 

[robertk]

Your kids may not want them all but they may want some of them. And your grandkids may want them. I have some trophies my grandfather won that I’m pretty fond of. (I don’t think I have any of my own.)

 

[ToddsPoint]

I still have my ribbons from showing pigeons at the county fair. 1968. Good memories!

 

[Limitool]

Your kids may not want them all but they may want some of them. And your grandkids may want them. I have some trophies my grandfather won that I’m pretty fond of. (I don’t think I have any of my own.)

Maybe Robert a few but there's just so much to disperse. If I don't do it then somebody else will have to later. I was just wondering what other folks did with a collection of them themselves. My dad and I built a nice display case for all the track awards long ago. It's just sitting in storage now. Somebody could use the large display case again but no idea what to do with all the awards (ribbons / medals).

I've been whittling down my unused items and possessions for a year now. I've given away many woodworking tools including many large saws and hand tools I didn't use. Last week I gave away a 15 pc rod iron outside furniture set. A good running gas dryer also. And a large antique bottle collection you wanted and am doing a GREAT JOB with. Glad to see it happening. And the weekly dump run got a lot of items also.

But the teacher idea is good and I'll have to ask the kids if they want anything from this collection. Maybe a Boy Scout leader also. I have a LOT of archery equipment from bows and items for them to find a new home also for.

 

[Gene Mean]

This is from Google. Maybe worth a try.

Nationwide Trophy Recycling Program

Open for Trophy Recycling

nationwidetrophyrecycling.com

 

[Limitool]

This is from Google. Maybe worth a try.

Nationwide Trophy Recycling Program

Open for Trophy Recycling

nationwidetrophyrecycling.com

Thanks sir... I checked it out and it appears it would cost me $100+ w/shipping to send them in. I truly don't mind giving away items I don't further use or want but I don't want to pay to achieve it. But thank you very much for your time...

 

[Mackaydon]

I still have my medal for winning a three-legged race in a potato sack with my dad in 1949--after the father-son duo in front of us fell down.
Each medal, ribbon or Cert. of Participation I keep for its associated memory. My heirs will have no trouble trashing them when I'm gone.
Don in SoCal

 

[pepperj]

Well Brad it can be all gone in a short period of time.
Been dealing with this company for 15 years and they were an established auction house in the Kingston Ontario area for decades pre online.
They're 100% honest.
So they can do everything or they can partner.
If you like you can pretty well do most of it yourself.
No on-site viewing unless you want.
Online viewing only
Pick up is on a certain day and time.

Estate/downsizing are the money generated for the seller.
Here's a general link to them.

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[Limitool]

Well Brad it can be all gone in a short period of time.
Been dealing with this company for 15 years and they were an established auction house in the Kingston Ontario area for decades pre online.
They're 100% honest.
So they can do everything or they can partner.
If you like you can pretty well do most of it yourself.
No on-site viewing unless you want.
Online viewing only
Pick up is on a certain day and time.

Estate/downsizing are the money generated for the seller.
Here's a general link to them.

Maxsold: Get in on the auction

Shop online estate sales and auctions at Maxsold!

maxsold.com

Thank you.... will check out.

 

[Limitool]

I still have my medal for winning a three-legged race in a potato sack with my dad in 1949--after the father-son duo in front of us fell down.
Each medal, ribbon or Cert. of Participation I keep for its associated memory. My heirs will have no trouble trashing them when I'm gone.
Don in SoCal

That I can relate to also. Thanks for sharing. I have a few trivial awards that just bring a smile to my face when I see them. I thought it was a big deal at the time... but cherished the moment...!

I too sir can look at many of these awards and remember exactly when it happened. I was blessed to have been good at track and cross-country. Then took up archery both hunting and target shooting. I took both to new levels of excellence especially target archery to the pro level. And I accumulated a lot of trophies along the way. Even have some from winning pool tournaments. So I was blessed to have had the ability to achieve high levels in my endeavors. But those days have long passed.

But like you sir I'm sure if I do nothing my heirs will have no trouble either doing something with them when I'm gone also. I'm just trying to step up now and do something because of so many items. Maybe I should just keep them boxed up and let them take care of it...?

 

[robertk]

Even have some from winning pool tournaments.

That makes me feel better about my dismal showing when we played. (Though I'd definitely still give it another go. Just need more practice...)

 

[pepperj]

That makes me feel better about my dismal showing when we played. (Though I'd definitely still give it another go. Just need more practice...)

For sports I wasn't interested.
For pool it gave me the financial support during the JR High grades. Hustling for $$$ to support the habits.
I haven't touched a cue in so long probably 40 yrs.
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[jewelerguy]

About the only awards I've gotten are service awards in the form of certificates in a cheap frame from my employer. That junk goes straight into the trash as soon as I get home. It means nothing to them, so it means even less to me.

 

[DizzyDigger]

If you still do business with an archery shop (brick and mortar, not online) I'd bet they'd like to display some of your vintage archery trophies. That, or an archery club might polish them up, replace the plaque and pass it on to a deserving young archer.

I had a pile of assorted trophies, and decided to just keep the award labels and toss the big part. The labels are easy to store away, and fun to take out and look at once in a while.

 

[RGINN]

Pretty much any awards I ever got, mainly for art and LEO things, I trashed. However, my son was in track in high school and all-stated 21 times in Oklahoma, 13 of those gold which is first place, and some lady made a nice display case for those and I rescued them. Got them on top of my bookcase right now. No clue what will come of them. Anyway, that got him a free ride to a school for the first year, and maybe some day his old high school will take them and display them.

 

[robertk]

I had a pile of assorted trophies, and decided to just keep the award labels and toss the big part. The labels are easy to store away, and fun to take out and look at once in a while.

That's actually a good idea -- you could probably put them in something like a photo album (do they still make those?) or scrap book, so they'd all be together, easy to store and flip through now and then.