Collect It Forward: Trading cards means more than collecting, it means rebuilding.
On May 3, 2016 a massive forest fire devastated my hometown of 42 years; Fort McMurray. My family was safe in Ontario, but while I worked north of the fire, I lost my home and a part of my collection. Flames could be seen from every angle. Smoke was thick and made it hard to breathe. While this [...]Categories: Upperdeck Tags: Cards, Collect, Collecting, Forward, means, More, rebuilding., than, Trading
How Upper Deck e-Pack™ Changed My View of Collecting Trading Cards Online
Like many other collectors, when Upper Deck e-Pack™ was first launched, I was a little skeptical. After all, previous attempts by the card industry to leverage the digital channel have been fairly mediocre, even though there have been pockets of fans that have embraced these “digital trading cards.” I personally fall in the rather large [...]For Zach Sample, Collecting Hockey Cards with Asperger’s has Brought Him Closer to His Dad and Others
We’ve shared before some meaningful stories of how youth dealing with Autism and Asperger’s use trading cards to find their “happy place.” When 19-year-old Zach Sample reached out to us, we were happy to hear that collecting Upper Deck hockey cards had proven to provide a sense of happiness for him as well. “Children with Asperger’s [...]Categories: Upperdeck Tags: Asperger’s, Brought, Cards, Closer, Collecting, Hockey, Others, Sample, Zach