what to do with old trophies ??
 

have three crates of old trophies and have searched for a way of giving them to boys/girls club,scouts etc as donations or looking for buyers and cannot find any --- tried before we left and nobody wanted them --- anyway any suggestions ??

I threw mine away. I don't think anyone is going to want them.

Trophies
 

Ours went in the dumpster

I gave all of ours to a local trophy shop. They said they will reuse many of the components.

We used to live in the Raleigh NC area. There is a brewery there called Trophy Brewing. When they first opened they would take them and convert them to tap handles to give to bars carrying their product. That is where all of ours went.

OP, did you try any of the local schools, they might be interested.

If they have exotic or walnut wooden bases I use the wood to make segmented wood bowls. Just about all of the ones made in the past 20 years use particle board with vinyl "veneer" so this reAlly only works with older trophies.

Segmented bowls are a method of making a bowl out of a flat board on a lathe.

Try grandkids, they may indeed want to have some of grandpas trophies.

Display them at the end of your driveway before trash day with a free sign.

Maybe Cub scouts or other similar organizations.

Special needs schools and workshops. The re-label them for recognition of adults and kids accomishments.

I'm keeping my trophy................her name is on the deed.

Why would anyone keep those it’s like medals in hat I see sometimes on a wall of someone’s home . There were many instances where in a combat stand down they would read the citation but the medal might come later usually if you asked for it , my citations are on my discharge papers , I never sent for anything , and I don’t see the point . I do have one thing from military I display, many years ago when I used to drive home to Boston a friend told me he got stopped at speed trap but they let him off with warning because of Purple Heart plate , so I did go out and get ones over the years I’ve been stopped a few times including once on Morse Blvd where for some reason I was way over speed limit , i was given a break each time but I would never bother to get the physical medal for anything I earned

one suggestion.....landfill

If the base is marble or stone (NOT plastic) I can use them to make mosaic tiles or jewelry pendants.

Sold mine on eBay.

Some guy opening a sports bar used them for decorating.

Dumpster...

If you don’t want them bag and trash them.


I earned every tennis, billiards, and golf trophy’s. None which were team trophy’s where you get one if you played/won or not. I’ll be keeping mine and no I don’t go around bragging about them.

I have never been the longest hitter at golf, but one year I won the longest drive prize at our local society meeting.
It was blowing a hooley, so I was probably the only one to land on the fairway.
My two son in laws have always outdriven me, and now my grandson does the same, and boy do they love to rub it in.
The long drive trophy is the only trophy I retain, and whenever the boys come over, I always display it as a central table decoration!

We had many trophies before we moved. Mostly from our children who had no desire for them. We called every organization we could think of and no one wanted them. We finally decided to take off all the nameplates and what it was for and put it a little baggie and gave that to each child. They probably didn’t even want it, but as I handed it to them I said, “here show your kids”, loll! They probably threw it in the garbage.

After getting tired of moving a few really large boxes of my hard-earned trophies (when a lot younger), I finally took the plaques off and did the same thing. The trophy shop was happy to take them, as they could then reuse the components to increase their profits. About 10 years ago I took photo's of the plaques (due to sentimental reasons) and then finally threw them away too.

trophies
 

I had a hard time giving my karate trophies up. They represented many years of competition, bruises and broken bones. I gave them to a local karate dojo. They were going to use them for in dojo competition at their annual Christmas party. They were so happy to receive them and I felt happy with my decision.

Up north Special Olympics were reusing old trophies at one time. You could try them. I do know there is a chapter.

I donated ours to Special Olympics.

Yep. Easiest solution. Theres no market for these

The library in our hometown was delighted to get them. They used them for summer reading programs.

Why would someone want a trophy that they did not win?

At least take a picture of them as a memory before you toss them out.

Before you dispose of them remove the plates that states what they were for. Mount the plates on a new plaque . Smaller keepsake or make one for each person who won them.

Take a nice picture of the most important ones (black and white looks great), have it framed, then throw the trophies in the dumpster.

That leaves only one question — where to hang the picture...or maybe whether to hang it at all?

Perhaps SoZo kids could use them. I forget how to contact them, but just google SoZo Kids. It is a wonderful organization. And the kids are really grateful for anything different for them.

and yet you jus did


:shocked:

My dad lined them up and took his picture surrounded by his trophies. Then he framed the photo and disposed of the trophies.
We all treasure the photo much more than the actual trophies

Special Olympics used to take them. If not, save the plates and throw the rest of the trophy away.

I thought that’s what you are
 

doing now

Kinda like, it's none of my business BUT..

When I first applied for Purple Heart Plate
 

they asked me for my discharge papers I had to come back next day . I was naive to ask the clerk you mean people ask for the plate and hadn’t earned the medal ? She told me they come back n limping, some with VA ID’S and with an excuse that every veterans counselor had heard and I have heard from time to time , all my records burned up in a fire at VA , when the truth is less then 1 % of records couldn’t be restored .

EVERYBODY now gets participation trophys that no one wants them. I try to repurpose then.

My father was the same way. Never wanted anything or spoke about WWII. We knew he had a Purple Heart Medal but never knew about all the rest, including a Bronze Star. I don’t know if you have children or grandchildren but I can tell you this. You may not feel the need to have them, but to your family they will be priceless.