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TRIADELPHIA - There will be sports cards, Pokemon items and athletes signing autographs this Saturday at The Highlands.
The Highlands Sports Complex will host a sports cards and Pokemon show presented by E&K Sportscards from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. at the facility.
Among the athletes signing autographs will be Amy Gamble from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m.; Joe Pettini, former shortstop for the San Francisco Giants, from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m.; professional wrestler "Beastman" from noon to 4 p.m.; and Hintsyy, roller hockey player and content creator, from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m.
The first 200 people at the show will receive a free custom trading card for each athlete from Custom Culture GPK. There will be approximately 150 vendors at the event.
Everyone who comes in the door will receive a ticket for a door prize. Door prizes to be awarded include bobble heads, gift certificates to local restaurants (Abbey's, Tito's, Dupe's Scoops) and show cash.
Admission to the show is $3, but there is no charge for kids ages 12 and under.
A portion of the proceeds will be donated to Scouting America Troops 6 and 6000.and Troop 6 will be selling popcorn.
Ohio Valley Reptiles also will have tables at the event.
Recent years saw the card show set up at Vance Memorial Presbyterian Church in Woodsdale, but the event outgrew it, explained Colleen Weekly, leader for Troop 6000.
"We were literally wall to wall there," she said. "We could only fit 30-50 tables."
But Weekly noted she had inside help at The Highlands Sports Complex. The son of Harvey Greenidge, general manager there, is a member of Troop 6.
"Harvey has been such a help," he said. "We are working together with the sports complex, and he is promoting the show. People are going through him to register.
"We can fit up to 400 tables there, and we are at at least 150. I don't know if there will be any more tables now, but we have tripled the size of the show. It has been amazing."
Some of the money raised will go toward sending scouts to summer camp, and this can cost up to $400 per youth depending upon the destination, according to Weekly.
The money will also go toward helping new scouts starting out in the organization by helping to pay for needed uniforms and books.
"We never want a kid to be turned away because of cost," she said.