My great uncle recently passed away at 88-years-old. From his 50s into his 70s he was a very good masters runner and prolific road racer. He almost always won or placed top 3 in his age group and took home a TON of hardware. He ran some local low key stuff, but also plenty of prestigious events like National Masters Championships, major marathons and even World Masters Championships. He still holds a US age-group record at 30K.
Long story short, we are cleaning out his apartment and I'm at a loss about what to do with his running memorabilia. I'm going to take a couple particular trophies that I find meaningful, but no idea what can be done with the rest. There is way too much stuff for me to keep ... plus he lived in California and I have to fly back to the east coast. There are some really cool large trophies from the 80s as well as old medals from back when USATF was "TAC".
Any ideas what to do with all that stuff? I know realistically, it probably just needs to be thrown out, but I hate the idea of tossing his prized awards in the garbage. I wonder if even there is some way to donate them somewhere? Even if they were broken down and used for new trophies, better then ending up in a landfill somewhere.
Thanks for any thoughts.