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Jeremy lifted the heavy boxes of basketball cards. He couldn’t believe how many he had collected over the years.
Dr. J, Michael Jordan, Larry Byrd, LeBron James, all of them were heroes. Some were cards his dad had when he was a kid, and some were found at garage sales. Jeremy’s mom suggested that he grab the ones he wanted to keep and then give the others away.
“We need extra space in our garage and getting rid of some of the cards will make room,” she said.
“Okay Mom, but it’s going to take a while to go through all of these boxes. May I get some of my friends to help me?”
“Sure Jeremy,” said Mom. “I’ll even make snacks when they come over.”
Jeremy called up his friends, Charlie and Macy. Once they arrived, they were shocked at how few cards Jeremy had.
“Wow, we thought you had a ton of cards,” said Macy. “You only have a few!”
“A few?” exclaimed Jeremy, “Are you kidding? There are ten boxes here!” Jeremy couldn’t believe it when he heard that Charlie and Macy had more cards than him.
“Together, we probably have the biggest basketball card collection in the town of Baxter. With all of these cards we should be in the Guinness Book of Records,” Charlie giggled.
“Hey, wait a minute,” Jeremy gasped. “That is a great idea!”
They all looked at each other and grinned. “Could we really get into the Guinness Book?” asked Macy.
They asked Jeremy’s mom and searched the internet. Jeremy reported, “According to the Guinness World Records, if you can measure it, weigh it or count it - then it can be considered a record! On top of that we can turn our Guinness attempt into a fundraiser!”
**How did the fundraiser turn out? Find out HERE!**
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