Olympic Pin Trading - BIG TIME!
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Pin collecting
and trading has been a very enjoyable and rewarding experience. I feel
privileged to have communicated with thousands
of
friendly
-Marcia DeMinco
& Lisa Miura-Thompson
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Marcia has been my pin benefactor for many years during Xerox's Olympic
sponsorship. She Torino. I did this with pleasure during my Olympic visit http://www.alspins.com/Trading_pins_with_kids_for_smiles.htm. In October 2007, Helen sent me a large package containing Lenovo Beijing 2008 Olympic pins as a gift to the kids at Camp Oochigeas http://www.ooch.org/. A picture of Camp Oochigeas kids holding up Lenovo pins can be seen in the Preface of the Magic Graphic Olympic Products Handbook. In August 2008, Helen very graciously hosted me together with my son, Fred, and brother, Brian, during the Beijing 2008 Olympics. Totally gratis, she provided us with first class accommodation and entertained us at several top notch restaurants for dinners and lunches including the world famous Peking Duck restaurant Quanjude established in 1864! Helen also made her English speaking staff available to us round the clock and they looked after our every need including pickup and drop off at Beijing International Airport, and, tours of Beijing etc. Helen gifted many of the pins Magic Graphic produced to me for my collection and for trading and also gave us Olympic event tickets for our enjoyment. Helen's contributions and those of all her Magic Graphic staff was stellar! It will be virtually impossible for me to repay her for her outstanding, legendary Chinese hospitality. Helen, thank you from the bottom of my heart. I am deeply indebted to you...forever! -Geri McCuish. I met Geri for the first time in Italy where she gave me several hundred Hbc Vancouver 2010 Winter Olympic promotional pins for gifting to Italian kids and their families during the Torino 2006 Winter Olympics. I did this with pleasure and put many smiles on little faces. Following the Torino 2006 Olympics, Geri followed up with her generosity and sent me hundreds more Hbc pins as a gift to Camp Oochigeas http://www.ooch.org/ and other worthwhile causes in the Markham area. I met Geri for the second time in China during the Beijing 2008 Summer Olympics and this time she gave me 4,000 Hbc Vancouver 2010 Winter Olympic promotional pins for gifting to Chinese kids and their families. To do this, I recruited my brother, son and a couple of Chinese speaking friends. Keeping in mind that pin collecting was unknown as a hobby to most people we encountered in Beijing, our pin gift distributing efforts almost reached riot proportions! Regardless, we were very pleased to be able to make a lot of people happy at Beijing Expo, Chaoyang Park, The Place and on the street outside The Olympic Store in downtown Beijing. -Norman Salik. I met Norman for the first time at the Albertville 1992 Winter Olympics; at the 1992 Barcelona Summer Olympics; at the Lillehammer 1994 Winter Olympics and finally at the Atlanta 1996 Summer Olympics. Later, my family and I caught up with Norman and wife Joan in Arizona where they now live and since then we have become good family friends. Norman has added a significant number of Bausch & Lomb and Ray-Ban pins to my collection including many 'Limited Edition' pins. -Mark Stewart. I had the good fortune to meet Mark on the Web and we did many, many very satisfying pin trades. I met Mark in person in Salt Lake City, during the 'One Year to Go' celebration and throughout the 2002 Salt Lake City Winter Olympics. Mark was extremely helpful during the development of my website and hosted it on his personal server entirely gratis for five years. Mark, there's only one of you. Thank you for being you! Finally, I am
very grateful to my daughter, Faye, for designing and implementing my
website. Faye, thank you for your
professionalism Roly Kitching, Australia Troy Klee, USA Jonathan Klein, USA Terry Klimchak, Canada Stratos Klimou, Greece Bud Kling, USA Anwar Knight, Canada Simone Knott, Canada Andreas Knudsen, Norway Takeshi Kobayashi, Japan Takehito Kobayashi, Japan Norman Koestline, USA Sylvia Kohn, Australia Gary Koga, USA Dave Komansky, USA Loukia Kopania, Greece Sandra Kosztka Karen Kozak, USA Brian Krieger, Canada Giovanni Ktistakis, Greece Sharon Labi, Australia Marina Labropoulou, Grece Jim LaChapelle, Canada Chiara Lam, Canada Mike Lambert, USA Chuck Lamoureux, Canada Brian Lane, Canada Donna Lalumiere, Canada Verinnia Lansom, Australia Jack Lawson, Australia Kim Laycox, Canada Robert Lax, USA Chris Lazaruk, Canada Julie & Jordan Ledesma, USA Bill Lee, USA Jeff Lee, Canada Melissa Lee, Canada Natalie Lee, Trinidad & Tobago Yong Shik Lee, South Korea John Leeds, Canada Timo Leermann, Germany Barry Leffler, USA Serena Leggo, Canada Jerry Leibowitz, Canada Tony & Bertie Leonardi, USA Tracy Leschyshyn, Canada Kelley Lesperance, USA Candace Lester, Canada Carol Anne Letheren, Canada Christina Leu, Switzerland Ben Leung, Canada Paul Lewicki, Canada Keith Lewis, USA Roselyn Lewis, Australia Syd Lewis, Canada Alice Li, China Lisa Li, Canada Jim Liddiard, USA Andrew Liell, New Zealand Theresa Liero, USA Jack Light, USA Marcia Lincoln, USA Birthe Lindgren, Sweden Dr. Ron Lindzon, Canada Astrid Linimeir, Austria Nate Lines, USA Birthe Lindgren, Sweden Martina Linzbauer, Austria Kris Littlefield, USA Adam Litzinger, Canada Marinda Liu, Canada Renato Liwanag, Australia Arlie Llenares, USA Angelic Lockhart, USA Gunnar Lofgrer, Sweden Marlis Loidl, Austria Olivia Lou, China Risa Lower, USA Linda Lucetti, USA Josh Luetkemeyer, Canada Dean Luplow, USA Marco Maccarini, Italy Rory Mack, Australia Courtney Mackay, Canada Charlotte MacNaughton, Canada Cam Macpherson, Canada Dave Madsen, USA Marwan Kamel Maghur, Libya Vesna Malesevic, Italy Sara Mallett, USA Jim Mallory, USA Larry Maloney, USA Moonbeam Malonson, USA Anja Malton, Denmark Jim Manatt, USA Anthony Mannone, Canada Naomi Mano, Japan George Manoogian, Canada Lorraine Mar, Fiji Sid & Joan Marantz, USA Cheryl Marek, Canada Lori Marks, Sarah, Ryan, Isabel, Grace & Morgan, Canada Luann Marx, USA Geri McCuish, Canada Rick McDermott, USA Julie McDonald, Australia Stroud McDonald, Canada Mike McDougall. USA Roslyn McDowell, Canada Mike McFarland, Canada Paul McGill, UK Donna McKean, USA Dom McKenna, Canada Bob McKeon, USA Betty McKeown, Canada Tom McKeown, Canada Tanya McKinnon, Canada Jean McLean, Canada Kathy McLean, USA Mark McQuade, Canada Jon McQuaid, Canada Alexa McWatt, Canada John Medina, USA Robert Melendez, USA Grant & Sharon Mellor, Australia Wanita Meske, USA Grace Metni, Canada Henry Metzler, Canada Susan Meyer, USA Kirsten Mihailides, Canada Phil & Julia Millard, USA Dick Miller, USA Michael M. Miller, USA Alison Mills, USA Donna Mills, Canada Lisa Miura-Thompson, USA Susan Moccia, USA Monica Modolo, USA Mark Mogen, Canada Alexandra Mohamed, Canada Marie-Jo Monteagudo, Andorra Mona Moondi, Canada Collin Moore, Canada Dene Moore, Canada Alfredo Goyeneche Moreno, Spain Jack Morgan, USA Kathy Morgan, Australia Dick Moroff, Australia John Moutsopoulos, Grece Marie Mrazkova, Czech Republic Anjali Mukherjee, Australia Fawn Mulcahy, Canada Ben Muldoon, Australia Frank Mulé, Canada Julie Mulhall, USA Katrin Muller, Germany Kingsley Mundey, Australia Scott Munn, Australia Scott Munnoch, Canada Lisa Murano, Canada Brian Murphy, Greece Brigitte Murphy, Ireland Katherine Murphy, USA Jim Murray, Canada Trish Murrie, Canada John Nabor, USA Andrew Nadauld, USA Akiyoshi Nakamaki, Japan Holly Napoli, USA Eric Nash, USA Kelly Jane, Phil & Charlie Nelsao, USA Denise Nelson, Canada Doreen Nery, USA Nuria Neubauer, Austria Dan Newman, Canada Peter Newman, Australia Cameron, Justin & Duncan Ng, Canada Than-Chi Ngo, Australia Daphne North, Canada Jo Nunez, USA Sandra Obergsell, Switzerland Amy O'Dell, USA Pamela O'Donnell, Greece Sue Ogg, USA Katie O'Grady, Canada Hirohisa Ohta, USA Kelly O'Leary, Canada Ulf Rune Olsen, Norway Helena Olsson, Sweden Robyn Oltvanyi, Australia Bill Onwusah, UK Jim Orban, Canada Maria Orsini, USA Navani Otero, USA Paul Otto, Canada Jim Owens, USA Greg Pace, USA Jay Paleja, Canada Celine Palma, Italy Dr. Larry Pancer, Canada Louise Paquet, Canada Barry Parkinson, Canada Val Parry, Australia Rakhee Patel, USA Stuart Paterson, Canada David Patterson, Canada Felina Patterson, Canada Pascale Patry, Canada Billy Payne, USA Porter Payne, USA Dan Pederson, Canada Angie Perrazino, Canada Craig Perlow, USA Angelo Petix, USA Nicholas Pham, Canada Loring, Lynda & Spencer Phinney, Canada Crystal Phipps, USA Wenda Pickles, Canada Trevor Pilling, Canada Claudine Pilon, Canada Nicolae Platon, Romania Debbie Platt, USA Elana Polan, Canada Evelina Polenta, San Marino Dario Poletto, Australia Max Poulton, USA Simon Powell, Australia Debi Pratt, Canada Mark Press, USA Shayna Jaymie Price, Canada Louise Prudhomme, Canada Michael Pugh, USA Mike Quinn, Canada Jamaladdin Rahmanov, Azerbaijan Satendra Ram, Canada Sara Ramage, UK Patricia Rambaksh, UK Jack Ramsay, Australia Steve Raper, Canada Shawn Redmond, Canada Scott Reed, USA George Reid, USA John Reid, Canada Marge Remillard, Canada Rommel Reyes, Canada Hubert & Milly Reynolds, Canada Stephen Reynolds, Australia Gery Reznik, Israel Paul Richards, Canada Pam Richardson, Australia Laurie Richer, Canada Gareth Richmond, Australia Beatrice Riesenfelder, Switzerland Brenda Rigas, Canada Donna Riley Roberts, USA Mark Rizzo, USA Avril Mahon-Roberts, Switzerland Stephen Robie, USA Bob Robinson, Australia George Robinson, Australia Trisha Roche, USA Jacqueline Rock, Canada Amelia Rodgers, UK Sean Rodrigues, Canada Mario Rodriguez, USA George Roins, Australia Thelma Rojas, UK Gunnar Rolland, Norway Sue Romyn, Canada Wayne Ronald, Canada Gayle Roodman, Canada Mike Rose, USA Ellen Roseman, Canada Karen Rosen, USA Ken Rudy, USA Bob Ruffell, Canada Jaquie Ryan, Canada Patrick Ryan, USA Jill Saarela, USA Alen Sadeh, Canada Lila Saindon, USA Scott Saladino, USA Norman & Joan Salik, USA Juan-Antonio Samaranch, Spain Tim Sample, Canada Ernie Sanchez Jr., USA Jabin Sanchez, USA Barry & Jody Sanders, USA Margaret Sanderson, UK Bob Savage, Australia Robert Sawyer, USA Jeremy Sayers, Australia Candis Scammell, Canada Betsy Scattergood, USA Marlene Schaefer, Canada Kathryn Scheets, USA Wyn Schmidt, Canada Allison Schorr, USA Ferenc Schustek, UK Linda Screnci, Australia Cynthia Sears, USA Victoria Sedgwick, Canada Joe & Celine Sequeira, Canada Alex Serebriakov, Canada Sabine Settele, Switzerland Valerie Setz, Canada Andrea Shaw, Canada Elisapee Sheutiapik, Canada Nigel Shipley, Australia Helen & Louis Shoukas, Canada Paul Shugart, Canada Elaine Sideco, Canada Lauren Sims, Australia Rob Sims, Canada Megan Sinclair, Canada Lakviar Singh, UK Lucie Slezakova, Czech Republic Beverly Small, USA Craig Smeaton, Canada Awie Smit, USA Chickey Smith, Canada Christine Smith, Australia Kerrie Smith, Australia Lindy Smith, Australia Fred Snapp, USA Bob, Patti & Andrew Soltys, USA Holst Solveig, Norway Carmen Sorrano, Canada Jostein Sovik, Norway Judith Sperling, USA Diana Squires, Canada Jaclyn Squires, Canada Mark St. Quintin, Canada Christa Stahnke, Australia Krassi Stamenov, Canada Richard Stamper, Canada Stacey, Oliver and Aileen Stavros, Australia Melissa Steadman, Canada Lisa Steger, USA Fred Steinberg, USA Mary Ann Stenson, USA Maggy Sterner, USA Ralph Stevens, Canada Brandin Stewart, USA Mark Stewart, USA Bob Stockel, USA Ellen Stockman, Canada Eugene Stovall, USA Patricia Straker, Canada Tim Strelich, USA Ros Stevens, Australia Tim & Laila Stone, Australia Susan Stribling, USA David Strickland, Canada Keith Stuart, Canada Cornel Suciu, Canada Patrick Sullivan, Canada Merja Sumiloff, Ireland Adam Suplina, Australia Sonya Tacconi, Canada Terry Taggart, Canada Paula Talaba, Canada George Tapley, Canada Michael Tarlton, USA Susan Taylor, Canada Tessy Tellis, Australia Miriam Tenhouse, Canada Joe Teodosio, USA Yoshiyuki Terajima, Japan Lynn Tetarenko, Canada John Thomas, Canada Louis Thomas, USA Lisa Miura-Thompson, USA John Thompson, Canada Sarah Thornton, USA Dennis Threndyle, Canada Mike Tierney, Canada Thien Tieu, Canada Doug Todd, USA Marty Toly, USA Daniel Tomkins, Australia Zoe Top, Canada Fred Toulch, Canada Spiros Trikis, Greece Angela Trunfio, Canada Bill & Bess Tsourounis, Canada Dennis Tucker, Canada Dan Tully, USA Glennes Turner, Australia Betty Turvey, Australia Ennio Valsorda, Australia Manuela Valvoda, Austria Jim Vance, USA Denis Vandal, Canada Pepe Vargas, Canada Nick Varley, UK Leslie & Jean Vaz, Canada Vendela, USA Greta Vidale, Italy Eve Mary Verde, USA Enzo, Rita & Alessandro Volpe, Italy Oleg Vorontsov, Spain Frank Waaga, Switzerland Lindy Wain, Australia Bob Waite, Canada Ron Wallace, France Steve & Kathy Wallace, Canada Helen Wan, China Amber Ware, Australia Wayne Waters, Canada Noel Watkins, USA Shelley Watson, USA Tim Watt, Australia Judi Webb, USA Marie Weber, Australia Tina Wechselberger, Austria Patti Weems, USA Sandra Weine, Australia Gary & Gloria Weintraub, Canada Jo-Ann Wellman, Canada Anna Wells, Canada Kathleen Wells, Canada Pierre Wessel, Germany Tom West, Canada Leslie White, Canada Josephine Wilke, USA Larry Williams, Canada Naomi Williams, UK Nicola Williams, Australia Steve Williams, Canada Arnita Wills, USA Catherine Wilson, Canada Diane Wilson, Canada Harold Wilson, Canada Linda Wilson, USA Stephen Winkler, USA Becky Winter, Canada Sue Wolfe, USA Tony Wong, Canada Brendan Wood, Australia Larena Woodmore, Australia Phil Wooll, USA Mike Woolnough, Great Britain Doug Wright, Canada Sarah Wynhoven, Australia Anthony Wynn, Great Britain Andrzej Wypysinski, Poland Jassica Xia, China Nicole Xiong, China Christina Xue, China Wang Xuesong, China Mike Yazdani, Australia Susan, Bob & Jordan Yap, Australia Lisa & Chris, Tai & Taylor Young, Canada Yang Yuanqing, China Wayne Yutman, Canada Peter Zaferakis, USA Carlo Zappa, Canada Frank & Angie Zavarella Ilan Zechovoy, Australia Boyi Zhang, China Ian Ziering, USA June Ziola, Canada Donald Ziraldo, Canada Curt Zupi, USA And, to all the nice people I have met during the Olympics, thank you for taking the time to talk and/or trade with me. You all know who you are and if your name does not appear above, please get in touch and I will gladly include you as one of Al's Pals.
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