For the eighth summer Attack of the Baseball Cards will be hosting the Summer Student Essay Contest. The sports card, autograph & sports memorabilia store located in Union is nationally known for having educational programs for children. Open to all youngsters, the contest will run from Monday, June 27th through Labor Day. This contest will give kids the chance to learn while earning sports cards and while having the chance to win great prizes. Each week a one page (not over) handwritten essay will be required on a personality named by the store. All the subjects will be sports related in some way but will have human interest stories mostly outside of sports. All those taking part will be required to do research either through the internet or library. When handing in their essay, the writer will be given free sports cards. A winning essay will be selected each week and will be hung in the store with the winners receiving packs of cards. All the winning essay's will be given to a special judge at the end of the summer. The judge will select the winner for the entire summer. In the past essay's were given to a local dignitaries including Freeholder Alex Mirabella, Union Mayor Anthony Terrezza , ESPN Radio Personality Bill Daughtry, and Larry Jordan, Hobby Division Manager for Upper Deck Company and older brother of basketball great Michael Jordan. The winner of last year's contest was Evan Berney, a 9 year old Mountainside youth. Evan was selected for his essay on former NY Jets owner Sonny Werblin. Evan, a customer at Attack for almost three years is an avid baseball player and member of the M.T.S.C. travel team. He also plays soccer and basketball and was a 4th grader at Deerfield School last school year. Serving as the judge last year was Mr. Richard Seidlitz, Director of Licensing for the National Football League. The winners in the past have received prizes ranging from boxes of cards, card sets and Yankees book bags. In 2004 the Mayor also presented 2004's two winners with the Mayor's Award at a Union Township Committee Meeting! More information can be found at www.attackofthebbcards.com, on facebook.com at Attack of the Baseball Cards, on twitter.com at Baseballblog or at the store by calling 908-687-8107.
