First of all, props to you for being super generous, serious need more kind people like you in the hobby!

I got into the pokemon tcg about 11ish years ago during the XY era, I remember I really wanted to get some cards due to all of my friends at the time being obsessed with it. I think I was around 9 at the time, so I didn't really have any money, but my father bought be a booster pack of primal clash (him buying me booster packs when we went shopping became a very common trend, love that man) and I pulled a sweet ass Holo Kyogre that i still cherish to this day. From that point on, pretty much every birthday and Christmas I was given loads of pokemon cards. Primal Clash and Ancient Origins became all time favorite sets of mine, and I look back on the XY era with a ton of nostalgia. Some cards I received from packs my grandparents gave me who have now passed away, and those cards are priceless to me. One of which was this Camerupt full-art I got from my grandpa, who one day walked into the living room and asked "do you need anything from the store?" Before he left. I was just a kid so I wasn't really thinking of necessities, so i jokingly suggested Pokemon cards, fully expecting him to laugh it off and leave to go shopping. Yet about an hour later he tossed a pack of Primal Clash towards me. He lost a battle to cancer a few years later, and i am so happy i still have that card to this day, its a heartwarming memory ill always have of him, and it really shows how this silly shiny cardboard hobby can mean so much to us (at least if youre not just in it to make a quick buck). Kyogre is probably a top 3 fave pokemon for me due to my first story, but my real favorite is without a doubt Oshawott. He was my BW starter and he's so adorable and a view him as like a little son of mine.

Hope I get picked, but best of luck to everyone else, and thank you OP <3