Grandparents Day Gift Guide · Sunday, September 13
The frame, the candle, the mug with the year on it: they have those. What they do not have is a reason to try the new place on the corner. Give a Downtown Davenport Dollars, good at 7 independent businesses around Davenport. Then go with them.
Not money, and not another object for the shelf. A morning at the diner, a browse through the bookshop, coffee that turns into an hour.
7 independent businesses in Davenport. Their pick, not your guess.
What they spend goes to the Davenport businesses they already walk past, not to a national chain.
These Davenport businesses accept the Downtown Davenport Dollars Card. Let them decide which one.
The diner, the bakery counter, the coffee place around Davenport where nobody rushes you out.
Museums, galleries, a show around Davenport. Better as a plan than as a package.
Pick the delivery date during checkout and set it for Sunday, September 13, so a Downtown Davenport Dollars is waiting in their inbox that morning.
Pick the amount that feels right.
Say where you two should go.
Delivered by email, or print it to hand over. No shipping, no wrapping.
National Grandparents Day falls on the first Sunday after Labor Day, which makes it Sunday, September 13 in 2026. It has been a federal observance in the U.S. since 1978.
The Downtown Davenport Dollars is accepted at 7 independent businesses in Davenport: restaurants, cafés, bakeries, shops, and salons. They pick where and when.
Then this is probably the wrong gift for them, and it is worth saying so plainly. The Downtown Davenport Dollars is redeemable only at local businesses in Davenport, so it suits someone who lives in or regularly visits the area. A grandparent who visits now and then can spend it on this trip. Unused balances can incur inactivity fees: a $3.00 fee will be deducted monthly starting on the 1st day after 12 consecutive months without card usage.
Choose an amount, add a note, and send it by email, or print it to hand over in person. Nothing ships.
Yes. Pick the delivery date during checkout and set it for Sunday, September 13.
Often that is exactly who buys it. It works the same way in that direction, as long as the grandchild is close enough to spend it at businesses in Davenport.
E-delivery fees vary by community, and some communities cover them. Whatever applies to your order is shown at checkout before you pay, alongside the card amount and your total.
A Downtown Davenport Dollars they can spend at 7 independent Davenport businesses. Sent by email. Spent down the street.
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