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 Chatham Bucks, good at over 50 independent businesses around Chatham. Then go with them.
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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.
over 50 independent businesses in Chatham. Their pick, not your guess.
What they spend goes to the Chatham businesses they already walk past, not to a national chain.
These Chatham businesses accept the Chatham Bucks Card. Let them decide which one.
The diner, the bakery counter, the coffee place around Chatham where nobody rushes you out.
Food & Dining
328 E. 75TH Street, Chicago, Illinois, 60619
Food & Dining
8546 S cottage Grove Ave, Chicago, Illinois, 60619
Food & Dining
8251 S. Cottage Grove, Chicago, Illinois, 60619
Food & Dining
8251 S. Cottage Grove, Chicago, Illinois, 60619
Food & Dining
343 E 79th St, Chicago, Illinois, 60619
Food & Dining
935 E 79th St, Chicago, Illinois, 60619
Bookshops, antique stores, garden centers. The kind of browse that fills an afternoon.
Retail
347 E. 75th Street, Chicago, Illinois, 60619
Retail
8613 S. Cottage Grove, Chicago, Illinois, 60619
Retail
7511 S Cottage Grove, Chicago, Illinois, 60619
Retail
511 East 75th Street, Chicago, Illinois, 60619
Retail
641 East 79th Street, Chicago, Illinois, 60619
Retail
444 E. 79th Street, Chicago, Illinois, 60619
Museums, galleries, a show around Chatham. Better as a plan than as a package.
The barber, the salon, a wellness stop close to home. Time that is theirs.
Beauty & Wellness
305 east 79th St, Chicago, Illinois, 60619
Beauty & Wellness
211 E. 75th Street, Chicago, Illinois, 60619
Beauty & Wellness
1133 E. 95th street, Chicago, Illinois, 60619
Beauty & Wellness
9016 S. Cottage Grove, Chicago, Illinois, 60619
Beauty & Wellness
9016 S. Cottage Grove, Chicago, Illinois, 60619
Beauty & Wellness
8230 South Cottage Grove, Chicago, Illinois, 60619
Pick the delivery date during checkout and set it for Sunday, September 13, so a Chatham Bucks 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 Chatham Bucks is accepted at over 50 independent businesses in Chatham: 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 Chatham Bucks is redeemable only at local businesses in Chatham, 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 Chatham.
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 Chatham Bucks they can spend at over 50 independent Chatham businesses. Sent by email. Spent down the street.
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