UPDATED: Gifts for Room Teachers at CDC?

[VillainV]

C has only been at the CDC for a month.  There are three teachers in his room, and we'd like to get them each a small Christmas gift (probably in the $20-$25 range).   We're not allowed to bring any outside food into the center, so food gifts are out.

WWYD?   Target gift card?  Restaurant?  Something else?

UPDATE:  Our base Starbucks (in the BX food court) not only TAKES AAFES gift cards, but you get a 10% DISCOUNT when you use an AAFES gift card (or military star card) for your purchase.  WIN.

[meltoine]

Target or Amazon GC.

[ohyouknow]

Ditto Target or Amazon. Both are places everyone shops and people like to pick out their own stuff.

[dcn]

I'm doing target gift cards for the three regular teachers in Ds' room.

[audette]

Gift cards are probably a good option.


AAFES gift cards might also be an option. Even if they can't shop at the PX/BX, I think you can use the cards are many food vendors on base.

[kpol]

Another vote for Target. Most have Starbucks inside so it's a win/win for some.

[VillainV]

Our Target is kind of far away from where a lot of people live around here (it's at "the beach" near the vacation high-rises, not near where most of the normal people live, and requires a toll to go over the bridge), but I hadn't thought of AAFES gift cards being used at the food vendors on base -- that's a good idea. We have a Starbucks on base and I think they could use it there, as well as the other places in the food court.

Is $25 a good amount? I'd probably do more if he'd been in the room all year, but by Christmas he'll have been there less than 2 months...

[kpol]

$25 sounds very generous to me. I'm sure the teachers will appreciate any amount!

[audette]

Dec 3, 2014 20:18:19 GMT -5 VillainV said:

Our Target is kind of far away from where a lot of people live around here (it's at "the beach" near the vacation high-rises, not near where most of the normal people live, and requires a toll to go over the bridge), but I hadn't thought of AAFES gift cards being used at the food vendors on base -- that's a good idea. We have a Starbucks on base and I think they could use it there, as well as the other places in the food court.

Is $25 a good amount? I'd probably do more if he'd been in the room all year, but by Christmas he'll have been there less than 2 months...

For some reason, I think the Starbucks on base are the one place you can't use them, but I could be mistaken. Maybe a scouting trip to the base's Starbucks to ask (and get yourself a yummy drink) is in order?

[VillainV]

Dec 3, 2014 20:35:58 GMT -5 audette said:

Dec 3, 2014 20:18:19 GMT -5 VillainV said:

Our Target is kind of far away from where a lot of people live around here (it's at "the beach" near the vacation high-rises, not near where most of the normal people live, and requires a toll to go over the bridge), but I hadn't thought of AAFES gift cards being used at the food vendors on base -- that's a good idea. We have a Starbucks on base and I think they could use it there, as well as the other places in the food court.

Is $25 a good amount? I'd probably do more if he'd been in the room all year, but by Christmas he'll have been there less than 2 months...

For some reason, I think the Starbucks on base are the one place you can't use them, but I could be mistaken. Maybe a scouting trip to the base's Starbucks to ask (and get yourself a yummy drink) is in order?

Good point. I think maybe they just don't take Starbucks gift cards?   But you're right, I definitely need to go get a Peppermint Mocha to find out, you know, as research.