Corporate condolences

[k3am]

This will be a post and run. 

One of my clients recently had a death in his immediate family. I'd like to send him something on behalf of the office, budget <$150. Ideas besides flowers? Or should I just go with flowers?

[librarychica]

My department has sent meal-delivery gift cards. The official office gift is flowers, though.

[HeartofCheese]

Our official office gift is flowers. It always seemed appropriate for my "clients."

[1confused1]

I send plants rather than flowers.

[supertrooper1]

So many people request something in lieu of flowers, such as a donation to a charity. Can you make a donation instead of flowers?

[covergirl82]

When my grandparents passed away, I received a mum plant for each of them. For an immediate family member, I like the ideas of donating to the family's designated charity or a meal delivery gift card.

[k3am]

We don't know of a charity that they've chosen... would you just pick one? She had cancer (I forget where it started) but that spread to her brain.

Also not sure of his mom's name, so i couldn't do a donation in her honor.

[twinmomma]

k3am, American Cancer Society is a good general cancer charity, if you wanted to go that route. I'd probably do that instead of flowers or a plant. Can you google the obituary based on your client's name?

[2chatter]

I really appreciated tangible things when my Dad passed - cards meant a lot to me. So if you do donate still send a nice card. I did not appreciate the flowers that were also dying - it seemed really morbid to send someone something that was dying when someone had died.

[kbw]

We do memorial gardens instead of regular flowers. This way the person has something to keep after and they don't have to look at flowers that are dying.

[whiskeytails]

I still have the plant that my company sent me 4 years ago when my dad passed. Every time I water it, I talk to my dad.

So a vote for plants especially something hardy as it took me awhile to learn how often to water.