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 Charlevoix Downtown Dollars, good at over 30 independent businesses around Charlevoix. 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.
over 30 independent businesses in Charlevoix. Their pick, not your guess.
What they spend goes to the Charlevoix businesses they already walk past, not to a national chain.
These Charlevoix businesses accept the Charlevoix Downtown Dollars Card. Let them decide which one.
The diner, the bakery counter, the coffee place around Charlevoix where nobody rushes you out.
Food & Dining
315 Bridge, Charlevoix, Michigan, 49720
Food & Dining
101 Mason Street, Charlevoix, Michigan, 49720
Food & Dining
230 Bridge Street, Charlevoix, Michigan, 49720
Food & Dining
117 Antrim Street, Charlevoix, Michigan, 49720
Food & Dining
109 Bridge Park Drive, Charlevoix, Michigan, 49720
Food & Dining
230 Bridge Street, Charlevoix, Michigan, 49720
Bookshops, antique stores, garden centers. The kind of browse that fills an afternoon.
Retail
220 Bridge Street, Charlevoix, Michigan, 49720
Retail
100 Van Pelt Place, Charlevoix, Michigan, 49720
Retail
321 Bridge Street, Charlevoix, Michigan, 49720
Retail
407 Bridge Street, Charlevoix, Michigan, 49720
Retail
323 Bridge Street, Charlevoix, Michigan, 49720
Retail
329 Bridge Street, Charlevoix, Michigan, 49720
Museums, galleries, a show around Charlevoix. Better as a plan than as a package.
Entertainment
107 Antrim Street, Charlevoix, Michigan, 49720
Arts & Culture
109 Clinton Street, Charlevoix, Michigan, 49720
Arts & Culture
103 State Street, Charlevoix, Michigan, 49720
Arts & Culture
211 Bridge Street, Charlevoix, Michigan, 49720
The barber, the salon, a wellness stop close to home. Time that is theirs.
Pick the delivery date during checkout and set it for Sunday, September 13, so a Charlevoix Downtown 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 Charlevoix Downtown Dollars is accepted at over 30 independent businesses in Charlevoix: 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 Charlevoix Downtown Dollars is redeemable only at local businesses in Charlevoix, 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 Charlevoix.
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 Charlevoix Downtown Dollars they can spend at over 30 independent Charlevoix businesses. Sent by email. Spent down the street.
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