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 Kent Card, good at over 30 independent businesses around Kent. 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 Kent. Their pick, not your guess.
What they spend goes to the Kent businesses they already walk past, not to a national chain.
These Kent businesses accept the Kent Card. Let them decide which one.
The diner, the bakery counter, the coffee place around Kent where nobody rushes you out.
Food & Dining
135 E. Erie St. (Acorn Alley), Kent, Ohio, 44240
Food & Dining
313 N. Water St., Kent, Ohio, 44240
Food & Dining
436 E. Main St., Kent, Ohio, 44240
Food & Dining
154 N. Water St., Kent, Ohio, 44240
Food & Dining
163 W. Erie St., Kent, Ohio, 44240
Food
108 S. Water St., Kent, Ohio, 44240
Bookshops, antique stores, garden centers. The kind of browse that fills an afternoon.
Retail
100 E. Erie St., Suite 122, Kent, Ohio, 44240
Retail
113 S. Water St., Kent, Ohio, 44240
Shopping & Retail
548 S Water St. (by appt.), Kent, Ohio, 44240
Retail
155 E. Erie St. (Acorn Alley), Kent, Ohio, 44240
Retail
115 Lake St., Kent, Ohio, 44240
Retail
125 S. Water St., Kent, Ohio, 44240
Museums, galleries, a show around Kent. Better as a plan than as a package.
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 Kent Card 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 Kent Card is accepted at over 30 independent businesses in Kent: 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 Kent Card is redeemable only at local businesses in Kent, 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 Kent.
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 Kent Card they can spend at over 30 independent Kent businesses. Sent by email. Spent down the street.
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