WORLD'S BEST GIFT CARD for the teacher!

[Guest guest]

Gifts for teachers -and many others- to reduce your stress and add to

the fun of giving.

I'm a member of Mamasource and the question from one mother was what

to get her kindergartener's teacher as a Christmas present. There

were 35 answers and shockingly most from teachers -and shockingly

across the board " GIFT CARDS " were hands down no question the number

one gift of choice. Here's just a few of the replies:

" I will say " gift cards " are the best especially shopping mall gift

cards, Target, Wal-Mart, etc... Don't forget eatery places gift cards

are great too. Your kids' teachers can share with their loved ones

too. "

" Coming from a teacher... Gift cards! Either to a restaurant, or

teacher supply store, or a movie theater. It is very thoughtful of

you to think about your son's teacher! We appreciate that! "

" Generally all the parents get together and buy a gift card or

something similar. See if you can send notes home with the kids &

organize it if you're up to it. Otherwise, I'd say gift cards are

best because they can purchase whatever they need. Take care, "

" I am a teacher, and the one thing i wouldn't get, is candy. There

will be soooooo much candy around that we don't need more!! Good

ideas are starbucks gift cards, bath and body works gift cards, a gc

for a manicure or pedicure....stuff like that. You don't have to

spend much, teachers don't expect gifts, and anything you give will

be greatly appreciated. "

" As a teacher, I always appreciated a heartfelt card. It is not too

often that teachers really hear thank you from the parents/children

(just like parents don't often hear it from their kids!). But as far

as gifts go, I think gift cards are wonderful and they don't need to

be high in value to be appreciated. I like the idea of a gift card to

a bookstore. That way the teacher can by books for the class...a win

win situation! "

" Many of my students find out what I enjoy in my personal life and

have provided gift cards for those places. I've really appreciated

that because I have choice in what I buy or when I use it. "

http://www.mamasource.com/request/6768559593321660417

Well I have a suggestion for all here that will both provide a

suggestion for the " WORLD'S BEST GIFT CARD " (if you never heard of

this before you are going to thank me big time) and support our

friend here Kathy who is still trying to raise monies for her son's

hearing aid.

Please visit Kathy's site http://www.shoptobeheard.com Typically I

tell you to click on her children's photo on the bottom left to see

her story as to why we are raising the money for her....but this time

I want to tell you to look at the left side of the screen and click

on " gift cards " (it's about half way down) Look all the way to the

bottom right on page one and you will see a box for " Gifts.com "

Click on it and instantly a new window pops up and you are at the

actual website to Gifts.com but by going through Kathy's site she

will earn 6% of anything you would have spent anyway. " giving

without giving " as I say. How cool is that?

You are now virtually less than 5 minutes away from getting your

children's teachers (and probably a few others on your list)

the " WORLD'S BEST GIFT CARD " . Here's what Gifts.com is for those

that don't know. Say you purchase a 30 dollar gift card for your

child's teacher. They will visit Gifts.com and be able to select

from virtually hundreds of stores, restaurants, even movie theaters!

The stores range from TJ Maxx and Home Goods to Crate and Barrel and

Sephora. Restaurants -just about any chain restaurant you can

think of -it's there -Olive Garden -check. Panara Bread 'and'

Starbucks? check. Movie tickets, Ticketron tickets, The Marriott for

money towards a hotel room? check. (The Marriott for money towards a

hotel room? um... I'm not even going to comment) Just check out the

list yourself...I dare you to not find at least one store 'you'

wouldn't want a gift card for. In today's day and age where stores

are closing and gift cards may lose value over time -how cool is it

that you are giving the gift that gives the receipiant the choice-

see? Fun!

As if that's not great enough that your child's teacher (or anyone

you choose to give these to) can choose where to spend the 30 dollar

Gifts.com card you gave as a gift ...your child's teacher (or anyone

you choose to give this to) can split up where to spend the Gifts.com

card between various merchants! A few bucks to buy a new book at

and Noble...and 12 dollars of it to buy a Holiday striped

cooking mitt at -Sonoma... the rest for some Starbucks? Of

course and triple Wow!

So if you like to both give a really cool gift, save yourself a huge

amount of headache and time, be thanked profusely by your child's

teacher both for your gift and for you teaching the teacher about

the " WORLD'S BEST GIFT CARD " ...and...helping a small apraxic child

hear the jingle of the bells in both ears...please visit

http://www.ShopToBeHeard.com and click on " gift cards " and then on

the bottom right click on " gifts.com " otherwise known as

the " WORLD'S BEST GIFT CARD "

Happy Shopping!

Oh and one more thing...the irony of this? Kathy Gottshal is a

Kindergarten teacher who won " teacher of the year " last year!

ho ho ho

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