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 OakCentric Gift Card, good at over 10 independent businesses around Oakland. 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 10 independent businesses in Oakland. Their pick, not your guess.
What they spend goes to the Oakland businesses they already walk past, not to a national chain.
These Oakland businesses accept the OakCentric Gift Card. Let them decide which one.
The diner, the bakery counter, the coffee place around Oakland where nobody rushes you out.
Food & Dining
547 8th Street, Oakland, California, 94607
Food & Dining
2135 Franklin Street, Oakland, California, 94612
Food & Dining
33 Grand Avenue, Oakland, California, 94612
Food & Dining
1630 Webster Street, Oakland, California, 94612
Food & Dining
1736 Telegraph Avenue, Oakland, California, 94612
Food & Dining
907 Washington Street, Oakland, California, 94607
Museums, galleries, a show around Oakland. Better as a plan than as a package.
Pick the delivery date during checkout and set it for Sunday, September 13, so a OakCentric Gift 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 OakCentric Gift Card is accepted at over 10 independent businesses in Oakland: 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 OakCentric Gift Card is redeemable only at local businesses in Oakland, 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 Oakland.
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 OakCentric Gift Card they can spend at over 10 independent Oakland businesses. Sent by email. Spent down the street.
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