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 Shop Local Springfield Card, good at over 10 independent businesses around Springfield. 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 Springfield. Their pick, not your guess.
What they spend goes to the Springfield businesses they already walk past, not to a national chain.
These Springfield businesses accept the Springfield Card. Let them decide which one.
The diner, the bakery counter, the coffee place around Springfield where nobody rushes you out.
Food & Dining
411 East Adams St., Springfield, Illinois, 62701
Food & Dining
319 E Monroe St, Springfield, Illinois, 62701
Food & Dining
217 E. Laurel St., Springfield, Illinois, 62704
Food & Dining
525 North Grand Ave E, Springfield, Illinois, 62702
Food & Dining
1953 West Monroe Street, Springfield, Illinois, 62704
Food & Dining
3010 S. 6th St., Springfield, Illinois, 62703
Bookshops, antique stores, garden centers. The kind of browse that fills an afternoon.
Retail
101 n 4th Street, Auburn, Illinois, 62615
Retail
1315 Ottis St,, Springfield, Illinois, 62703
Retail
15 S Old State Capitol Plaza, Springfield, Illinois, 62701
Retail
2744 S. 6th Street, Springfield, Illinois, 62703
Retail
2581 S. MacArthur Blvd, Springfield, Illinois, 62704
Pick the delivery date during checkout and set it for Sunday, September 13, so a Shop Local Springfield 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 Shop Local Springfield Card is accepted at over 10 independent businesses in Springfield: 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 Shop Local Springfield Card is redeemable only at local businesses in Springfield, 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 Springfield.
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 Shop Local Springfield Card they can spend at over 10 independent Springfield businesses. Sent by email. Spent down the street.
Buy a Shop Local Springfield Card