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 Birmingham Bucks, good at over 50 independent businesses around Birmingham. 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 50 independent businesses in Birmingham. Their pick, not your guess.
What they spend goes to the Birmingham businesses they already walk past, not to a national chain.
These Birmingham businesses accept the Birmingham Bucks Card. Let them decide which one.
The diner, the bakery counter, the coffee place around Birmingham where nobody rushes you out.
Food & Dining
325 South Old Woodward Avenue, Birmingham, Michigan, 48009
Food & Dining
250 West Maple Road, Birmingham, Michigan, 48009
Food & Dining
750 South Old Woodward Avenue, Birmingham, Michigan, 48009
Food & Dining
270 West Maple Road, Birmingham, Michigan, 48009
Food & Dining
263 Pierce Street, Birmingham, Michigan, 48009
Food & Dining
735 Forest Avenue, Birmingham, Michigan, 48009
Bookshops, antique stores, garden centers. The kind of browse that fills an afternoon.
Retail
742 North Old Woodward Avenue, Birmingham, Michigan, 48009
Retail
166 West Maple Road, Birmingham, Michigan, 48009
Retail
147 Pierce Street, Birmingham, Michigan, 48009
Retail
323 East Maple Road, Birmingham, Michigan, 48009
Retail
275 North Old Woodward Avenue, Birmingham, Michigan, 48009
Retail
128 South Old Woodward Avenue, Birmingham, Michigan, 48009
The barber, the salon, a wellness stop close to home. Time that is theirs.
Beauty & Wellness
235 Willits Alley, Birmingham, Michigan, 48009
Beauty & Wellness
576 North Old Woodward Avenue, Birmingham, Michigan, 48009
Beauty & Wellness
137 West Maple Road, Birmingham, Michigan, 48009
Beauty & Wellness
1066 South Adams Road, Birmingham, Michigan, 48009
Pick the delivery date during checkout and set it for Sunday, September 13, so a Birmingham Bucks 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 Birmingham Bucks is accepted at over 50 independent businesses in Birmingham: 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 Birmingham Bucks is redeemable only at local businesses in Birmingham, 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 Birmingham.
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 Birmingham Bucks they can spend at over 50 independent Birmingham businesses. Sent by email. Spent down the street.
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