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 Dayton Downtown Dollars, good at over 50 independent businesses around Dayton. 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 Dayton. Their pick, not your guess.
What they spend goes to the Dayton businesses they already walk past, not to a national chain.
These Dayton businesses accept the Dayton Downtown Dollars Card. Let them decide which one.
The diner, the bakery counter, the coffee place around Dayton where nobody rushes you out.
Food & Dining
31 S. Main Street, Dayton, Ohio, 45402
Food & Dining
31 S St Clair St., Dayton, Ohio, 45402
Food & Dining
46 W 5th St, Dayton, Ohio, 45402
Food & Dining
225 East Sixth Street, Dayton, Ohio, 45402
Food & Dining
127 E 3rd St, Dayton, Ohio, 45402
Food & Dining
44 W. Third Street, Dayton, Ohio, 45402
Bookshops, antique stores, garden centers. The kind of browse that fills an afternoon.
Retail
464 E. Fifth Street, Dayton, Ohio, 45402
Retail
136 E. Third Street, Dayton, Ohio, 45402
Retail
107 E. Third Street, Dayton, Ohio, 45402
Retail
440 E. Fifth Street, Dayton, Ohio, 45402
Retail
118 W. First Street, Dayton, Ohio, 45402
Retail
110 N. Main Street, Dayton, Ohio, 45402
Museums, galleries, a show around Dayton. Better as a plan than as a package.
Arts & Culture
420 S. Ludlow Street, Dayton, Ohio, 45402
Arts & Culture
521 E. Fifth Street, Dayton, Ohio, 45402
Arts & Culture
1001 E. Second Street, BC Building 3rd Floor, Dayton, Ohio, 45402
Entertainment
138 North Main Street, Dayton, Ohio, 45402
Arts & Culture
131 N. Ludlow Street, Suite11, Dayton, Ohio, 45402
Arts & Culture
341 S. Jefferson Street, Dayton, Ohio, 45402
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 Dayton Downtown Dollars 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 Dayton Downtown Dollars is accepted at over 50 independent businesses in Dayton: 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 Dayton Downtown Dollars is redeemable only at local businesses in Dayton, 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 Dayton.
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 Dayton Downtown Dollars they can spend at over 50 independent Dayton businesses. Sent by email. Spent down the street.
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