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 JoCo Community Gift Card, good at over 125 independent businesses around Coralville. 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 125 independent businesses in Coralville. Their pick, not your guess.
What they spend goes to the Coralville businesses they already walk past, not to a national chain.
These Coralville businesses accept the Shop JoCo Community Gift Card. Let them decide which one.
The diner, the bakery counter, the coffee place around Coralville where nobody rushes you out.
Food & Dining
225 S Linn St, Iowa City, Iowa, 52240
Food & Dining
112 E College St, Iowa City, Iowa, 52240
Food & Dining
136 S. Dubuque St., STE 11, Iowa City, Iowa, 52240
Food & Dining
301 E Market St, Iowa City, Iowa, 52245
Food & Dining
901 E 2nd Ave, Coralville, Iowa, 52241
Food & Dining
Old Capitol Center Ste 102, Iowa City, Iowa, 52240
Bookshops, antique stores, garden centers. The kind of browse that fills an afternoon.
Retail
21 S. Dubuque St, Iowa City, Iowa, 52240
Retail
257 Iowa Avenue, Iowa City, Iowa, 52240
Retail
920 E 2nd Ave Suite, Coralville, Iowa, 52241
Retail
355 S Clinton, Iowa City, Iowa, 52240
Retail
107 E Iowa Ave, Iowa City, Iowa, 52240
Retail
1000 25th Avenue, Coralville, Iowa, 52241
Museums, galleries, a show around Coralville. Better as a plan than as a package.
Services
1301 5th Street, Coralville, Iowa, 52241
Services
221 E Washington St, Iowa City, Iowa, 52240
Entertainment
404 E. College St, Iowa City, Iowa, 52240
Arts & Culture
1451 Coral Ridge Ave, Coralville, Iowa, 52241
Services
121 E College, Iowa City, Iowa, 52245
The barber, the salon, a wellness stop close to home. Time that is theirs.
Services
1506 8th St, Coralville, Iowa, 52241
Beauty & Wellness
111 N Devoe St, Lone Tree, Iowa, 52755
Beauty & Wellness
1509 Mall Dr Ste 1, Iowa City, Iowa, 52240
Beauty & Wellness
1641 S 1st Ave, Iowa City, Iowa, 52240
Beauty & Wellness
420 1st Ave Suite 108, Coralville, Iowa, 52241
Beauty & Wellness
1210 S Gilbert St Ste 102, Iowa City, Iowa, 52240
Pick the delivery date during checkout and set it for Sunday, September 13, so a Shop JoCo Community 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 Shop JoCo Community Gift Card is accepted at over 125 independent businesses in Coralville: 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 JoCo Community Gift Card is redeemable only at local businesses in Coralville, 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 Coralville.
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 JoCo Community Gift Card they can spend at over 125 independent Coralville businesses. Sent by email. Spent down the street.
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