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 SpendaBull Downtown Durham, good at over 50 independent businesses around Durham. 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 Durham. Their pick, not your guess.
What they spend goes to the Durham businesses they already walk past, not to a national chain.
These Durham businesses accept the SpendaBull Downtown Durham Card. Let them decide which one.
The diner, the bakery counter, the coffee place around Durham where nobody rushes you out.
Food & Dining
111 W Main St., Durham, North Carolina, 27701
Food & Dining
406 Blackwell Street, Durham, North Carolina, 27701
Food
305 S Roxboro St., Durham, North Carolina, 27701
Food & Dining
129 W Parrish St., Durham, North Carolina, 27701
Food & Dining
202 Corcoran St., Suite 100, Durham, North Carolina, 27701
Food & Dining
206 Broadway St, Durham, North Carolina, 27701
Bookshops, antique stores, garden centers. The kind of browse that fills an afternoon.
Retail
305 E. Chapel Hill St., Durham, North Carolina, 27701
Retail
329 W Main St., Suite A, Durham, North Carolina, 27701
Retail
121 Market St., Durham, North Carolina, 27701
Retail
905 West Main St, Durham, North Carolina, 27701
Retail
501 Washington St., Suite D, Durham, North Carolina, 27701
Retail
213 W Main St., Durham, North Carolina, 27701
Museums, galleries, a show around Durham. Better as a plan than as a package.
Entertainment
309 W. Morgan St., Durham, North Carolina, 27701
Arts & Culture
417 Foster St, Durham, North Carolina, 27701
Retail
121 Market St., Durham, North Carolina, 27701
Arts & Culture
321 W Main St., Durham, North Carolina, 27701
Arts & Culture
303 E. Chapel Hill Street, Durham, North Carolina, 27701
The barber, the salon, a wellness stop close to home. Time that is theirs.
Health & Beauty
121 Market St., Durham, North Carolina, 27701
Services
310 E Main St., Suite 103, Durham, North Carolina, 27701
Services
807 E Main St., Building 7, Durham, North Carolina, 27701
Health & Beauty
506 Ramseur Street, Suite 4, Durham, North Carolina, 27701
Beauty & Wellness
620 Foster St. Unit D, Durham, North Carolina, 27701
Services
800 Taylor Street 9-155, Durham, North Carolina, 27701
Pick the delivery date during checkout and set it for Sunday, September 13, so a SpendaBull Downtown Durham 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 SpendaBull Downtown Durham is accepted at over 50 independent businesses in Durham: 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 SpendaBull Downtown Durham is redeemable only at local businesses in Durham, 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 Durham.
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 SpendaBull Downtown Durham they can spend at over 50 independent Durham businesses. Sent by email. Spent down the street.
Buy a SpendaBull Downtown Durham