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 Salem Downtown Dollar, good at over 20 independent businesses around Salem. 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 20 independent businesses in Salem. Their pick, not your guess.
What they spend goes to the Salem businesses they already walk past, not to a national chain.
These Salem businesses accept the Salem Downtown Dollar Card. Let them decide which one.
The diner, the bakery counter, the coffee place around Salem where nobody rushes you out.
Food & Dining
333 State Street, Salem, Oregon, 97301
Food & Dining
357 Court Stret NE, Salem, Oregon, 97301
Food & Dining
201 Commercial St NE, Salem, Oregon, 97301
Food & Dining
231 Court St NE Suite 100, Salem, Oregon, 97301
Food & Dining
545 Ferry Street SE, Salem, Oregon, 97301
Food
1313 Mill Street SE, Salem, Oregon, 97301
Bookshops, antique stores, garden centers. The kind of browse that fills an afternoon.
Retail
329 State Street, Salem, Oregon, 97301
Retail
189 Liberty St NE Ste 104C, Salem, Oregon, 97301
Retail
431 Ferry St SE, Salem, Oregon, 97301
Retail
110 Commercial Street NE, Salem, Oregon, 97301
Retail
148 Liberty Street NE, Salem, Oregon, 97301
Retail
480 Center St NE #1144, Salem, Oregon, 97301
Museums, galleries, a show around Salem. Better as a plan than as a package.
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 Salem Downtown Dollar 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 Salem Downtown Dollar is accepted at over 20 independent businesses in Salem: 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 Salem Downtown Dollar is redeemable only at local businesses in Salem, 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 Salem.
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 Salem Downtown Dollar they can spend at over 20 independent Salem businesses. Sent by email. Spent down the street.
Buy a Salem Downtown Dollar
