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 Downtown East Lansing eGift Card, good at over 40 independent businesses around East Lansing. 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 40 independent businesses in East Lansing. Their pick, not your guess.
What they spend goes to the East Lansing businesses they already walk past, not to a national chain.
These East Lansing businesses accept the Downtown East Lansing eGift Card. Let them decide which one.
The diner, the bakery counter, the coffee place around East Lansing where nobody rushes you out.
Food & Dining
103 E Grand River Ave, East Lansing, Michigan, 48823
Food & Dining
340 Albert ave, East lansing, Michigan, 48823
Food & Dining
202 Albert Ave, East Lansing , Michigan, 48823
Food & Dining
109 E Grand River Ave, East Lansing, Michigan, 48823
Food & Dining
225 Ann Street, East Lansing, Michigan, 48823
Food & Dining
211 MAC Ave, East Lansing, Michigan, 48823
Bookshops, antique stores, garden centers. The kind of browse that fills an afternoon.
Retail
207 MAC Avenue, East Lansing, Michigan, 48823
Retail
317 E Grand River Avenue, East Lansing, Michigan, 48823
Retail
307 East Grand River, East Lansing, Michigan, 48823
Retail
617 East Grand River Avenue, East Lansing, Michigan, 48823
Retail
301 M.A.C., East Lansing, Michigan, 48823
Retail
213 East Grand River Avenue, East Lansing, Michigan, 48823
Museums, galleries, a show around East Lansing. Better as a plan than as a package.
The barber, the salon, a wellness stop close to home. Time that is theirs.
Beauty & Wellness
331 E. Grand River Ave, East Lansing, Michigan, 48823
Beauty & Wellness
333 Albert Ave, East Lansing, Michigan, 48823
Services
423 Albert Avenue, East Lansing, Michigan, 48823
Beauty & Wellness
541 East Grand River Avenue, East Lansing, Michigan, 48823
Beauty & Wellness
541 E Grand River Ave Suite F, East Lansing, Michigan, 48823
Pick the delivery date during checkout and set it for Sunday, September 13, so a Downtown East Lansing eGift 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 Downtown East Lansing eGift Card is accepted at over 40 independent businesses in East Lansing: 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 Downtown East Lansing eGift Card is redeemable only at local businesses in East Lansing, 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 East Lansing.
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 Downtown East Lansing eGift Card they can spend at over 40 independent East Lansing businesses. Sent by email. Spent down the street.
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