Holiday Gifts

Tracking for Holiday Gifts

2026 Holiday Gifts

Timeline

• Create a 2026 Tab on the above spreadsheet
• Start discussion at the end of Q2 of "what"what to give
• Identify "who"who will receive the gifts:
  • Employees
  • Contractors
  • Clients
  • Partners
  • Vendors
• Order items
• Plan time to put together the giftgift. Add this time to the Ops Timeline. 
• Plan time to ship items (FedEx: if DORIS had a scale, we could save money on postage)
• Plan time to deliver items (took approximately 4 days in 2025)

Track giving in Black Box. Add any contacts that were not in Tab 1.1.  Determine if contact should be added to Newsletter list and send information to Harding Poorman.  NOTE: Universities tend to go on break earlier than corporations NOTE: Find a way to highlight if any gifts are different (add a gift card, etc. find a way to remind during the building process.)

What:

ALL presents must include a handwritten note

Previous gifts have included:

2025:

• Handwritten note on a "2026 Colorscope" 
• Book: "What do you Do with a Problem?"
• Branded Notebook
• Flair Pen [corresponding colorscope] 
• Some presents included a pen clip
• NOTE: Notebook and cards designed by Maria Meschi

2024:

• Handwritten note on a bookmark (designed by Maria Meschi)
• Book: "The Creative Act: A Way of Being"
• Gift cards (Patachou, Loumalnatis, Tinker, Bica Cafe, local restaurants)
• Plants
• Plant/pot with seeds (different from above?) 

2023:

• Handwritten note
• Calendar designed by Maria Meschi
• Away Overnight Bag
• Gift cards (Starbucks, Parlor, Patachou, local restaurants, 

2022:

• Handwritten note
• Yeti
• Apparel gift card
• Bomber, 3/4 Zip
• Gift Cards (Starbucks, Patachou, Anthropology)