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 Explore Ypsi, good at over 40 independent businesses around Ypsilanti. 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 Ypsilanti. Their pick, not your guess.
What they spend goes to the Ypsilanti businesses they already walk past, not to a national chain.
These Ypsilanti businesses accept the Explore Ypsi Card. Let them decide which one.
The diner, the bakery counter, the coffee place around Ypsilanti where nobody rushes you out.
Food & Dining
10 N washington, Ypsilanti, Michigan, 48197
Food & Dining
209 Pearl St., Ypsilanti, Michigan, 48197
Food & Dining
100 W. Michigan Ave., Ypsilanti, Michigan, 48197
Food & Dining
217 W. Michigan Ave., Ypsilanti, Michigan, 48197
Food & Dining
10 N. Washington St., Ypsilanti, Michigan, 48197
Food & Dining
402 w Michigan, Ypsilanti, Michigan, 48197
Bookshops, antique stores, garden centers. The kind of browse that fills an afternoon.
Retail
130 W. Michigan Ave., Ypsilanti, Michigan, 48197
Retail
214 w Michigan, Ypsilanti, Michigan, 48197
Retail
110 w Michigan ave, Ypsilanti, Michigan, 48197
Retail
46 E. Cross St., Ypsilanti, Michigan, 48198
Retail
6 N. Huron St., Ypsilanti, Michigan, 48197
Retail
16 S. Washington St., Ypsilanti, Michigan, 48197
Museums, galleries, a show around Ypsilanti. 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 Explore Ypsi 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 Explore Ypsi is accepted at over 40 independent businesses in Ypsilanti: 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 Explore Ypsi is redeemable only at local businesses in Ypsilanti, 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 Ypsilanti.
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 Explore Ypsi they can spend at over 40 independent Ypsilanti businesses. Sent by email. Spent down the street.
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