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 Love Local Mendo, good at over 75 independent businesses around Ukiah. 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 75 independent businesses in Ukiah. Their pick, not your guess.
What they spend goes to the Ukiah businesses they already walk past, not to a national chain.
These Ukiah businesses accept the Love Local Mendo Card. Let them decide which one.
The diner, the bakery counter, the coffee place around Ukiah where nobody rushes you out.
Food & Dining
7051 North State Street, Redwood Valley, California, 95470
Food & Dining
1200 South State Street, Ukiah, California, 95482
Food & Dining
13601 Old River Road, Hopland, California, 95449
Food & Dining
108 W Standley Street, Ukiah, California, 95482
Food & Dining
44951 Ukiah Street, Mendocino, California, 95460
Food & Dining
1610 south state street , Ukiah , California, 95482
Bookshops, antique stores, garden centers. The kind of browse that fills an afternoon.
Retail
162 West Smith Street, Ukiah, California, 95482
Retail
116 W Standley Street, Ukiah, California, 95482
Retail
161 Orchard Plaza, Ukiah, California, 95482
Shopping & Retail
109 Canyon Drive, Ukiah, California, 95482
Retail
319 Kasten Street, Mendocino, California, 95460
Retail
541 S Franklin St, FORT BRAGG, California, 95437
Museums, galleries, a show around Ukiah. Better as a plan than as a package.
Arts & Culture
333 N Franklin St, Fort Bragg, California, 95437
Arts & Culture
17801 North Highway One, Fort Bragg, California, 95437
Retail
319 Kasten Street, Mendocino, California, 95460
Arts & Culture
110 S. School St., Ukiah, California, 95482
Arts & Culture
45050 Main Street, Mendocino, California, 95460
Arts & Culture
10546 Lansing St, Mendocino, California, 95460
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 Love Local Mendo 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 Love Local Mendo is accepted at over 75 independent businesses in Ukiah: 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 Love Local Mendo is redeemable only at local businesses in Ukiah, 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 Ukiah.
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 Love Local Mendo they can spend at over 75 independent Ukiah businesses. Sent by email. Spent down the street.
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