Comments on: Frugal End of Year Teacher Gifts on Frugal Coast2Coast http://www.frugalupstate.com/frugal-living/frugal-end-of-year-teacher-gifts-on-frugal-coast2coast/ Use what you have, get creative and save! Thu, 09 Feb 2012 18:41:09 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Erin S http://www.frugalupstate.com/frugal-living/frugal-end-of-year-teacher-gifts-on-frugal-coast2coast/comment-page-1/#comment-8452 Erin S Wed, 27 May 2009 18:09:53 +0000 http://www.frugalupstate.com/2009/05/frugal-end-of-year-teacher-gifts-on-frugal-coast2coast.html#comment-8452 My mom was a teacher for 39 years, and we always saw the multitude of gifts she'd bring home (mostly cheesy). I agree that a heartfelt note goes a long way and that baked goods are frugal ideas that can be enjoyed by the teacher and his or her family. You have no idea how many soap dispensers, coffee mugs and tchotchkes pile up around a teacher's home! My mom was a teacher for 39 years, and we always saw the multitude of gifts she’d bring home (mostly cheesy). I agree that a heartfelt note goes a long way and that baked goods are frugal ideas that can be enjoyed by the teacher and his or her family. You have no idea how many soap dispensers, coffee mugs and tchotchkes pile up around a teacher’s home!

]]> By: Anonymous http://www.frugalupstate.com/frugal-living/frugal-end-of-year-teacher-gifts-on-frugal-coast2coast/comment-page-1/#comment-8444 Anonymous Wed, 27 May 2009 15:40:33 +0000 http://www.frugalupstate.com/2009/05/frugal-end-of-year-teacher-gifts-on-frugal-coast2coast.html#comment-8444 As I teacher, while I appreciate the sentiment- DO NOT send in baked goods. Just like everyone else, we watch our weight, have food allergies and cannot always know the cleanliness of your kitchen. So unfortunately, we often just throw them away. Teachers do not want another mug, lotion, soap, candle or other knick knack. I could open a gift store. Gift cards to Target, Staples, a mall or other place that we can use to buy things for our classrooms and students. Ask any teacher confidentially and he/she will tell you the same thing. My personal favorite is a letter from the parents and the child telling me how much they appreciate all of my hard work. As I teacher, while I appreciate the sentiment- DO NOT send in baked goods. Just like everyone else, we watch our weight, have food allergies and cannot always know the cleanliness of your kitchen. So unfortunately, we often just throw them away. Teachers do not want another mug, lotion, soap, candle or other knick knack. I could open a gift store. Gift cards to Target, Staples, a mall or other place that we can use to buy things for our classrooms and students. Ask any teacher confidentially and he/she will tell you the same thing. My personal favorite is a letter from the parents and the child telling me how much they appreciate all of my hard work.

]]> By: cutie pie http://www.frugalupstate.com/frugal-living/frugal-end-of-year-teacher-gifts-on-frugal-coast2coast/comment-page-1/#comment-8434 cutie pie Wed, 27 May 2009 04:08:20 +0000 http://www.frugalupstate.com/2009/05/frugal-end-of-year-teacher-gifts-on-frugal-coast2coast.html#comment-8434 Hi, great topic. I love all the great ideas i'm reading. I enjoy cooking but I know of a lot of teachers who end up throwing baked goods away because they don't trust students. Just a thought. I don't think all teachers would do this just some. But I don't blame them. For this reason I think a craft would be safer. Hi, great topic. I love all the great ideas i’m reading. I enjoy cooking but I know of a lot of teachers who end up throwing baked goods away because they don’t trust students. Just a thought. I don’t think all teachers would do this just some. But I don’t blame them. For this reason I think a craft would be safer.

]]> By: Anonymous http://www.frugalupstate.com/frugal-living/frugal-end-of-year-teacher-gifts-on-frugal-coast2coast/comment-page-1/#comment-8433 Anonymous Wed, 27 May 2009 02:25:59 +0000 http://www.frugalupstate.com/2009/05/frugal-end-of-year-teacher-gifts-on-frugal-coast2coast.html#comment-8433 I'm a primary teacher and one of the sweetest gifts I ever received was a small, pretty bowl (thrifted?) filled with fresh strawberries my student and his mom had picked themselves. Delicious, summery, I could share with my family or in the staffroom, and I never had to dust it!<br />Leslie in Canada I’m a primary teacher and one of the sweetest gifts I ever received was a small, pretty bowl (thrifted?) filled with fresh strawberries my student and his mom had picked themselves. Delicious, summery, I could share with my family or in the staffroom, and I never had to dust it!
Leslie in Canada

]]> By: Evelyn http://www.frugalupstate.com/frugal-living/frugal-end-of-year-teacher-gifts-on-frugal-coast2coast/comment-page-1/#comment-8432 Evelyn Tue, 26 May 2009 21:35:22 +0000 http://www.frugalupstate.com/2009/05/frugal-end-of-year-teacher-gifts-on-frugal-coast2coast.html#comment-8432 My kids go to a private school. We are lucky in that the school pays its teachers very close to par with the public school salaries. The down side, it there is an extremely minimal retirement fund.<br /><br />Because of the lack of retirement fund, the parents contribute to a fund at the end of the year. The class teacher gets half of the contributions, the aide and specialty teachers (PE, Music, etc) split the other half. We give it in a lump sum at the end of the year, and the teachers put it in their IRA. This system seems to work well for everyone. The teachers do not get something they can not use, the donations are what ever the family chooses to contribute, and we do not have to pay thousands more per year to fund a retirement program. My kids go to a private school. We are lucky in that the school pays its teachers very close to par with the public school salaries. The down side, it there is an extremely minimal retirement fund.

Because of the lack of retirement fund, the parents contribute to a fund at the end of the year. The class teacher gets half of the contributions, the aide and specialty teachers (PE, Music, etc) split the other half. We give it in a lump sum at the end of the year, and the teachers put it in their IRA. This system seems to work well for everyone. The teachers do not get something they can not use, the donations are what ever the family chooses to contribute, and we do not have to pay thousands more per year to fund a retirement program.

]]> By: Brynn http://www.frugalupstate.com/frugal-living/frugal-end-of-year-teacher-gifts-on-frugal-coast2coast/comment-page-1/#comment-8431 Brynn Tue, 26 May 2009 16:10:51 +0000 http://www.frugalupstate.com/2009/05/frugal-end-of-year-teacher-gifts-on-frugal-coast2coast.html#comment-8431 I am a crafter by nature-so it's pretty much uaranteed that they're getting something handmade! My mom recently gave my a bunch of co-ordinating stationary, and since I make my own cards, I divided it in three (for my sons MAIN 2 teachers plus the principal),bundled it all up with a pretty ribbon and that was that. For the office ladies, (that truly care and help SO much) the bus driver, and others, I wrapped a pretty scrapbook patterned paper around a candy bar, tied a pretty ribbon around it with a small heartfelt card/tag, and that was that! The presentation was key-and I spent $5 TOTAL! We were creative, and that was key! I am a crafter by nature-so it’s pretty much uaranteed that they’re getting something handmade! My mom recently gave my a bunch of co-ordinating stationary, and since I make my own cards, I divided it in three (for my sons MAIN 2 teachers plus the principal),bundled it all up with a pretty ribbon and that was that. For the office ladies, (that truly care and help SO much) the bus driver, and others, I wrapped a pretty scrapbook patterned paper around a candy bar, tied a pretty ribbon around it with a small heartfelt card/tag, and that was that! The presentation was key-and I spent $5 TOTAL! We were creative, and that was key!

]]> By: Carrie http://www.frugalupstate.com/frugal-living/frugal-end-of-year-teacher-gifts-on-frugal-coast2coast/comment-page-1/#comment-8430 Carrie Tue, 26 May 2009 15:57:58 +0000 http://www.frugalupstate.com/2009/05/frugal-end-of-year-teacher-gifts-on-frugal-coast2coast.html#comment-8430 No kids in school any longer, but I usually baked for them. I loved it when some enterprising parent volunteered to collect funds and present a gift card on behalf of the class ... and I still baked something! I sent the recipe, and freezing instructions! I love having home-baked goodies ready to heat & serve, don't you? No kids in school any longer, but I usually baked for them. I loved it when some enterprising parent volunteered to collect funds and present a gift card on behalf of the class … and I still baked something! I sent the recipe, and freezing instructions! I love having home-baked goodies ready to heat & serve, don't you?

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