You mean teenagers who just want to fit in with their peers and dont want to be thought of as poor? Those are status symbols of NORMALCY amongst teens, as silly as you might think they are.
Yeah, I had the same reaction you did to that comment.
Well for our Angel tree they want those giving to pick something from their list to give them. I not going to give someone pens/lip gloss/lotion when they those items I listed. So far no one has taken one of their names off the tree which is sad but unfortunately it is out of everyone’s budget to purchase someone $150+
My daughter was 9/10 when an employee at the local comic store suggested Lumberjanes by Stevenson, Ellis, Watters, Allen. It's a graphic novel series about campers who go on adventures and solve mysteries. She really enjoys them.
Why is a visa gift card a ridiculous item? They ask these kids what they wish for and they wish to have those like their friends and classmates do, I don't think many really expect to get them all but they can still wish. For the charity I work with we give the teens gift cards for the holidays.
They want a $200 visa gift card.
Thank you for those recommendations! I buy for a different program, but similar objective. The organization I contribute to asks for a $25/gift maximum. I'm not familiar with hydro flask, but when I do a search it seems like most the ones with the "sport top" are closer to $60+, but ones with the wide mouth top are closer to $35. Is one style more "in" than the others? I don't mind spending more, but I also don't want to go against the organization's policies because I know they set that amount for a reason. I think $35 is probably "close enough" but $60 wouldn't be.
