In need of thank you gift ideas

[millyvanillie]

I will soon be leaving an outpatient pt clinic where I've served as a volunteer for over a year. In a few weeks I will be moving to another state to begin the physical therapy program.

I would like to give the physical therapists a thank you gift before I leave. There are 4 pt's in total (2 male/ 2 female). They have all been caring & helpful during the dpt application process. There is one pt I am closer to than the rest and consider my mentor- I have observed him the most and he is in part responsible for my acceptance.

What type of gifts do you suggest? I would like to give them each something. The pt's ages range from late 20s- early 50s.

My total budget $40.

Thank you for your help 👍

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[hopefloats7]

I know all the PTs I shadowed love cookies. So I baked them some homemade goods and wrote a small note. I will soon be going back and writing them more thank you notes to follow up on where I will be attending!

 

[Litlwarrior08]

Coffee / bakery or bagel shop gift certs. Bake them something yummy or make something crafty. Of course make sure you do a thank you card that includes a personal note or experience/memory for each one. Any group pictures you could frame? Then make sure you keep them posted as to your progress and what fun you will be having as a DPT student LOL

 

[elmcd77]

I gave the people who wrote me letters of recommendation a cool mug with hot chocolate packets or gift sized coffee. I would almost discourage the baked goods as the clinic I worked at received something like that every day from patients, and while a nice gesture, gets old after a while. I also like the picture frame idea. For one of my letters of rec, I took a cool frame and put in a picture I had taken and she loved it. She has it on her desk and says she thinks of me when she looks at it. Hope I can help.

 

[ptdpt]

On my last day, I bought a cake for the entire department. I couldn't think of an affordable way to say thank you to so many, so cake it was!!!

 

[pa3cia15]

the rehab department teased me about getting donuts and pastries for them on my last day, so I did bring donuts and pastries. But before leaving the town, I brought more pastries (from out of town) that I know most of them will like and they sure did. I was initially planning on buying them a keurig since they all loved coffee but I didn't have enough time to go to the mall and buy one and plus it's expensive. it would ha ve been a perfect gift though.

 

[sunshine8]

What about a fruit bouquet or fruit tray, maybe with some of the fruit dipped in chocolate? This could be purchased or homemade. I agree with the individual who commented on the overload of sweets. Some clinics receive tons of sweets on a weekly basis, but rave over a healthy option (like a fruit tray) when given to them(bc many in this field try....TRY 🙂 to be healthy)!

 

[Gradschool]

You can always make a cheap gift basket. Most 99 cent or dollar stores have baskets (esp. since it's easter) you could put in sparkling water, cheese, cheese knife, salami or other meat. I've seen a few PT's rave about stuff like that since it's not sweet. If you don't want to make one you could always buy one (like this: http://www.worldmarket.com/product/index.jsp?productId=12134109 )
usually its not too expensive most stuff you could find for under 5$ and everyone could split it.
http://www.worldmarket.com/product/index.jsp?productId=12134109

 

[asdfsoup]

What about a fruit bouquet or fruit tray, maybe with some of the fruit dipped in chocolate? This could be purchased or homemade. I agree with the individual who commented on the overload of sweets. Some clinics receive tons of sweets on a weekly basis, but rave over a healthy option (like a fruit tray) when given to them(bc many in this field try....TRY 🙂 to be healthy)!

Fruits are a good idea!

I used to work in a PT outpatient clinic where we'd all literally groan every time someone brought in donuts, cookies, or cake...no one would touch it and it'd all go to waste!

Try keeping it healthy. On my last day there, one of the PTAs made me a DELICIOUS healthy (if not, healthier) carrot cake bar with cream cheese frosting.

I only bought a gift for two of the ladies, and those were cute seasonally appropriate candles from Pottery barn (~$10/each)

 

[millyvanillie]

I agree with the opinions on sweets. Im leaning towards an assortment of fruits and thank you cards.Thank you for the suggestions!