General Information Regarding Staff Gift Giving
Small gestures of kindness and thoughtfulness truly mean so much this year to our school staff, who is doing all they can to support our children no matter where they are!
FAVORITE THINGS: If you’d like help with gift ideas, we’ve compiled a list of staff members' "Favorite Things". These lists may be found right here on our PTA website: https://3oakspta.weebly.com/room-parent-resources.html
ELECTRONIC GIFT CARDS: As a reminder, VB Schools’ Dept. of Technology has security restrictions in place that only allow gift cards from the following companies to successfully reach staff members’ email inboxes:
- Amazon
- Dunkin Donuts
- GrubHub
- Starbucks
- Target
If you attempt to purchase an E-Gift Card from another company, it will get blocked and the recipient will not receive it. We continue to work with our own Three Oaks Technology team to help add to the number of approved businesses on this E-Gift Card list, and we’ll keep you posted as others are added.
NOTE: Just in case you reach out to a staff member via email and include ANY combination of the words “Gift” and “Card” or “Certificate” in the subject line or body of the email, the email will be blocked and the staff member will never see your message. The PTA has learned to type the word “Card” as “Car*” or use the abbreviation “GC” instead.
If you have any questions regarding this, please feel free to reach out to our PTA Board ([email protected]). For classroom-specific questions, your Room Parent may be best able to assist. Thanks very much!
FAVORITE THINGS: If you’d like help with gift ideas, we’ve compiled a list of staff members' "Favorite Things". These lists may be found right here on our PTA website: https://3oakspta.weebly.com/room-parent-resources.html
ELECTRONIC GIFT CARDS: As a reminder, VB Schools’ Dept. of Technology has security restrictions in place that only allow gift cards from the following companies to successfully reach staff members’ email inboxes:
- Amazon
- Dunkin Donuts
- GrubHub
- Starbucks
- Target
If you attempt to purchase an E-Gift Card from another company, it will get blocked and the recipient will not receive it. We continue to work with our own Three Oaks Technology team to help add to the number of approved businesses on this E-Gift Card list, and we’ll keep you posted as others are added.
NOTE: Just in case you reach out to a staff member via email and include ANY combination of the words “Gift” and “Card” or “Certificate” in the subject line or body of the email, the email will be blocked and the staff member will never see your message. The PTA has learned to type the word “Card” as “Car*” or use the abbreviation “GC” instead.
If you have any questions regarding this, please feel free to reach out to our PTA Board ([email protected]). For classroom-specific questions, your Room Parent may be best able to assist. Thanks very much!