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For the teachers, coaches, and sitters who get your kids through the year — and for the household starting the routine over. One Keep It Local: Downtown Windsor, over 10 local businesses to choose from. Delivered by email.
There are two lists this time of year — the crew who gets your kids through the year, and the household gearing up for a new one. A Keep It Local: Downtown Windsor covers both.
Teachers, coaches, tutors, bus drivers, sitters, daycare staff — a local card they can spend on themselves.
over 10 local businesses — coffee, lunch, books, supplies, a treat. Their pick, not your guess.
Delivered by email. Dollars go straight to local Windsor Center businesses.
These Windsor Center businesses accept the Keep It Local: Downtown Windsor Card — whether you're thanking a teacher or restocking your own school year.
For the week nobody has the energy to cook, and for the coach who stayed late. Windsor Center’s kitchens, their pick.
Food
55 Palisado Ave, Windsor, Connecticut, 06095
Food
330 Broad St, Windsor, Connecticut, 06095
Food
124 Poquonock Ave, Windsor, Connecticut, 06095
Food
296 Broad St, Suite C, Windsor, Connecticut, 06095
Food
150 Broad St, Suite 501, Windsor, Connecticut, 06095
Food
226 Broad St, Windsor, Connecticut, 06095
Notebooks, a new reading list, shoes that fit this year — from local Windsor Center shops instead of a big-box aisle.
Shopping
332 Poquonock Ave, Windsor, Connecticut, 06095
Shopping
150 Broad St, Suite 400, Windsor, Connecticut, 06095
Shopping
318 Broad St, Windsor, Connecticut, 06095
Shopping
296 Broad St, Windsor, Connecticut, 06095
Shopping
96 Palisado Ave., Windsor, Connecticut, 06095
A haircut, a massage, an hour that belongs to them — the kind of thank-you a classroom mug has never been.
The first week of school books itself solid. Schedule delivery for the date you want — the morning of day one, the end of orientation week, or the Friday the new routine finally sticks.
Pick the delivery date during checkout. Delivered by email on the day you choose.
Pick an amount between $5 and $500.
Thank a teacher by name, or send a kid off with a word of encouragement.
Delivered by email or text — no shipping, no wrapping.
A Keep It Local: Downtown Windsor lets the person you’re thanking choose what they actually want from over 10 local Windsor Center businesses — coffee, lunch, books, a spa break. No more mugs or desk trinkets. It also supports local businesses and never expires.
Two lists, one card. The crew who gets kids through the year — teachers, coaches, tutors, bus drivers, sitters, daycare staff — and the household starting a new routine, including a busy-parent friend or a college kid heading back.
The Keep It Local: Downtown Windsor is accepted at over 10 local businesses in Windsor Center, including coffee shops, restaurants, bookstores, boutiques, salons, and more. They pick where and when.
Visit our purchase page, choose an amount ($5–$500), add a personal message, and send it by email — or print it for hand delivery on the first day. No shipping needed.
Yes. During checkout you can pick the delivery date, whether that is the first day of school or the end of orientation week. Set it up early and skip the last-minute scramble.
No, the Keep It Local: Downtown Windsor does not expire. They can use it whenever they’re ready — there’s no rush to spend it during the first week.
A Keep It Local: Downtown Windsor for the teacher, the coach, or the parent holding it together — good at over 10 local Windsor Center businesses. Delivered by email — no wrapping required.
Buy a Keep It Local: Downtown Windsor