The fall semester is well underway and your college kid is probably running low on pens and getting sick of pizza for breakfast. (Can you ever have too much pizza?!) With a few more gruelling weeks before the holidays, October is the perfect time to send a care package that will help keep your kid cross the finish line.
1. Baked goods
The healthy, homemade kind. Preferably enough to share with dormmates (Hello, new best friends!).
FRESH TIP: Here’s a yummy fall recipe for Pumpkin Oatmeal Squares from one of our favourite vegan food bloggers, Oh She Glows.
2. Gift cards
College kids burn through money and forget to spend it on the important stuff – like, uhm, food, toiletries, and the necessities of life.
FRESH TIP: Try to get your hands on a gift card for their campus bookstore — it’s extra
convenient (and they can’t buy beer there).
3. School supplies
Top your student up with the basics. Pens, binders and notebooks — you can never have enough.
4.Socks and underwear
Trust us, they’ll thank you.
5. Quarters
Because the dreaded laundry day WILL inevitably come.
6. Photos
Pics of family, pets, and friends will help make your kid's dorm feel more like home.
FRESH TIP: If your kid’s dorm room has a mini fridge, Sticky 9 specializes in printing Instagram photos onto magnets (goodbye sticky tack!) Your kid won’t believe how Internet-savvy you’ve become!
7. Natural Cold Killers
It’s that time of year, and living on campus only increases your kid’s chances of catching a cold. Natural remedies like oregano oil, echinacea and apple cider vinegar will help keep their immune system strong!
8. A hand-written note or card
Nothing says love like a handwritten note. It’s just so much more meaningful (and less annoying) than a voicemail.
9. Dorm décor
It’s amazing what a string of lights or a potted plant can do to personalize a dorm room.
10. Snack Food
Distract them from Doritos by sending some healthy alternatives like dried fruit, protein bars, and trail mix.
11. VerMints Variety Pack
Heyo! You knew it was coming. Eating, chewing and sucking on all flavors of VerMints will keep your college kid’s breath smelling fresh — no matter how much coffee they’ve been guzzling (or pizza they’ve been eating at 3am).
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