Welcome Presents from home

Presents from home Gifts When I was a young girl my parents would send me off to camp for the summer. The one thing I looked forward to more than letters from home was a care package from my parents. Some campers got a care package each week packed with junk food, random stuff that would make us laugh, and pictures. Even though I did not receive a package every week like some of the luckier campers, I valued the packages I got more because they were more unexpected and much better made. Since my mother owns a gift basket business, my care packages were never casually tossed into a cardboard box, but instead were presented in a beautiful basket wrapped in bows. Not only was the appearance exceptional, but my mom's company has access to products which you can't buy off the shelves in your local discount store. My packages were filled to the top with gourmet delights including obscure brands of fruit and nut bars, cookies and biscuits, all the best chocolates, rum balls, and snack mixes. I would always share my baskets with my friends and for years after, my camp friends would ask me where my mom had found specific delicacies that they had only ever found in the contents of my camp care packages. Two months ago I moved across the country for school after twenty one years of living nearby my parents. Although real homesickness hasn't set in yet, it has been hard being apart from my friends and family and there are times which are harder than others. A week or so ago I was delivered a surprise package. I tore the box open to find a gift basket much like the ones my mom used to send me at camp. It included 'energy' jelly beans, fruit and nut mix, gourmet chocolate bars and cookies, some of the best granola bars I've ever eaten in my life, and my bike bell which I had left behind at my parents' house. It was the most welcome taste of home I could have hoped for and it reminded me that no matter how far from home you are, your family is always there to think of you. It was the best surprise I've had in a while and it reminded me that my family is proud of my endeavors and ambitions. As you get ready to send your student back to school this school year, think of the little things you can do to remind them that you care for them. Visit Baskets By Rita's website to see our assortment of care packages including our Gourmet Comfort Food Basket which is the perfect gift for you to tell your student how proud you are of them. Our Gourmet Comfort Food basket is perfect for a family or office staff to share. We have selected items that are easy to share and liked by most. Our wooden basket is filled with smoked salmon, cheese, roasted salted almonds, olives, crackers, sausage, chocolates, savory snack mix, white cheddar popcorn, tea, cookies and more. Send this comfort food basket as a welcome, thank you, hang in there or just because gift. Whether for a birthday, graduation, or just because you miss them, a Baskets By Rita gift is the perfect gift for any student who needs a sentimental reminder of home.  If you like this please follow is on Twitter or find us on Facebook.