Retirement Gift

Retirement Gift: Fitness & Health

Is someone in your office workplace or someone that is close to you set to retire in the near future and you are looking for ideas on what to get him or her? Try a health and fitness themed gift basket. There are hundreds of different variations of baskets that can be made depending on the budget, gender of the person, general likes and dislikes, and where a person lives. Part of the gifts can be serious and the rest can be gag gifts. Here we will try and supply some different ideas for both men and woman that can neatly fit into a gift basket.

GIFT BASKET THEMES

1. Golf Lovers Basket

It may be a bit cliché but a large majority of retired men intend to play a lot of golf and a golf driving range gift certificate or golf course membership would fit perfectly in a gift basket. It can be a center piece of a golf themed gift basket which could include golf gloves, tees, balls, shoes, and any other golf related item you can think of. here’s a couple of funny gift ideas, you can get the DVD Dwarf on Golf or all used products in the basket before giving the real basket.

2. Exercise or Fitness Theme

Many people say they want to exercise more but the eight do not have the time or they don’t want to spend the money. If you think your retiree would be interested in a gym membership you can center a gift basket on a gym gift card and take those excuses away. You can include weight lifting gloves, exercise clothes, protein and nutritional bars, vitamins, head bands, and other like gym going products. Again, for a laugh you can personalize a T-shirt, towel, a big supply of sports cream for all the aches and pains, make a funny exercise tutorial or whatever else you can think of that would be funny.

If a gym membership is not ideal but you think the person would want to exercise you can still do a gift basket but gear it more towards exercises that can be done at home. Include some exercise videos (P90X or Turbo Jam for example), exercise bands, weighted aerobics gloves, yoga mat, exercise cloths, different fitness drinks and foods, small weights, roller blades, running shoes, and so on. The combination’s or themes are truly endless. Again, for fun you can include a funny videos, exercise for dummies manual, a funny list of do’s and don’ts, and a funny list of motivational quotes.

3. Day Spa Theme

For the person that needs to relax and be taken cared of send them to a spa for a day so they can get that much needed massage, acupuncture treatment, and aroma therapy. The basket can include some soft nature music, candles, lotions and oils, massaging tools, foot soaker, facial creams, and anything else that will go along with the theme. The mockery that can be created with this can get crude in a hurry, but having funny labels on the lotions, creative titles of manuals, hair waxing products, toe jam cures, and so on. Like I said this one could get funny so have fun with it.

4. Sports and Recreational Themes

A lot of people are fanatical about a specific sport, so you can do a football themed gift basket including tickets to a game, or for a tennis player buy a racket. Where I live people are nuts for the Ohio State Buckeyes so buying a golf bag with Brutus the Buckeye on the side, or football jersey with his or her name on the back would go a long way. To get a laugh buy something that is totally irrelevant to the sport like ping pong ball for a golfer or soccer ball for a basketball fan. A big gag is making a basket of a rival sports teams products, but keep it inexpensive because most of it will never see the light of day.

All these ideas can be perfect for a women or mens gift. If you are looking for bigger items like elliptical machines, treadmills, or other gym equipment go to EllipticalMachinMan.com to see some reviews and lists of different products. I hope you have fun with your retiree’s gifts and can use some of the themes provided to get a great idea.

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Retirement Gifts For Men

Gone are the days of limiting retirement gifts for men to a gold watch, there are many options available to delight the man who is on the road to retirement. You want to get a gift to represent not only the years of devoted work but also the appreciation the company feels for the individual and all their hard work. It is time for this man to pass on to a new phase in life, one of leisure, one that has been anticipated for years so make your gift something that represents both the past and the future! Here’s some ideas for mens gifts.

First, consider the person’s interests. A set of custom golf balls won’t be appreciated if he isn’t a golfer. Look to his close associates for help, they will know how he enjoys his leisure time.

Here is a list of interests and appropriate gifts.

Sports: A year’s membership to the local gym or sports club could be the perfect gift for a man with plenty of time! Season tickets to a local sport team’s events are another idea. How about a gift certificate to a sporting goods store where he can pick out something he’s been admiring.

Camping, Fishing, Hunting: Several magazine subscriptions that specialize in his area of interest would be appreciated. A gift certificate to a sporting goods store where he can pick the perfect accessory for his activity. If you are near an area that offers it, a sport fishing trip with a guide would make for an exciting gift. Include a small digital camera to get pictures of the big catch!

Travel: Every location has attractions that he may have never visited. Buy a weekend hotel package that includes tickets to near-by attractions.
Crafts and Woodworking: Make up a gift basket of quality hand tools, some appropriate project magazines or books and launch your retiring man into a new project that he will remember was started with the help of his co-workers.

Cultural Events: Buy a year’s membership to a nearby museum, a season’s worth of tickets to the theater, a hotel and cultural event package in a nearby city. Scour your local tourism sites to find coming events and a list of museums.

History Buff: Create a vacation package to an historic site, a Civil War battle site, a town known for its local historical importance. Purchase a membership at the nearest historical museum. Even a gift certificate to a book store that specializes in historical offerings would be a big hit and keep him busy reading for a long time.

When looking for the perfect retirement gift for a man, don’t limit yourself to standard items that may just sit on a desk or get tucked away. Think about the person’s interests, consider activities and experiences that will enrich his life and find that perfect, memorable gift!

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The Perfect Retirement Gift

When you are looking for the perfect retirement mens gift (or a woman) you must keep two issues in mind. The first issue is to select a gift that can be kept by the retiree for a long period of time as a remembered. The second issue is to pick a gift that the retiree will use and want to use frequently.

One good idea is to purchase a rocking chair with a personal inscription upon it. You can write a phrase that says something along the lines of “Happy Retirement after 30 years of service George Smith” and have that attached to the rocking chair. The rocking chair idea is great on many levels. The first level is that a rocking chair symbolizes the resting phase that retirees enter into upon their retirement. Second level is that a chair is a practical gift and a gift that an individual can use every single day of their life. And the third level is the personal nature that the chair having a phrase transcribed or engraved would have to the retiree.

If you want to go with a wrist watch as a gift, please remember to personalize that too by getting it engraved. You could get a ring engraved also. You could get many different gifts that fit into what the retire might like, and just take the added step to engrave.

Think about adding some retirement poems in a card to make the gift extra special.

One nice thought for someone who enjoys sitting in their backyard is to buy them a nice bench that you add a label onto for a small personalizing phrase. I believe that the best gifts to give for retirement are the ones that are thoughtful enough for the retiree to love and also personal on some level. Also, there are many personalized gift baskets you can choose from.

If you know that someone has a particular interest or a particular hobby go with a gift along those lines. A great gift for someone who loves arts and crafts is a personal basket full of items that would help them with their hobby. For example, if someone knits many things as a hobby buy them a large basket filled with many types of yarn. You could add a great hand written note to make it even more personal or have fellow workers make retirement speeches.

In general terms, the whole concept of a retirement gift comes down to the simple logic involved in finding a nice gift and personal gift for the retiree. Try and remember that the price of the gift is not important, but rather the thought behind the gift has the greatest importance. And the last point to remember is to always gift wrap. No matter how big the item is, just buy lots of paper to wrap the gift, as a retirement gift must be a gift that you wrap.

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