If your college student is attending university relatively close to home, you might think about hand-delivered care packages for college and picnic baskets rather than shipped care packages. While your student may not appreciate an impromptu visit, he or she will be less put out if you come calling with a laundry basket or other useful container filled to the brim with goodies.

Benefits of hand delivery

• Face-to-face visit
• Zero postage and shipping costs
• Packages can be as large as your imagination or at least as large as your vehicle
• Baked goods arrive in one piece
• Delivery is timely
• No chance the package will be delivered to the wrong student
• You get to check up on your student

Additionally, hand-delivered gift baskets and care packages are a great way to get heavy and bulky necessities into the dorm room with ease.

Heavy or otherwise hard-to-ship items:

• laundry soap (attach a note explaining, again, how to do laundry)
• sheets and pillow cases
• overstuffed pillows
• big, fluffy bathrobe
• bath towels and extra washcloths
• soaps and lotions
• small appliances (if allowed)
• houseplants
• nonperishable groceries
• homemade cookies and canned items

School-related gifts
When it comes to college care packages and gift baskets, just about anything related to a computer or schoolwork will be put to good use.

• laser ink and paper
• desk lamp
• mouse and mouse pad
• notebooks and pens
• cell phone, calling card, or updated phone

Gift basket containers
When hand-delivering a college care package, a traditional woven basket works well, but what works even better is a laundry basket.

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