One thing that is synonymous with college life is poverty. Opening the fridge to find a two-week old block of cheese and stale bread is always disappointing, until you receive a gift basket from mommy dearest. From Mom specialists noted that the reaction to each basket category is different and truly dependent on the recipient’s personality. Below are the five top personality types and the perfect care packages for them.

“You talkin’ to me?!” Yup, we‘re talking to you. You have been a movie fanatic ever since you were a kid. You are known as the person that can rattle off a quote from a movie that can apply to any situation! You may even have a paper taped to your bedroom door with a list of all the classic movies that you are trying to watch by years end. This care package will make this weekend’s movie night that much better for you and your guests, asserting your position as the movie king or queen.

Movie Night package

It’s no secret! Someone really cares a lot about you. Your parents were the ones that had to be escorted off campus when they dropped you off for the first time freshman year.

You may be a momma’s boy or daddy’s little girl, but that’s all good considering the awesome care package you are getting.

Just Because package

You are the healthy student and it shows. Being in tip-top shape both mentally and physically is your plan for happiness. You dream of a green future where everyone can drive a Prius Hybrid or even better, ride a bike.

When you get down to hitting the books for finals you need healthy snacks to fuel you. When you finish with finals you will be all set to strap on your backpack and hit the trails of Europe!

Healthy Choices Final Exams package

Everyone knows you are the sports fan around the campus. Lets face it you have a different sports jersey on every other day…sometimes you just have paint on!

This package will keep you fueled up and psyched up for the next several games, making sure you don’t miss a play by taking any unnecessary trips to the store for snacks.

Game Night package

OK, so you never got the freshman 15 you always heard of. Or maybe you did? You have a sweet tooth and mom knows that sometimes you just need that fix.

Most college kids love the healthy, high quality snacks From-mom.com has, but every once in a while you just need to indulge! This package shows everyone that you are only human and also enjoy some of the sweeter things in life.

Junkalicious package

This is such an exciting and busy time - especially for those parents of high school seniors. We are ready to welcome you into the wonderful world of being a parent of a college students! All of us are wondering what to get these grads. I graduated awhile ago, but not too long ago to remember that I got money-lots of money, and I liked it. I was wondering if that was still the case today. Of course, I have to say that a care package club would be the best possible present a grad could ever have, but I thought there might be some other interesting ideas, so here is what I found..

On this top ten list, Money was still number 1, followed by “Oh the Places You’ll Go” by Dr. Seuss. I think this one is a little played out, but sentimental if that is what you are going for.

Number 3 on the list, and ipod….what? are there teenagers that still don’t have an ipod? I don’t believe it!

The rest were typical-computer, digital camera, except for #6, and idea I’ve never heard of and I’m pretty happy about it.

Commemorative Coins-I do not know an 18 year old kid who would be excited about commemorative coins. If you are going to give “money”, let’s just stick with money. As they say, Cash is King…Coins are just….Coins.

The funniest gift idea (at least to me) was highlighted in this news article I read in our local paper. Kids are asking for designer bags for graduation. I don’t care how hard my daughter works in school, honey, I have a hard time believing she deserves a $6000 Hermes bag for it!

So there you have it, a lot of ideas, but none better than $$$$$ (and a care package)!

Got a great idea for a graduation gift? Let us know!

Hello to all you moms ( and dads and everyone else) out there and welcome to our blog. We are so excited to be able to expand our website to include a community where we can connect with our customers. We’ll be talking about the joys and frustrations of having kids in college, our glamorous lives as care package ladies, and of course food (our favorite topic!) Please feel free to respond to our comments and contact us with ideas about things you’d like to discuss.