What is an appropriate gift for a person who has lost someone close to them?
Nancy Mitchell: This will happen often in an office. Think of this, you are a business family when you work with people in an organization. When they suffer a loss, you want them to know that you feel their pain if you will. You feel sympathy for them on this occasion. Depending on your office you may have a fund that is ready to send flowers, is ready to send a sympathy card but if you know someone personally, you may want to go above and beyond that group gift. You may want to write that special note, make that call to let them know you are thinking about them.
If you see them outside the office, then go over, have a visit with them, offer your support at a difficult time in their life. Perhaps you could help with transportation for out of town people who may be coming for a funeral. You could help by sending food. You could help by organizing the thank you notes, by driving people to and from a service. There are so many ways that you can support someone in a time like this.
You just not have to be sending a bouquet of flowers. Think about the relationship and then act accordingly. Just giving your time, a call, showing up in an event, saying I care about you is so much more important than the gift itself.
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