A thank-you for the caregivers, from every family
The aide who knows how Mom takes her tea, the nurse on nights, the kitchen team: thank them together. Families and relatives chip in from a link, wherever they live, and each person receives their own gift.
How it works for the family who organizes it
Start the pool in the free KadoPool app
Add each person you want to thank, with their e-mail, and set their shares.
Invite the families
Send the link by e-mail from the app, or share it in the families' group chat. Brothers, sisters and cousins can chip in too, from anywhere.
Let the reminders do the chasing
With automatic reminders on, KadoPool nudges the people you invited by e-mail who haven't chipped in yet, about 3 days and 12 hours before the closing date. You see who has chipped in, never who gave what.
Send the gift
Each person receives their own gift in the KadoPool app, with the KadoBook of the families' messages.
On a computer? Scan with your phone's camera.
Free to organize, in about two minutes. Families and relatives chip in from the link, with no app.
Ask the community first
Some communities don't allow tips or gifts to individual staff and run a staff appreciation fund instead. Ask the front office what's allowed before you start.
Relatives anywhere can join
A brother across the country or a cousin in France can chip in from the link with their own card.
Messages your parent can be part of
Every family can add a message to the KadoBook, written with their parent or for them.
If the community is a nonprofit
Link the pool to it and KadoPool gives it 30% of our fee, never taken from the gift.
What they receive
Prepaid cards or gift cards: they choose
Prepaid cards they spend wherever the card is accepted (up to $999 each; the rest as gift cards), gift cards they pick, or a mix. See the gift cards
Everyone can add a photo
On US pools, each person can add one with their message, in the app or on the website after paying. You choose which ones to keep.
A KadoClip: the messages as a short video
Set to music, from $2.49 per recipient, or with the photos, from $3.99. You see the price before you choose.
Play the sample KadoClip from the messages
Play the sample KadoClip with photosThe KadoBook, free with every gift
Every message on its own page, with the names of the people who chipped in, kept in the app for two years.
A KadoPrint: the KadoClip, printed
The messages and photos you keep, printed and sent to each person you thank. You see its price, with shipping, in the app.
A KadoFrame: the poster
The photos everyone added, as one 18 × 24 in poster in the gift's style, with every name. Printed, rolled in a tube and sent to each person you thank. You see its price, with shipping, in the app.
Why KadoPool for a caregivers' gift
- Private by design. Nobody sees who gave what, not even the organizer. The total stays hidden until enough people have chipped in that no amount can be guessed.
- Everyone can join. People chip in from the link with a card, Apple Pay or Google Pay: no app, no account. Family and friends abroad can chip in with their own card.
- The card is built in. Every message goes in a KadoBook, free with every gift, and a KadoClip can turn the messages and photos into a short video.
What it costs
Organizing is free. Each payment carries the card processing and KadoPool's 2% fee: about $1.53 on a $25 gift. You choose whether it comes out of the gift or is added on top. See pricing
Questions
What do we need from the caregivers?
Their e-mail address: any one they read, a work or school address included. The gift goes there, and they open it in the free KadoPool app with that address. If it was mistyped, you can correct it in the app.
When do they get the gift?
When you send it from the app, once the pool has closed. Set the closing date for the day before you want them to have it, and send it on the day. They don't need an account first: they get one e-mail with the gift and open it in the free KadoPool app.
Do families need the app to chip in?
No. Families chip in from the link on any phone or computer, by card, Apple Pay or Google Pay. Only you, to set up and send the gift, and the people you thank, to open it, use the app.
What if staff can't accept gifts?
Then don't start a gift pool for them. If the community is a nonprofit and a KadoPool partner, families can give to it with a donation pool instead. How donation pools work
More questions
Can we thank the whole team on a floor?
Yes. Add each person with their e-mail and set their shares.
Can people outside the US chip in?
Yes, from the link with their own card. It is charged in dollars and their bank converts it. Stripe charges 1.5% more for a card from outside the US, shown before they pay.
Do I hold the money?
No. Payments go through Stripe, never to you. The gift is exactly what was collected.
Start the caregivers' gift
Families chip in from the link, wherever they live, and each caregiver picks their own gift.
On a computer? Scan with your phone's camera.