A gift for your daycare teachers, from every family
Morning teachers, afternoon teachers, the aide who knows every nap schedule: thank them all with one pool. Families chip in from a link, nobody sees who gave what, and each person receives their own gift.
How it works for a daycare parent
Start the pool in the free KadoPool app
Add each teacher and aide in the room and set each person's share: equal, or more for the lead teachers.
Invite the families
Invite them by e-mail from the app, so the reminders reach them, and share the link in the parents' group chat or print the QR code for the sign-in desk. Families pay by card, Apple Pay or Google Pay, with no app or account.
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 teacher 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 chip in from the link, with no app.
Made for a room where parents don't all know each other
Pickup is busy and the parents' chat is full. With one link and private amounts, no one feels watched at pickup, and you never have to ask a family twice: the reminders do it for every family you invited by e-mail.
Every teacher, aide and staff member, one pool
Add the whole room, or the whole center: the cook, the director, the floater. Each person receives their own gift, privately, and chooses gift cards or prepaid cards.
If your center has a limit
Some centers cap what staff may accept. When you start the pool, choose "Teacher/coach gifts", turn on "Limit what people give" and set the most per contributor and the most for the whole gift. Once the most for the whole gift is reached, the pool stops taking contributions.
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 daycare gift
- Private by design. No family sees what another gave, you included.
- The card is built in. Every family can sign the KadoBook and add a photo for a KadoClip, ready for the last day before the break.
- A gift that gives twice. If your daycare is a nonprofit, link the pool to it: KadoPool gives it 30% of our fee.
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 teachers?
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.
How much should each family give?
Whatever feels right, from $10. Nobody sees what anyone gave, you included.
More questions
Do I need to collect money at pickup?
No. Everything goes through the link.
Can I keep it a surprise?
Yes, always: the teachers hear nothing from KadoPool until you send the gift. Just share the link where the teachers won't see it.
Our daycare is a nonprofit. Can it benefit?
Yes. Link the pool to it and KadoPool gives it 30% of our fee. It never comes out of the gift. If it hasn't joined KadoPool yet, we invite it and keep its share for 12 months.
Start the daycare gift
One link for the whole room: families chip in privately, and every teacher and aide picks their own gift.
On a computer? Scan with your phone's camera.