My firm just threw us a shower. About 25 people went in on a group gift, and they each signed one card. Then some other people gave us individual gifts. I wrote out separate thank yous to the individuals who gave us separate gifts, but I'm torn on the group gift. My inclination is to write out individual thank yous to each person who signed the card, but it also seems a bit like overkill. (Also, I've never even met some of the people who contributed, so filling out an entire TY note will be kind of rough.)
FWIW, I've noticed the way most people seem to handle this at my firm is by sending one big TY to the firm (they host the shower), and the firm posts the card in a main area where everyone will see it. But I still want to do the right thing...even though I feel like I've been writing TY cards for weeks now! WWYD?
Re: Thank you note(s) for group gift
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I totally agree with this! I received several group gifts at work (about 15 people chipped in) and I wrote out separate thank yous. I just felt better about doing it that way. Once you get going, it won't take too long.
My firm just threw one for me last week. I got a group gift as well as individual gifts. I did TY's for all of them....it sucks. But I got to cheat a little. I have carpel tunnel and swelling so bad, I can't hand write anything of great lenght, so typed a note that I included in the TY card and just a short, Thank you so much, on the acutual card.
I had to do about 30, plus the TY's from the shower my friend threw me. Our firm is just to large for a "group" thank you and it would never be posted and not everyone would get it. So I did individual. What they did was so nice for me, I couldn't resist thanking everyone.