 PERQ Up Your Valentine's Day
Still searching for the perfect Hallmark card to proclaim your infatuation, adoration or obsession on Valentine's Day?
Drop by the Bryan Center Plaza from noon to 3 p.m. Thursday to create crafty greeting cards and other unique gifts from "reclaimed" paper, ribbon, beads, and other baubles and trinkets. Just look for the colorful booth hosted by the
Scrap Exchange, a non-profit Durham agency.
The free event is open to Duke faculty, staff and students. It's sponsored by Duke Recycles and the Office of Student Activities and Facilities.
There are also other places on campus to find last-minute gifts for your sweetheart.
Duke Stores has plenty of offerings that could help Cupid hit his mark - whether it's the latest best seller from the Bryan Center's Gothic Bookshop, a piece of colorful garden art from The Terrace Shop at Sarah P. Duke Gardens or a pair of hand-crafted earrings from the Nasher Museum Store.
Valetine's gift bags, cakes and other treats are available at Victoria's Sweets, a Duke Dining vendor that has a cart on Bryan Center Plaza.
If you want to sweeten the deal with chocolate and other tasty morsels, Duke Dining Services has several special treats available. You can take home some fresh-baked, heart-shaped cookies from
The Refectory Cafe in the Divinity School. Or drop by
Victoria's Sweets cart on the Bryan Center Plaza, where the selection includes Valentine's gift baskets, heart-shaped mini red velvet cakes, chocolate-dipped strawberries and truffles.
In addition, there's a plethora of choices in Duke's Staff & Family Programs PERQS Program, which offers discount options for Duke employees at area shops, restaurants and entertainment opportunities.
Here are a few samples from the PERQS web site that might help you find the perfect present for your Valentine:
- Planet Beach Contempo Spa. Buy 1 Hydration Station massage and get 1 free. Also get 20% off lotion. 3415 Westgate Dr, Suite 104, Durham. 419-8826. Must show valid Duke ID.
- Cherry Moon Farms. Enjoy 10% off fresh premium and healthy organic fruit gift boxes and baskets, sent overnight. Order by visiting
the Cherry Moon Farms web
site and entering promotion code: DUKE, or call 1-800-210-2279 and mention promotion code: DUKE
- From You Flowers. Save 20% on flowers, fruit baskets, spa gift
baskets, wine and champagne baskets, chocolates, and plants.
Order online or call 1-800-838-8853 and mention code 695.
- Proflowers. Receive 15% off flowers, plants, chocolates and
gift baskets purchased on the site. To order online, simply visit
this web site and enter promotion code:
DUKE To order by phone, simply call 1-800-210-2279 and mention promotion code: DUKE.
- Send Flowers and More. Save 18% on flowers, bouquets and gift
baskets when you visit the
web site.
- ICE.com. Receive 20% off jewelry when by visiting the
web site. To receive the discount on a telephone order, call 1-800-539-3580 and mention Duke University COUPON CODE:
ECDKE
- Lineberry & Co. Take 10% off jewelry repair, engraving, and gifts and 15% off all jewelry. Must show valid Duke ID.
- Restaurants. The PERQs program has negotiated discounts in a variety of restaurants, from down home BBQ to upscale Angus beef and everything in-between. Visit
the PERQs web site to learn more.
Please remember to present your valid Duke ID for discounts.
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