Spending money

SpiritManager
Fri, 23 Jul 2010 00:50:08 +0000

It probably depends on a number of factors - will he be going into NYC very often, will he hate the food and want to cook for himself some/much of the time or buy food at Down the Road Cafe or in the villages, and will he be earning anything himself? There’s not a lot to spend money on right there - but he’ll need lots and lots of quarters for laundry. Everyone take note - send your kid to Bard with many rolls of quarters - they will be grateful. My son rarely went into any town for anything which meant he purchased sundries at the Bard bookstore - i.e spent more than he should have for shampoo toothpaste etc. You can send things to them via some online shopping sites like alice.com but then they have to pick up the package at B&G (building and grounds) which can be far from their dorm… (my son was on North campus and there is still a care package from February languishing at B&G because he could never find time to pick it up!) There are shuttle buses into Red Hook where there is a grocery store and pharmacy and, hopefully, your son will be more willing to travel there to shop than mine. Also weekly shuttles to malls in Kingston - where there is a Target and such.