No-cost welcome back gifts for teachers?

Question:The PTO of my kids' school would like to give each staff member a little "welcome back" inspirational gift. The problem is, we have NO budget for this and the gifts need to be given on Monday (5 days from now!). They will be at a staff meeting and there will be lots of food and desserts, so I don't want to give them food.

I'd like to give them something with an inspirational quote attached. Someone suggested giving each teacher a rock, and painting a quote on it that says something like "most people will see this as a stumbling block, but teachers see this as a stepping stone." I like the general idea; the rocks can be found for free, but it would be hard to find 77 rocks of the right size, I'd have to lug 77 rocks to school on Monday, and then, the teachers would probably just throw the rock out.

Can anyone think of a similar idea for a free, simple, meaningful welcome back gift for the staff of our school?

Answers:
I teach--I loved the year I got a "helping hand". Hand Cut outs from construction paper were made and each teacher was given 2 hrs. of volunteer time from either a PTO member or high school volunteer (the helping hand) whenever the teacher wanted to collect the favor. Lots of help can be usedputting up and taking down bulletin boards, record keeping, getting craft supplies organized for a special classroom project etc, decorating for a classroom celebration, etc. Maybe this idea will help you too.
As i kid i used popsicals sticks to make a boarder around a pic, you could use a quote and decorate the pop- sticks. use ribbon, buttons prettymuch anything.
You'll need...
Pop-sticks
Ribbon
Buttions
Normal computer paper to write the quote and Glue.
bake cookies with ingredients from the kids houses

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