One relative organizes it, everyone chips in by card from wherever they live, and the whole family sees the total — so the collection doesn't depend on one aunt's notebook and a stack of birthday-card cash.
Families already run collections constantly — the anniversary gift, grandma's birthday, the cousin's graduation, the reunion deposit. Usually one aunt organizes it: she calls everyone, keeps the list, collects cash at Sunday dinner, and fronts whatever's missing. It works because she's trusted. It's exhausting because everything lives with her.
Every family has the aunt or grandparent who wants in on the gift but won't be chipping in from a phone. That's fine — they hand their part to the organizer the way they always have, and the organizer records it on the table so their name shows up alongside everyone else's. The record reflects the whole family, not just the ones who paid by card.
It also keeps separate occasions from blurring together. One table for grandma's birthday, another for the reunion deposit, another for the graduation gift — so the money for one never gets quietly borrowed for another, and each collection has its own clean start and finish that anyone in the family can open and check.
The trusted relative still holds the money — it lands with them through Stripe, and TableCash is the record the whole family can see.
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