Gift Basket Delivery in Great Lakes, IL

Gift Basket Delivery ships gift baskets to Great Lakes and the rest of Lake County, Illinois. Gourmet, fruit, sympathy, birthday and get-well baskets are packed to order by our gift basket partners and shipped 2-day, sooner in some regions: you choose the delivery day at checkout, and an order placed by 3:45 PM Eastern can arrive as soon as two days later.

Ships 2-day, sooner in some regions · choose the delivery day at checkout Order by 3:45 PM Eastern for the earliest delivery dayLake County · ZIP 60088Packed to order by our gift basket partners

Gift baskets delivered to Great Lakes, IL

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Hospital, senior living & campus deliveries in Great Lakes

A basket ships by parcel to a street address, so it cannot go to a PO box, a graveside or a service. What it can do is reach a bedside, a resident's door, a campus mailroom or a hotel front desk, as long as the order names the person the way that place expects. Below, the kinds of places in and around Great Lakes that boxes get sent to, how each one receives a parcel, and a local example laid out the way the label should read.

Hospitals

Parcels go to the hospital's receiving desk or mailroom and are brought up by staff, so pick a delivery day that lands before the expected discharge. Baked goods, fruit and snack boxes suit a room; nothing that needs a fridge.

Ship to Patient's full name, unit and room North Chicago Va Medical Center Acute care hospital with an emergency department3001 Greenbay RoadNorth Chicago, IL 60064

Also near Great Lakes: Northwestern Lake Forest Hospital, and 1 more.

Senior living and nursing homes

Reception signs for the box and staff bring it through, so a weekday delivery reaches the resident faster than a Saturday one. Soft baked goods, fruit and sugar-free boxes are the usual choice.

Ship to Resident's name, building or apartment number Claridge Healthcare Center 231 beds700 JenkissonLake Bluff, IL 60044

Also near Great Lakes: Waukegan Health and Rehab, and 4 more.

Colleges and campus mailrooms

Campus mailrooms hold parcels for pickup and notify the student, so a text to say a box is on the way helps. Exam weeks and move-in are the busy times; care packages go out two business days ahead.

Ship to Student's full name, residence hall or mail center, box or room number Rosalind Franklin University of Medicine and Science Private nonprofit, 1,000 to 4,999 students3333 Green Bay RoadNorth Chicago, IL 60064

Also near Great Lakes: Lake Forest College.

Verified Places checked by Gift Basket Delivery team · September 2026 · Sources: CMS Provider Data Catalog, NCES IPEDS, Overture Maps Foundation. Names, addresses and facility facts come from those public datasets and are checked by hand; spotted one that has moved or closed? Let us know and it comes off the page.

How delivery to Great Lakes works

Gift baskets (shipped)

  1. Choose the basket and the delivery day you want. The calendar at checkout shows the days available for your recipient's ZIP code: an order placed by 3:45 PM Eastern can arrive as soon as two days later.
  2. Your basket is packed to order by one of our gift basket partners.
  3. It ships 2-day to Great Lakes; you get a shipping confirmation with tracking when it leaves.
  4. The carrier brings it to the door, the front desk or the mailroom on the day you chose, so it is worth checking that someone will be around.

Next-day delivery is offered for some regions at certain times of the year; the checkout calendar shows what is available for your recipient's address.

ZIP code we ship to in Great Lakes: 60088.

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Good to know

  • Gift baskets ship 2-day, so they are not a same-day gift: for a date that matters, order two business days ahead or more and pick the day at checkout.
  • Add the recipient's phone number at checkout; the carrier uses it if the address needs a second look.
  • Business, hospital and campus addresses: include the department, room or mailbox so the front desk can route it.
If I order a basket today, when can it reach Great Lakes?

Baskets ship 2-day, sooner in some regions, and you pick the delivery day on the calendar at checkout. An order placed by 3:45 PM Eastern can arrive as soon as two days later; the calendar shows the exact days open for your recipient's ZIP code (60088).

Can a basket be shipped to North Chicago Va Medical Center?

Yes. North Chicago Va Medical Center sits 1 mile out from Great Lakes, and the box goes to its street address. Address the box to the patient's full name with the unit or room number and use the hospital's street address. Hospitals take parcels at a receiving desk or mailroom and staff bring them up, so pick a delivery day that lands before the expected discharge; a box that arrives after the patient has left sits in the mailroom until someone claims it.

When to ship what to Great Lakes

Baskets travel by parcel and can wait on a step for an afternoon, so the month decides the contents. Thirty-year averages for Great Lakes, month by month, with the ones that matter marked.

  1. Jan 30°16° Freezing
  2. Feb 34°18° Freezing
  3. Mar 44°27° Freezing
  4. Apr 55°35°
  5. May 67°47°
  6. Jun 76°57°
  7. Jul 82°63°
  8. Aug 80°62°
  9. Sep 74°54°
  10. Oct now 61°43°
  11. Nov 48°31° Freezing
  12. Dec 36°22° Freezing

October in Great Lakes: afternoons around 61°F, nights around 43°F. Nothing in the forecast averages argues against a doorstep delivery; any basket in the catalog travels well.

Freezing nights (January, February, March, November and December). The average low reaches 16°F in January. Jams, sauces and fresh fruit should not spend a night outside; offices, senior residences and hospitals all receive indoors.

Normals: NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information, 1991 to 2020, Waukegan station, 3.3 miles from Great Lakes. Heat: average high 85°F or more. Freezing: average low 32°F or less. Snow: 2 inches or more in the month. Wettest: the two months with the most rain.

Where we ship in Great Lakes

Great Lakes, IL · Lake County Great Lakes Outline: U.S. Census Bureau

Great Lakes sits in Lake County, Illinois, within the Chicago-Naperville-Elgin metro area. Our gift basket partners ship gourmet gift baskets, fruit baskets and bakery gift boxes to homes, offices, hospitals and campuses across Great Lakes.

ZIP codes
60088
County
Lake County, Illinois
Metro area
Chicago-Naperville-Elgin
Gift baskets
Ship 2-day, sooner in some regions; order by 3:45 PM Eastern for the earliest delivery day, and pick the day at checkout.
Time zone
Central time
Nearby
North Chicago, Lake Bluff, Waukegan, Lake Forest, Libertyville

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