Thank you letters for graduation

Question

I am writing thank you notes to people who gave me gifts and money for graduating what is the appropriate thing to write to thank them. Thanks for the help.

Answer 1

When I wrote mine a year ago, I just wrote "Thank you for coming to my party and the gift of money. I plan to use it to help out with college this fall. Thank you very much! Sara"

Answer 2

You should reference the gift specifically, i.e. thankyou for the gift certificate I will be attending college in the fall and it will really come in handy in getting my dorm together.  I really appreciate you thinking of me.

It doesn't have to be elaborate, but it is important to do