don't wait, appreciate
If you have one or more tokens of appreciation to share with people or a special someone, what are you waiting for? Skip asking someone whether you should or not. Just send it. You don't know how large of a window you have to send it anyway.
It doesn't matter how well you know the person, how much you have to say, or how polished your effort is. Just the thought that someone out there cared enough to offer a gesture out of their own goodwill can turn their frown upside-down. Perhaps it could even alter their entire life trajectory.
Putting your hat into the ring can encourage the people around you to pitch in their own reactive or already existing tokens of appreciation. Those gifts could encourage an even stronger recovery than your own, which is fine in that appreciation is a team effort.
Be the social contagion for good you wish existed. Appreciate, don't wait.