Posts Tagged ‘Fantastic Friends’
GiGi’s Thanksgiving Food Drive – Building Leaders & Helping Neighbors
In the past few weeks leading up to Thanksgiving, GiGi’s Fantastic Friends (18+) participants successfully coordinated a food drive to collect food and other items to donate to the local Lighthouse Shelter. The group asked the community to donate items such as traditional Thanksgiving foods like green beans, stuffing, and gravy, as well as gift…
Read MoreVolunteer Spotlight: Lauren Blachowiak – Fantastic Friends Bonus: Sign Language
Written by: Camille Manuncia, GiGi’s Communications Intern Lauren Blachowiak, a former teacher at The River School in Washington D.C., has become a wonderful leader for the Fantastic Friends Bonus: Sign Language program! Lauren became involved with GiGi’s in Nashville, TN, while studying for her Master’s degree in Early Childhood Special Education at Vanderbilt University.…
Read MoreHey Good Lookin’, Whatcha Got Cookin’?
GiGi’s Playhouse Annapolis is the host of GiGi’s Kitchen Adult (18+) LIVE every Wednesday night from 5-6pm East Coast time. Participant Carmen (ably assisted by her Mom Ginger) has been teaching participants from all over the country how to make all kinds of fun, interesting and healthy (well, mostly) recipes for dinner. We’ve been exploring…
Read MoreGiGi’s Great Gatsby Party Reflects the Era 95 Years Earlier
By Doni Dondero Maryland had just closed its nonessential businesses in March 2020, so what’s a party-planning team to do? Go virtual, of course. GiGi’s members of the Dancetastic Committee and its leaders Olivia and Emily, moved forward with a May 22 dance themed around the 1925 F. Scott Fitzgerald novel, The Great Gatsby. The…
Read MoreFebruary Program Buzz
Join in purposeful programs planned at the Playhouse in February! Simply RSVP online. No cost for organized and led programs. Invite siblings and friends! Special Events: Dine to Donate! The Italian Market (All families) Invite family and friends for lunch or dinner…socialize and enjoy delicious food while raising needed funds for GiGi’s Playhouse free programs.…
Read MoreA Move In The Right Direction
BY: The Axtell Family GiGi’s Playhouse has been an irreplaceable bee hive of activities for our 47-year-old son Mark after our recent move from the Seattle, Washington area. Our stressful cross-country move was one of those “had-to-do things” to get Mark near his beloved sister as we aging parents who are both in our 80’s…
Read MoreReflections on the Road
By Joan Peddicord I’ve been part of the GiGi’s Annapolis family since May, 2018, when I volunteered for the Literacy summer pilot and then the Fall program. A few years earlier, I had learned about GiGi’s from a segment on the national news and knew I wanted to volunteer. Fast forward to retirement, and I…
Read MoreExciting Fall Session Programs!
LMNOP (Birth-3 years) LMNOP is an interactive and engaging program designed to guide parents and young children through learning basic sign language and other forms of communication using music and language-based activities. We recommend this program for ages Birth-3 Years. Tuesdays: RSVP for Sept. 17, 10-11 am RSVP for Sept. 24, 10-11 am Saturday: RSVP…
Read MoreJust Brew It!
By: Karin Gipple Chemistry 101? Cooking with yeast? No! It was an entertaining and educational afternoon learning the art of brewing beer which, contrary to popular belief, is a lot like chemistry and a lot like cooking. A group of over-21, adventurous Fantastic Friends got together for an afternoon to brew a Czech Pilsner. First,…
Read MoreGiGi’s Playhouse: An Answered Prayer
By Lisa Custer To say that GiGi’s Playhouse Annapolis has made a difference in my daughter’s life is the quintessential understatement. I would call GiGi’s Playhouse a literal “Godsend.” In September of 2016, our family dynamic drastically changed. Suddenly I was a single parent. My daughter, Valerie was in her sixth season of living her…
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