Posts Tagged ‘#volunteer’
Ready…Set….Race for Acceptance! 🏃
Join Us for the GiGiFIT Acceptance Challenge: Supporting Inclusivity and Wellness with GiGi’s Playhouse Annapolis! Join us at Quiet Waters Park on April 6th for the GiGiFIT Acceptance Challenge hosted by GiGi’s Playhouse Annapolis! This event is not only a celebration of fitness and inclusivity but also a vital fundraiser that directly impacts our ability…
Read MoreGiGi’s Birthday-In-A-Bag Team Delivers Smiles!
As my friends and peers struggled to figure out how they were going to give back to the community and earn their National Honor Society hours during a pandemic, I never had to think twice. Immediately, I knew I wanted to work with GiGi’s Playhouse. I sent Judy a message asking what she thought would…
Read MoreGiGi Prep Career Development Program Launches in Annapolis
According to research, adults with Down syndrome have an unemployment rate that vastly exceeds the national average. Only 3% of adults with Down syndrome are employed full time, and only 57% have paid employment (1). At GiGi’s Playhouse Annapolis, we want to provide the kinds of job skills training that will help our participants successfully…
Read MoreGiGi’s National Leadership Conference 2021
The GiGi’s Playhouse Annapolis Team had jam-packed, well-spent five days with staff, volunteers and supporters from around the GiGi’s Playhouse Network at the National Leadership Conference in the Chicago-area . Coming together and sharing ideas with 257 attendees, 85 speakers, 78 sessions, 77 countries, 61 locations, 5 days, all with 1 voice – changing the…
Read MoreVolunteer Spotlight: Barb DeCheubel
Barb is an amazing volunteer; she steps up wherever and whenever needed, she even changed her travel plans to help GiGi’s with the Navy Stadium Concessions Fundraiser! Wow, what a generous person! Barb has volunteered in support of many of our programs including GiGi Prep, Art Explosion, Fantastic Friends, International Explorers and Yoga. She always…
Read MoreAn Original Poem: Friendship Over Coffee
Friendship over Coffee By Olivia August, GiGi’s Playhouse Annapolis Poet in Residence A CALL FOR ME!!! To drink coffee with a friend! Mask on or not, it’s a call To go get coffee with a friend! Four words that make my day, Someone cares enough to say. “Let’s go get coffee.” OH, I am so…
Read MoreThe Polar Express makes its way to GiGi’s!
Before heading back to the North Pole, we were fortunate to have Santa’s presence at GiGi’s Playhouse Annapolis (six feet apart of course)! With fabulous leadership from Ellen Zielinski, support from GiGi’s volunteers, Junior League of Annapolis, and the Chesapeake Ballet Company, the Playhouse was able to hold a safe and successful event to spread…
Read MoreVolunteer Spotlight: Sharon Pohl – Crawlers & Walkers Physical Therapist
Sharon Pohl has 32 years of experience as a physical therapist working with children with disabilities, so when she retired in July, she was seeking a volunteer experience where she could use that invaluable background. Speaking of her years with Montgomery County Public Schools and other organizations, she says, “It was extremely rewarding, in a…
Read MoreGiGi’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: Diane Fantone – Grateful to be Sharing Cooking Skills
Written by: Camille Manuncia, GiGi’s Annapolis Communications Intern Ever since she was a little girl, Diane Fantone has loved to bake. She attended Johnson and Wales University in Providence, Rhode Island, where she received her bachelor’s degree in food service management, along with attending the culinary school there. Diane’s personal chef business provides in-home meals…
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