Posts Tagged ‘volunteers’
Volunteer Spotlight: Mary Lee Walls
Every Wednesday during the Amina Grace Speech and Language Session, GiGi’s is a hub of non-stop, purposeful programming with the Playhouse dedicated to providing families 1:1 Speech Therapy. We are incredibly grateful for a partnership with Loyola University Maryland/Loyola Clinical Centers and the dedication of on-site Faculty Supervisor Mary Lee Walls. Mary Lee has been…
Read MoreAthlete Causes 2021: Dejah Mulipola Goes to Bat For GiGi’s Playhouse Annapolis
We’re excited to be teaming up with Dejah Mulipola, Athletes Unlimited and Give Lively as a non-profit beneficiary partner of Athlete Causes! Athletes Unlimited has created a new model of professional sports where athletes are the owners, individual players are the champions of team sports and fans are engaged like never before. As part of its…
Read MoreVolunteer Spotlight: Kamarri – “Intuitive & Kind Spirit”
Today we are shining the GiGi’s Playhouse Annapolis Volunteer Spotlight on Kamarri, a terrific GiGi’s volunteer. Finding out about GiGi’s Playhouse Annapolis: As a junior in high school, students are required to complete a summer project that helps other people. Kamarri and his mom Marsha first looked for a food bank in the area, but…
Read MoreParticipant Best of All – International Explorer Alicia
This month’s participant #bestofall goes to Alicia! We love seeing GiGi’s participants becoming strong leaders. Alicia is a very outgoing and capable young woman. When she is not at her day job working at a local school, she serves as a GiGi’s Playhouse Intern. Alicia is always enthusiastically coming up with new ideas and has…
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 MoreFrom Austria with Love!
Hey there! Let me introduce myself to you. My name is Christina, I’m 21 years old and I’m from a country far away called Austria. I came to Annapolis a few months ago to do some volunteer work. I didn’t know what journey I had ahead of me, I didn’t have any expectations and I…
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 MoreDrum Roll Please! Raymond’s “Best of All”
We have been planning to bring drumming to our Playhouse for some time but were not having any luck finding drums and a leader. One day we spotted a video on Facebook of Raymond, our Playhouse participant, drumming in a Washington, D.C. street concert and saw his amazing talent! Now we knew exactly who could…
Read MoreFinding a Treasure with GiGi’s Playhouse
By: Doni Dondero “Being introduced to GiGi’s Playhouse has been an amazing experience for our family,” says Lily’s mom. “Our daughter Lily is 9, soon to be 10, as she tells everyone.” She is going into 4th grade at her home school in Glen Burnie where she participates in an altered curriculum class so that…
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…
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