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Thank you, Summer Interns!
This past week, we wrapped up our summer internship! 14 interns learned work readiness skills and various ways to help the Playhouse during a 12 week internship at GiGi’s Playhouse Chicago! Some interns were asked, “What does internship mean to you?” check out their responses in the video linked below: Learn more…
Read MoreA Message from Hafsa
Our Playhouse had a special visitor the past two months named Hafsa! While visiting from France, she came to the Playhouse for programs and to help with intern tasks! One of those tasks being to write a blog to share her story with our Playhouse families! Learn about Hafsa and her time here at…
Read MoreThank You, Ultimate Dry Cleaning!
After no longer seeing a donation box at her local dry cleaners, board member Cheryl Bane reached out to Ultimate Dry Cleaning to see if they would be willing to have a GiGi’s Playhouse donation box. Ultimate Dry Cleaning was more than happy to support GiGi’s Playhouse and even requested a poster to accompany the…
Read MoreMeet Mikayla!
Hello! My name is Mikayla Mix and I am a third-year Occupational Therapy student at Washington University in St. Louis. I am spending 14 weeks at GiGi’s to complete my doctoral capstone project. For my project, I will be helping to redesign the Career Development Hub at the Playhouse with the help of our interns!…
Read MoreAnnual Report 2021
Dear friends, I am thrilled to announce the publication of our 2021 Annual Report and share with your our big wins, highlights, and stories! Resilience has always been at the core of GiGi’s Playhouse Chicago. We continued to demonstrate our capacity to grow and thrive amidst challenging times in 2021. Of course, everything that we…
Read MoreGiGi’s Playhouse x HelloBaby Community Partnership
For many new parents, particularly those with limited resources and support, welcoming a child to the family can be both a joy and a challenge. Therefore, HelloBaby was created as a nonprofit organization whose mission is to support, empower and inspire families raising young children in underserved neighborhoods in Chicago. HelloBaby provides free programming and…
Read MoreA Letter from our Leadership Team – Annual Appeal 2021
Dear Friends, Resilience has always been at the core of GiGi’s Playhouse Chicago. We continued to demonstrate our capacity to grow and thrive amidst challenging times in 2021. Of course, everything that we accomplished could not have been possible without the creativity and drive of our staff, participants, families, friends, volunteers, donors, sponsors, and many…
Read MoreGiGi’s Playhouse Chicago Hosts 7th Annual Dance-A-Thon
On December 5, 2021, GiGi’s Playhouse Chicago had the pleasure of hosting one of our favorite annual events, our Dance-A-Thon with a virtual attendance option – all in effort to raise funds for an incredible cause! This was our 7th annual Dance-A-Thon and we are so grateful to our board members and committees for…
Read MoreA Monstrous EPIC Halloween: Read On If You Dare!
By: Shannon Lyons, Child Development Intern at GiGi’s Playhouse Chicago This past Sunday, GiGi’s Playhouse hosted a Halloween party with our adult EPIC group. The group celebrated the spooky season by watching ‘Hotel Transylvania’, decorating the Playhouse, snacked on Halloween treats and popcorn, and created a Halloween pumpkin craft. Disney’s Elsa, Sonic the Hedgehog, Spiderman,…
Read MoreGiGi’s Playhouse Chicago – Guests on the Moxie OT Podcast
This month we are celebrating Down Syndrome Awareness Month! Tune in and learn more about the role of occupational therapy at GiGi’s Playhouse Chicago on the Moxie OT podcast. In this podcast, Jenny Popova (Board President and volunteer at GiGi’s Playhouse Chicago) and Hannah Hartz (volunteer at GiGi’s Playhouse Chicago) discuss how they…
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