{"id":18246,"date":"2021-01-11T15:22:24","date_gmt":"2021-01-11T20:22:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/gigisplayhouse.org\/cleveland\/?page_id=18246"},"modified":"2025-11-13T14:49:22","modified_gmt":"2025-11-13T19:49:22","slug":"awards","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/gigisplayhouse.org\/cleveland\/awards\/","title":{"rendered":"Awards"},"content":{"rendered":"\n\n\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/gigisplayhouse.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/star-award.png\" alt=\"star-award\" itemprop=\"image\" height=\"2021\" width=\"1762\" title=\"star-award\" onerror=\"this.style.display='none'\" loading=\"lazy\" \/>\n<h1>\n\t\t\tAwards\t<\/h1>\n\t<p>Each year, GiGi&#8217;s Playhouse grants esteemed awards and certificates that recognize achievements within the network of Playhouses across North America. Below are the proud achievements from this Playhouse location:<\/p>\n\t<strong>2025 &#8211; 2020: Standard of Execution (SOE) Champion<\/strong><br \/>\nThis award is given to Playhouse locations that achieve Strong or Center of Excellence on at least 5 SOEs.\n<strong>2024 &amp; 2019 Core Value Award Locally Concerned, Enterprise Minded<\/strong><br \/>\nThe award for Locally Concerned, Enterprise Minded is given to a Playhouse that thinks beyond their local community to share\u202fbest practices, and they leverage the collective learnings from across the\u202fGiGi&#8217;s\u202fnetwork.\n<strong>2023: Core Value Champion: Get It Done &#8211; Lizz Maxwell, Mary Makulinski, and Erin Alexeff<\/strong><br \/>\nThis award is given to a Playhouse staff member who blasts through barriers and stands out among their peers in the Playhouse network\n<strong>2022 &#8211; Community Leader Award &#8211; Lizz Maxwell, Site Director\u00a0<\/strong><br \/>\nThe Community Leader Award honors a woman who has demonstrated excellence in leadership through deep local understanding and outstanding initiative. She consistently advances community-driven, innovative, and sustainable solutions to the region&#8217;s most pressing challenges, and service to either one organization or a variety of volunteer activities.\n<strong>2017: Core Value Champion: Get It Done &#8211;<em> Lizz Maxwell<\/em><\/strong><br \/>\nThis award is given to a Playhouse staff member who blasts through barriers and stands out among their peers in the Playhouse network\n<p><strong>2016: National Volunteer of the Year &#8211; <em>Erin Alexeff and Kim Fennell<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<strong>2015: Core Value Champion: Enthusiasm<\/strong><br \/>\nThis award is given to an emerging Playhouse that demonstrates exceptional potential and energy as they work toward their grand opening\n\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/gigisplayhouse.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/bar-graph-star.jpg\" alt=\"bar-graph-star\" itemprop=\"image\" height=\"900\" width=\"800\" title=\"bar-graph-star\" onerror=\"this.style.display='none'\" loading=\"lazy\" \/>\n\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/gigisplayhouse.org\/form-images\/8-SOE-Circle.png\" alt=\"8-SOE-Circle.png\" itemprop=\"image\" title=\"8-SOE-Circle.png\" onerror=\"this.style.display='none'\" loading=\"lazy\" \/>\n<h1>\n\t\t\tStandards of Execution Certificates\t<\/h1>\n\t<p>The Standards of Execution (SOE&#8217;s) define a descriptive list of standards for\u00a0each of the\u00a08 core functions of the GiGi&#8217;s business.\u00a0 Each Playhouse has an opportunity to achieve along a continuum of growth.<\/p>\n\t<h3>2025 Certificates<\/h3>\n<p><strong>Center for Excellence:<\/strong> Programs &amp; Volunteer Management, Marketing, Operation &amp; Facility, Family &amp; Community Connections, Human Resources, Financial Health, Board Health &amp; Strategy, Development &amp; Fundraising<\/p>\n<h3>2024 Certificates<\/h3>\n<p><strong>Center of Excellence:<\/strong> Programs, Marketing, Operations &amp; Facility, Family &amp; Community, Volunteer Management &amp; HR, Financial Health, Board Health &amp; Strategy, Development &amp; Fundraising<\/p>\n<h3>2023 Certificates<\/h3>\n<strong>Center of Excellence:<\/strong> Programs, Marketing, Operations &amp; Facility, Family &amp; Community Connections, HR &amp; Volunteer Management, Board Health &amp; Strategy, Development &amp; Fundraising<br \/>\n<strong>Strong:<\/strong> Financial Health\n<h3>2022 Certificates<\/h3>\n<strong>Center of Excellence:<\/strong> Programs, Marketing, Operations &amp; Facility, Donation Processing &amp; Data Management, HR &amp; Volunteer Management<br \/>\n<strong>Strong:<\/strong> Financial Health, Board Health &amp; Strategy\n<h3>2021 Certificates<\/h3>\n<strong>Center of Excellence:<\/strong> Programs, Operations and Facility, HR and Volunteer Management, Donation Processing and Data Management<br \/>\n<strong>Strong:<\/strong>\u202fMarketing, Financial Health\n<h3>2020 Certificates<\/h3>\n<strong>Center of Excellence:<\/strong> Programs, Operations and Facility, HR and Volunteer Management<br \/>\n<strong>Strong:<\/strong> Marketing\n<h1>\n\t\t\tLocal Awards\t<\/h1>\n\t<strong>2020: Lakewood Women&#8217;s Club &#8220;Women Honoring Women&#8221; 2020 &#8211; <em>Lizz Maxwell, Community Leader Nominee\u00a0<\/em><\/strong><br \/>\nThe Community Leader Award is presented to a woman who demonstrates excellence in leadership through deep understanding of the community and advancement of solutions to meet challenges within Lakewood. A Community Leader is someone who provides service to a charitable organization or multiple organizations that impact Lakewood.\n<strong>2019: Macaroni Kid West &#8211; Gold Daisy Award for &#8220;Best Special Needs Service&#8221;<\/strong><br \/>\nMacaroni Kid&#8217;s Gold Daisy Awards\u00a0recognize the most beloved local businesses for\u00a0kids\u00a0and families in the greater Cleveland area.\n\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Awards Each year, GiGi&#8217;s Playhouse grants esteemed awards and certificates that recognize achievements within the network of Playhouses across North America. Below are the proud achievements from this Playhouse location: 2025 &#8211; 2020: Standard of Execution (SOE) Champion This award is given to Playhouse locations that achieve Strong or Center of Excellence on at least&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":172,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"wpo365_audiences":[],"wpo365_private":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-18246","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/gigisplayhouse.org\/cleveland\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/18246","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/gigisplayhouse.org\/cleveland\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/gigisplayhouse.org\/cleveland\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gigisplayhouse.org\/cleveland\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/172"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gigisplayhouse.org\/cleveland\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=18246"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/gigisplayhouse.org\/cleveland\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/18246\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/gigisplayhouse.org\/cleveland\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=18246"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gigisplayhouse.org\/cleveland\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=18246"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gigisplayhouse.org\/cleveland\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=18246"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}