{"id":40988,"date":"2018-05-30T12:25:28","date_gmt":"2018-05-30T17:25:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/gigisplayhouse.org\/desmoines\/?p=40988"},"modified":"2024-10-10T11:40:23","modified_gmt":"2024-10-10T16:40:23","slug":"meet-our-summer-interns","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/gigisplayhouse.org\/desmoines\/uncategorized\/meet-our-summer-interns","title":{"rendered":"Meet Our Summer Interns!"},"content":{"rendered":"

Our Summer Interns!<\/p>\n

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From left to right: Jalen and Gabbi<\/p>\n

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Meet Gabbi!\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n

Hello, my name is Gabbi Anker. I from Polk City, Iowa. I am a recent graduate of Iowa State University where I majored in Child, Adult, and Family Services with my focus being on children. Some of my hobbies are biking, kayaking, and running. I love the summertime and doing everything outside when it\u2019s warm! I enjoy shopping and getting my nails done. One of my favorite things to do is to travel and find new places to explore and learn about.<\/p>\n

I began working with children when I was twelve years old and have been working with them ever since. From being a nanny, respite care provider, and teaching for a before and after school program, I have met so many wonderful families and children. Those families and children are the ones who fired my passion for my major in college. I knew that I loved getting to help families out while also getting to spend time and see the children grow. After this summer, I plan to find a career where I can live my passion out and continue to work with families and children.<\/p>\n

I first learned about GiGi\u2019s when I attended the first GiGi University graduation in 2015. It was during that time that I fell in love with this place and everything it stood for. Since then, I have participated in the 5k and volunteered for the gala and have got to experience the amazing events that GiGi\u2019s puts on. I am looking forward to being a part of the summer programs and the golf outing this summer. I can\u2019t wait to get started with summer and to get to meet all the families involved here at the playhouse!<\/p>\n

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Meet Jalen!\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n

Hi, my name is Jalen Parrington and I am recent graduate of Iowa State University. At Iowa State I majored in Child, Adult and Family Services with an emphasis in children and families. I also have a minor in General Business.<\/p>\n

I am from Eden Prairie, Minnesota and had discovered GiGi\u2019s Playhouse in the Twin Cities when I took the little boy I was nannying that summer. I found out about the Des Moines location and was interested in the opportunity to help out here!<\/p>\n

I have always enjoyed working with children from nannying to working in a daycare. My passion is helping make a positive impact in children\u2019s lives and helping families in need. After this summer, I want to pursue a career working with children.<\/p>\n

When I am not working I love to be with my family and friends. I love to play tennis and golf. I also enjoy reading, being outside and traveling.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Our Summer Interns! From left to right: Jalen and Gabbi     Meet Gabbi!\u00a0 Hello, my name is Gabbi Anker. I from Polk City, Iowa. I am a recent graduate of Iowa State University where I majored in Child, Adult, and Family Services with my focus being on children. Some of my hobbies are biking,…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":55,"featured_media":141661,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-40988","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/gigisplayhouse.org\/desmoines\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/40988","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/gigisplayhouse.org\/desmoines\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/gigisplayhouse.org\/desmoines\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gigisplayhouse.org\/desmoines\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/55"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gigisplayhouse.org\/desmoines\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=40988"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/gigisplayhouse.org\/desmoines\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/40988\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gigisplayhouse.org\/desmoines\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/141661"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/gigisplayhouse.org\/desmoines\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=40988"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gigisplayhouse.org\/desmoines\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=40988"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gigisplayhouse.org\/desmoines\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=40988"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}