November 12- Foresters Financial
November 12 30 Days of Gratitude Day 12- Foresters Financial Karin Callahan and the Forester Financial volunteers really went above and beyond when they volunteered as a large group. Forester Financial not only wanted to do a day of service, but also wanted to purchase the items that would be...
November 10- Leadership Conference
November 10 30 Days of Gratitude Day 10- Leadership Conference The National Leadership Conference included opportunities for GiGi's Playhouse staff, volunteers, self-advocates, and board members to learn from each other. There were over 90 different break out sessions and so many different applications of ways we can build upon the...
November 11- Those who serve
November 11 30 Days of Gratitude Day 11- Those who serve On Veteran’s Day we would like to thank our military and everyone who lives a life of service to others. GiGi’s Playhouse Fox Valley is 99% volunteer run. We would not be able to do what we do each...
November 8- Fox Valley Board of Managers
November 8 30 Days of Gratitude Day 8: Fox Valley Board of Managers The Fox Valley Board of Managers has gone through some transition in the last year. Amanda, Jeannie, Miriam, Michael, and Casey stepped down and Emily, Emily, Andy, Joe, Frank, Charlie, Shae have since joined Bret, Charlie, Katie,...
November 7- Custom Culinary
November 7 30 Days of Gratitude Day 7- Custom Culinary Thank you, Custom Culinary, for visiting GiGi's Playhouse Fox Valley! We loved giving you a tour and telling you about our mission about changing the way the world views Down syndrome. You were so engaged and had such great questions! ...
November 9- GiGi’s Playhouse Network
November 9 30 Days of Gratitude Day 9- GiGi’s Playhouse Network The 5 day GiGi's Playhouse, Inc. Leadership Conference was the epitome of #strongertogether. 60 GiGi’s locations came together for strategy, training, and inspiration! 67 speakers and 91 breakouts- all to change the way the world views Down syndrome and...
November 4- Maggie & NovaCare, Drake University students
November 4 30 Days of Gratitude Day 4: Maggie & NovaCare, Drake University students GiGi's Playhouse is extremely grateful for all the partnerships we have with local organizations and today we would like to acknowledge Maggie from NovaCare and our Drake University interns. Drake has been sending us OT interns...
November 6- Naperville Half Marathon & 5k charity runners and donors
November 6 30 Days of Gratitude Day 6: Naperville Half Marathon & 5k charity runners and donors Thank you to all our GiGi’s Playhouse Fox Valley charity partner runners and the generosity of our donors for Naperville Half Marathon and 5k. Each GiGi’s Playhouse runner agrees to raise a minimum...
November 5- Fantastic Friends and Aurora University Therapeutic Rec.
November 5 30 Days of Gratitude Day 5: Fantastic Friends and Aurora University therapeutic rec. On this 4th day of gratitude we are thankful to Aurora University and the Therapeutic Recreation class of Kris Johnson for being the program leaders for Fantastic Friends. Fantastic Friends supports the development of social...
November 3- Siblings
November 3 30 Days of Gratitude Day 3: Siblings “He sees what his brother can do, instead of what he is not yet able to do.” Today we are thankful for siblings- the best teachers of how to treat someone with a disability!!! If you are interested in having Super...
November 2- Parent Round Table
For the month of November GiGi’s Playhouse Fox Valley will be recognizing people/organizations/businesses that help us change the way the world sees Down syndrome. Today parents, volunteers, board members, and site coordinators met to discuss programming options at GiGi's Playhouse Fox Valley. During this time we discussed the interests of...
November 1- Nancy and GiGi
For the month of November GiGi’s Playhouse Fox Valley will be recognizing people/organizations/businesses that help us change the way the world sees Down syndrome. On this first day of thanks we would like to thank our chief belief officer and founder of GiGi’s playhouse, Nancy Gianni, and her daughter, GiGi....