Posts Tagged ‘Hoffman Estates’
Determination and Hard Work: GiGi Career Development Spring Session Celebrates!
Last month we celebrated our virtual career training programs, GiGi Unniversity, GiGi Prep, and GiGi Professional, with a virtual completion ceremony. Students celebrated their accomplishments throughout the Spring Session with interns from Aurora University. Our Students from the E.P.I.C program (Empowered, Participation, Independence, and Community) really enjoyed their Speech sessions with Dr. Jay and doing…
Read MoreThe Best Part About Volunteering At GiGi’s Playhouse!
GiGi’s Playhouse is powered every day by amazing volunteers. People who have the heart and passion to help change the world, and uplift the lives in their communities. Volunteers like Kelly Micholson, who has been volunteering in our Hugs and Mugs Café this year. Kelly was so excited to share a little bit…
Read MoreGiGi’s Amina Grace Speech & Language at Home!
GiGi’s Playhouse Hoffman Estates to proud to serve our families with the FREE 1:1 Amina Grace Speech & Language Program. Yes even during this season where we need to be home, GiGi’s is coming to participants right where they are! We are seeing big impacts in the lives of our or hard-working participants and are…
Read More“Walking into the playhouse was truly an unforgettable experience…”
“Walking into the playhouse was truly an unforgettable experience. I was scared to “walk into” the life of DS by going to GiGi’s, even though I knew it would benefit Ian in more ways than 1. Our first day there proved that there was NOTHING scary about it. We instantly felt like family. I am…
Read MoreFirst Week of GiGi U!
We have a great group of new students this fall for GiGi U! Our session started August 31st and we had an amazing first week! GiGi U is a progressive learning program for adults, comprised of a 12-week instructional program, followed by an internship with the GiGi’s Playhouse Cafe, Hugs & Mugs. GiGi U is designed to…
Read MoreWe Love Our Volunteers!
Thank you so much to everyone who came out to the 12th annual GiGi’s Playhouse 5K Run/Walk/Dash for Down Syndrome last Sunday, June 14th, 2015. we had almost 2,000 people in attendance, and even with the muddy conditions, we had a fantastic time! The day simply would not have been possible without the hard work…
Read MoreOur first weekend of work is done!
Patrick, Chris and Matt have had a wonderful first weekend of work as greeters at the Sears Centre Arena! We are so fortunate to have such a great community partner and wonderful staff on-site to help us with the training process. Pam, our Sears Centre co-worker, has been with these guys every step of the…
Read MoreSummer 2015 tutoring registration is now open!
Looking for something fun and educational to do this summer? The Summer 2015 tutoring session is now open for registration. Take a look at our website here to register as a tutor or a student! Nicole is a GiGi U graduate, Hugs + Mugs mentor and Literacy and Math student in our tutoring program. Nicole…
Read MoreOur Playhouse is in training mode!
Here at the National Achievement Center, we are so excited to welcome all of our Site Coordinators from around the country for two days of training! We have our days packed with information about sponsorship, electronic check-in and, of course, our awesome blog! We’ll be updating our blog with photos throughout our training, but we…
Read MoreHappy Mother’s Day!
Moms, it’s no secret how much WE LOVE YOU!!! We thank you for being our advocates, our friends and the greatest moms in the entire world! And on Sunday, we want to celebrate YOU! Bring your whole family to Hugs + Mugs on Sunday and moms will receive a FREE GELATO, just because we love…
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