{"id":125370,"date":"2016-10-31T12:03:38","date_gmt":"2016-10-31T17:03:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/gigisplayhouse.org\/hoffmanestates\/?p=125370"},"modified":"2016-10-31T12:03:38","modified_gmt":"2016-10-31T17:03:38","slug":"gift-true-joy","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/gigisplayhouse.org\/hoffmanestates\/friends\/gift-true-joy","title":{"rendered":"A Gift of True JOY!!"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Volunteering at GiGi&#8217;s Playhouse isn&#8217;t just sharing your time, its finding a new meaning to life and being inspired. \u00a0Learning we aren&#8217;t that much difference than each other. \u00a0Finding courage to believe and spread the message of acceptance for all. \u00a0It&#8217;s becoming generation G everyday! \u00a0Check out what one of new program leaders and tutor has to say about volunteering.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Every time I visit GiGi\u2019s Playhouse I walk away with gift of true joy. We all have moments in our lives that inspire us, but I marvel at the individuals I encounter at GiGi\u2019s Playhouse in Hoffman Estates.<\/p>\n<p>The parents\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/gigisplayhouse.org\/hoffmanestates\/files\/2016\/10\/dana-e1477931376280.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-125371 alignright\" src=\"https:\/\/gigisplayhouse.org\/hoffmanestates\/files\/2016\/10\/dana-e1477931376280-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"dana\" width=\"288\" height=\"288\" \/><\/a>are compassionate, enthusiastic and devoted.\u00a0 The staff have a passion for every individual who walks through the door and encourages and supports the entire family as a whole. The children I\u2019ve met bring a new sense of hope and positivity into my life.\u00a0 The teens who allow me to \u201chang out\u201d with them at Teen Tastic and have shown me that SO much is possible if they are just given a chance and a little encouragement. I love watching them just be who they are with each other and how they encourage one another to try even if we are just playing minute to win-it games with clothes pins.\u00a0 New friends are welcomed like long-lost friends; and smiles and laughter come easily.<\/p>\n<p>I love that wonderful educators have developed specialized programs in math and literacy to meet our students learning needs.\u00a0 One day a week using the math program I meet with a couple of students and work on basic math skills. In a few short weeks I have learned that my students have attitudes, love music, sports, and hate doing homework with their parents as much as my girls do.\u00a0 As a volunteer I can truly say I receive 10 times what I give.\u00a0 The hugs, high fives, and grateful smiles from parents make every moment inspirational!&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>#generationG #acceptanceforall #acceptancemonth #gigisbelieves #strongertogether #volunteer #inspire #educate #believe<\/p>\n<p>Dana<\/p>\n<p>Volunteer<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Volunteering at GiGi&#8217;s Playhouse isn&#8217;t just sharing your time, its finding a new meaning to life and being inspired. \u00a0Learning we aren&#8217;t that much difference than each other. \u00a0Finding courage to believe and spread the message of acceptance for all. \u00a0It&#8217;s becoming generation G everyday! \u00a0Check out what one of new program leaders and tutor&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":129,"featured_media":125373,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[9,5,10],"tags":[58,52,109],"class_list":["post-125370","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-education","category-friends","category-math","tag-bestofall","tag-gigisbelieves","tag-inspiration-courage-tutoring-freeprograms"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/gigisplayhouse.org\/hoffmanestates\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/125370","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/gigisplayhouse.org\/hoffmanestates\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/gigisplayhouse.org\/hoffmanestates\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gigisplayhouse.org\/hoffmanestates\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/129"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gigisplayhouse.org\/hoffmanestates\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=125370"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/gigisplayhouse.org\/hoffmanestates\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/125370\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gigisplayhouse.org\/hoffmanestates\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/125373"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/gigisplayhouse.org\/hoffmanestates\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=125370"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gigisplayhouse.org\/hoffmanestates\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=125370"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gigisplayhouse.org\/hoffmanestates\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=125370"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}