{"id":141976,"date":"2024-08-16T15:59:25","date_gmt":"2024-08-16T19:59:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/gigisplayhouse.org\/indianapolis\/?p=141976"},"modified":"2024-08-16T16:04:28","modified_gmt":"2024-08-16T20:04:28","slug":"jennifer-sitzman-a-light-at-gigis-indy","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/gigisplayhouse.org\/indianapolis\/jennifer-sitzman-a-light-at-gigis-indy\/","title":{"rendered":"Jennifer Sitzman – A Light At GiGi’s Indy"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Jennifer is not only our Volunteer Coordinator, she is also a fearless advocate for her daughter Iris. Jennifer has been a part of our GiGi’s Indy team for a year now and has paved the way for smooth volunteer experience, setting the tone for a welcoming volunteer environment, and helping us work on changing the way that the world views Down syndrome. Many of Jennifer’s volunteer tasks are behind the scenes from applying GiGi’s Indy to volunteer fairs, completing multiple tasks to get a new volunteer onboarded, recruiting volunteers throughout our community, finding volunteer coverage for every program & event, and so much more. Having someone like Jennifer on our team is beyond lucky and we are beyond thankful.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Please enjoy these powerful testaments of Jennifer Sitzman’s contributions at GiGi’s Indy!<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

“Whenever I see Jennifer and Iris pulling up to the Playhouse, I know I will have a great day! I am so thankful for all of the volunteer time Jennifer has dedicated to GiGi\u2019s, and have really enjoyed getting to know her and her incredible family. We couldn\u2019t do it without you!”<\/em> – Liz Richards, Executive Director<\/p>\n\n\n\n

“I met Jennifer through a fair at my school and I can confidently say that she is such a warm and welcoming individual! Her passion for GiGi\u2019s reflects in the work she does and that showed while I was getting onboarded as a volunteer. As a medical student, she made the volunteer onboarding process incredibly painless and flexible. I truly enjoy being able to work and learn from Jennifer!” – Huda, Volunteer<\/p>\n\n\n\n

“When I think of Jennifer, I think of the many moments with her and Iris at LMNOP. She has such a kind and inviting presence that as a new intern, I felt comfortable engaging with her and her daughter in creative and fun ways. Her patient and teaching spirit allows for Iris to flourish and for those around her to grow and feel welcome. She is such a valuable asset to this playhouse!” – Adrienne Numbers, Programs Manager<\/p>\n\n\n\n

“Being able to work with Jennifer for the past year has been incredible! The way that she has stepped up by volunteering her time, energy, and passion to lead others is nothing short of inspiring.” <\/em> –<\/em> Riley Forsythe, Operations Manager<\/p>\n\n\n\n

“Jennifer is such a light and truly cares so deeply for this organization. Meeting her and Iris during my internship was a blessing and I always enjoyed my days when they both were at the playhouse! She is always so supportive, encouraging, and willing to help out whenever needed.” – Saige Hubbard, Adult Programs Coordinator<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Jennifer, thank you for being the heart of our volunteer team! Your selflessness and leadership are deeply appreciated by everyone in the GiGi’s Indy family.<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Jennifer is not only our Volunteer Coordinator, she is also a fearless advocate for her daughter Iris. Jennifer has been a part of our GiGi’s Indy team for a year now and has paved the way for smooth volunteer experience, setting the tone for a welcoming volunteer environment, and helping us work on changing the…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":219,"featured_media":141979,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[721],"tags":[24,48,29,69,15,30,51,16,41,33],"class_list":["post-141976","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-down-syndrome-awareness","tag-acceptance","tag-achieve","tag-awareness","tag-believe","tag-down-syndrome","tag-gigis","tag-gigis-indy","tag-gigis-playhouse","tag-indianapolis","tag-volunteer"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/gigisplayhouse.org\/indianapolis\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/141976","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/gigisplayhouse.org\/indianapolis\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/gigisplayhouse.org\/indianapolis\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gigisplayhouse.org\/indianapolis\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/219"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gigisplayhouse.org\/indianapolis\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=141976"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/gigisplayhouse.org\/indianapolis\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/141976\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gigisplayhouse.org\/indianapolis\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/141979"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/gigisplayhouse.org\/indianapolis\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=141976"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gigisplayhouse.org\/indianapolis\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=141976"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gigisplayhouse.org\/indianapolis\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=141976"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}