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<\/a><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\nWhy did you decide to volunteer with GiGi\u2019s Playhouse?\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n I was originally invited to attend the annual fundraising Gala through my work (Festival Foods is a sponsor) and was absolutely amazed by everyone that I met. At GiGi\u2019s, everyone is important, everyone is accepted and everyone is included, and I knew then, that I needed to get more involved with such an awesome organization.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n How long have you been a volunteer? <\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n I have been volunteering with GiGi\u2019s for a little over a year. I worked with other organizations outside the Madison area for a few years prior to moving here. <\/p>\n\n\n\n What programs, committees or events have you volunteered with? <\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n What is your favorite way to volunteer with GiGi\u2019s? <\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n This is a two-part answer. The first way is helping out with the Dynamic Duals program that takes place every month and the second is helping with all the events that GiGi\u2019s puts on each year. <\/p>\n\n\n\n Can you share a favorite moment from your time volunteering? <\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n Seeing individuals light up when visiting the Playhouse or attending\/participating in the events. Seeing some of the families and individuals dancing all night at the Gala and having the best time ever, is one of the most rewarding things to witness. <\/p>\n\n\n\n What is the most impactful thing you have learned from your time at GiGi\u2019s? <\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n I am constantly wowed by the people that run this organization, the people that visit\/participate at the Playhouse and events that GiGi\u2019s puts on. GiGi\u2019s serves such a happy and deserving community, I never expected to have as much fun as I do.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n What advice would you give to someone that is new to volunteering or considering volunteering with GiGi\u2019s Playhouse? <\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n Jump right in!! It can be a little overwhelming at first, due to everything this awesome organization has going on all the time, but being a part of it has been so rewarding and fun. There are so many different ways to give back and help, whether it is a couple of hours a week working directly with families that visit the Playhouse or helping in the background to make sure everything runs smoothly and that all visitors get the most of their GiGi\u2019s experience.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n __________<\/p>\n\n\n\n Thank you, Jacob.\u00a0\ud83e\udde1<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Volunteer appreciation week is April 16-22, but we have so many wonderful volunteers to talk about it, that we\u2019ll be celebrating all month! Just a reminder, GiGi\u2019s Playhouse Madison is 99% volunteer run \u2013 which means we wouldn\u2019t be here without our volunteers. It\u2019s pretty incredible to think back on all of the hours people…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":10894,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1486,1568,1487,1498],"tags":[1506,905,23,21],"class_list":["post-141693","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-autism","category-community","category-down-syndrome","category-volunteer","tag-autism","tag-community","tag-down-syndrome","tag-volunteer"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/gigisplayhouse.org\/madison\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/141693","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/gigisplayhouse.org\/madison\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/gigisplayhouse.org\/madison\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gigisplayhouse.org\/madison\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/10894"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gigisplayhouse.org\/madison\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=141693"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/gigisplayhouse.org\/madison\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/141693\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/gigisplayhouse.org\/madison\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=141693"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gigisplayhouse.org\/madison\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=141693"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gigisplayhouse.org\/madison\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=141693"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}\n