{"id":141616,"date":"2023-04-16T01:41:00","date_gmt":"2023-04-16T06:41:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/gigisplayhouse.org\/milwaukee\/?p=141616"},"modified":"2023-04-03T14:30:54","modified_gmt":"2023-04-03T19:30:54","slug":"national-volunteer-week","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/gigisplayhouse.org\/milwaukee\/national-volunteer-week\/","title":{"rendered":"<strong>NATIONAL VOLUNTEER WEEK<\/strong>"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">National Volunteer Week is the third week in April and we want to take the opportunity to THANK all of the volunteers who help to keep our organization running! Volunteers assist us in providing purposeful programs that otherwise would not exist at GiGi&#8217;s Playhouse Milwaukee. Volunteers make us smile just as much as the participants do! <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Volunteers keep everything running smoothly, from our Board of Directors to the cleaning crew, we truly couldn&#8217;t do what we do without YOU! Volunteers step in to care for and educate our participants through tutoring and therapeutic programs, become friends at social programs, role models at fitness programs, and cheerleaders at events. They also offer comforting words during trying times or sage advice as a mentor to families as well as participants. Their valuable time and skills fill gaps, bellies, and hearts across our community.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">This is also a time to consider volunteering or providing support to organizations like GiGi&#8217;s that are\u00a0vital to our community.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>VOLUNTEER<\/strong> <strong>STATS &#8211; 2022<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">*We had 242 volunteers support GiGi&#8217;s Playhouse Milwaukee (a record number of volunteers!)<br>*These volunteers donated 4,021.94 hours to support programs and events at our Playhouse!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"has-medium-font-size wp-block-heading\"><strong>SUPPORT US BY BECOMING A VOLUNTEER THIS #NationalVolunteerWeek<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Step up and volunteer TODAY &#8211; <a href=\"https:\/\/gigisplayhouse.org\/milwaukee\/volunteer\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">https:\/\/gigisplayhouse.org\/milwaukee\/volunteer\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Share your experiences as a volunteer. You might inspire someone to be like you! Then tag us on social media @gigisplayhouseMKE<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Help us at the Dash for Down Syndrome &#8211; <a href=\"https:\/\/bit.ly\/VolunteerDashforDS\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">https:\/\/bit.ly\/VolunteerDashforDS<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h1 class=\"has-medium-font-size wp-block-heading\">Types of Volunteer Opportunities<\/h1>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Board of Directors<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Site\u202fIntern<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Program Coordinator<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Volunteer Coordinator<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Program Volunteers &#8211; leaders &amp; assistants<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Literacy and Math Tutors<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Maintenance<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Event Support<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Grant Writing<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Corporate Liaison<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Skill-based Training<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Clean Team<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Please email us at\u202f\u202f<a href=\"mailto:VolunteerMilwaukee@gigisplayhouse.org\">VolunteerMilwaukee@gigisplayhouse.org<\/a>\u202fwith any questions.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"has-medium-font-size wp-block-heading\"><strong>NATIONAL VOLUNTEER WEEK HISTORY<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">National Volunteer Week was established by Presidental Proclamation in 1974 to highlight the various opportunities available for those interested in volunteering.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-medium\"><a href=\"https:\/\/gigisplayhouse.org\/milwaukee\/files\/2023\/04\/sam.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" src=\"https:\/\/gigisplayhouse.org\/milwaukee\/files\/2023\/04\/sam-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-141617\" srcset=\"https:\/\/gigisplayhouse.org\/milwaukee\/files\/2023\/04\/sam-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/gigisplayhouse.org\/milwaukee\/files\/2023\/04\/sam-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/gigisplayhouse.org\/milwaukee\/files\/2023\/04\/sam-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/gigisplayhouse.org\/milwaukee\/files\/2023\/04\/sam-1536x1152.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/gigisplayhouse.org\/milwaukee\/files\/2023\/04\/sam.jpg 1898w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>National Volunteer Week is the third week in April and we want to take the opportunity to THANK all of the volunteers who help to keep our organization running! Volunteers assist us in providing purposeful programs that otherwise would not exist at GiGi&#8217;s Playhouse Milwaukee. Volunteers make us smile just as much as the participants&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1494,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"wpo365_audiences":[],"wpo365_private":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1300,1277,1280,1264,1261,1275,1254,1250,1287,1258,1249],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-141616","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-acceptance","category-believe","category-disabilities","category-down-syndrome","category-independence","category-playhouse","category-programs","category-special-education","category-training","category-tutoring","category-volunteer"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/gigisplayhouse.org\/milwaukee\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/141616","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/gigisplayhouse.org\/milwaukee\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/gigisplayhouse.org\/milwaukee\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gigisplayhouse.org\/milwaukee\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1494"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gigisplayhouse.org\/milwaukee\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=141616"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/gigisplayhouse.org\/milwaukee\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/141616\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/gigisplayhouse.org\/milwaukee\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=141616"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gigisplayhouse.org\/milwaukee\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=141616"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gigisplayhouse.org\/milwaukee\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=141616"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}