Rockstar #4 – Meet Matthew

Day four of our 10 day blog post series featuring the rockstars that recently participated in the GiGi Prep and Achievers programs bring us to this handsome fella. Please meet, Matthew! Matthew comes from an hour and a half away to join in the fun and purposeful programming here at GiGi’s Playhouse, Quad Cities.  Matthew…

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Rockstar #3 – Meet Lisa

If you read the first blog in this 10 part series, you may remember that on of our friends from the spring GiGi Prep & Achievers programs was missing from the group picture. Sadly, she was not feeling well that day. Today, we’d like you to meet Lisa. Lisa is a big personality in a…

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Rockstar #2 – Meet Christy

Today is day 2 in a 10 day series of meeting individuals who recently completed our spring 2024 GiGi Prep and Achievers programs. Today we’d like you to meet Christy! Christy is best known as the Spirit Coach for all of Sherrard sports; Go Tigers! Christy is not only a sports fan, but the thing…

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Rockstar #1 – Meet Riley

As promised in our last blog, we’re here to highlight our spring 2024 GiGi Prep & Achievers participants. Every day for the next 9 days, we’ll introduce an individual. Plus, we’ll hear from the program leaders! Today, we’d like you to meet Riley! Riley is a funny young man who works at Steve’s Mirror and…

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Meet 9 Rockstars!

This blog is a celebration of 9 rockstars that recently completed the GiGi Prep & Achievers programs. It has been a great 6 weeks for these adult participants. The program has been meeting twice a week for 4 hours each day and it’s been a BLAST! A little about the programs: GiGi PREP is the…

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March 2024 Programs & Events

Group Programs March 5th & 7th – GiGi Prep & Achievers (18+) Last week of the 6 week program. March 8 – Teen Tastic (13-17 years) Let’s get cooking! March 9 – March 19 – Group Speech for Adults March 22 – Fantastic Friends (18+) March 25 – Group Speech for Teens (13-17 years) March…

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February 2024 Best of All

Every month we recap special happenings, events, and people that inspired us. We refer to these as Best of All moments. The recaps are featured in a report for our board and the national office. We will begin featuring them here on our blog so you can see all the amazing happenings and people who…

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Superheroes Fighting for Acceptance

Our GiGiFIT Acceptance Challenge – Superhero 5K Run, 1 Mile Walk, and Kids Dash is June 1, 2024, so we thought we would share some fun facts about the challenge. Read to the bottom to see the event timeline and volunteer opportunities too! This event is: Click the following link to learn more about the event or visit…

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The A Team is here!

Please help us welcome Ashley & Aryn to our Playhouse. They are both interns from St Ambrose spending some time with us here this spring. Ashley My name is Ashley Todorov. I am a senior at Saint Ambrose University in Davenport IA. I am a psychology major and a mom to be in June. I…

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Why attend an Educator Symposium?

The GiGi’s Educator Symposium is FREE, VIRTUAL and INFORMATIVE!   Are you interested in  If you answered YES to any of these questions  GiGi’s Educator Symposium is for you!  Click HERE for more information and to REGISTER  You can attend virtually OR join us for an in person watch party at the Playhouse! Local (Quad Cities) Watch Party…

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