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Marketing Intern Experience
GiGi’s Playhouse Quad Cities has been VERY lucky to have Ava as our Marketing Intern for the past year. She started with us back in April 2020 right after the COVID shutdown. We weren’t sure how it would work out since we’d never really had a remote/virtually intern before but we overcame the challenges and…
Read MoreVolunteer Opportunities Spring 2021
Thank you for visiting our blog to learn more about specific volunteer opportunities available this spring/summer! GiGi’s is a 99% volunteer-run organization and we need your help! Don’t see a role listed that interests you? Reach out and we can discuss more options, plus there are short-term or date-specific opportunities on the monthly volunteer sign-up!…
Read MorePlay, Leisure, and Life Balance
Join us and our Occupational Therapy Intern for the upcoming special Family Speaker Series, a playful 2&U, and a night dedicated to our volunteers! Who: Paige Blazina, an occupational therapy student and intern at GiGi’s Playhouse will be hosting two family speaker series sessions throughout her 14-week rotation. What: The first family speaker…
Read More3 Outgoing Board Members – Thank You!
Sadly, with the new year, we’re saying goodbye to 3 of our long time board members. These 3 have served many years and in several roles. As a medical professional serving new parents, a sibling, and a parent, they all had their very own reasons why they choose GiGi’s. They all brought their unique talents…
Read MoreDecember 2020 Best of All!
Each month we look back on the previous month and choose 3 stories to share with our board and the national office. We also highlight many of them on the Best of All Wall here at the Playhouse! Here’s a look back on December 2020. Participant Best of All: For the month of December, we…
Read MoreVolunteering in 2021
Hello and Happy New Year! Volunteering in 2020 looked a lot different due to COVID-19! Opportunities were limited and we know some of you are waiting until things become more stable. We appreciate all of you wherever you are in your journey of volunteering with us. In 2021, we know things will still look different…
Read MoreKowabunga – Thank YOU!
Kowabunga Dudes & Dudettes! You ran, walked, dashed, donated, and volunteered and we thank YOU! The virtual support was “gnarly” and “radical” as the turtles would say. Seeing all of your photos and videos on all the social media platforms filled our shells with pride. Your support of our friends with Down syndrome and the…
Read MoreVolunteer Spotlight – Ava Gomez, Marketing Intern
My time volunteering as the Marketing Intern for GiGi’s Playhouse Quad Cities has been such a great experience this summer and into this fall. I am extremely lucky to have been able to intern at such a great organization for the community! Although with the majority of things being virtual/remote for many people and the…
Read MoreSeptember Happenings 2020
GiGi’s is continuing to offer virtual programs locally and nationally as we work through a detailed plan for reopening in staggered stages to ensure we’re following CDC guidelines and taking all precautions necessary to keep our friends and families safe. We encourage you to attend a program virtually! Local Programs Virtual LMNOP (Language, Music N’…
Read MoreGoodbye Ali!
It is with much sadness that we make this announcement! Our amazing Site Assistant, Ali, will be leaving us at the end of the month. 🙁 After we wiped away our tears, we asked her to share with us (and you) some of the memories she’s made and her favorite things about being here at…
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