Love Our Team – Lydia Olson
Lydia Lydia comes to us from the Quad Cities Music Therapy Center. We appreciate Ms. Misty our LMNOP leader introducing her to us. Many of our teen and adult participants will recognize Lydia as she has led our summer music/drumming programs! We asked Lydia is she had any advice for...
Love Our Team – Michael & Kate
Michael and Kate are not only adult participants of GiGi's programming they also serve as self advocates on our board and often as ambassadors providing tours and information to visitors at the Playhouse. Michael and Kate have both been involved with programming since the beginning (2011). Michael Michael Michael graduated...
Love Our Team – Elizabeth, Isabella, and Diana
Earlier in this Love Our Team series we highlighted 3 interns from St Ambrose. We also have 3 interns from Augustana this spring! Please meet Elizabeth, Isabella, and Diana! We asked each of them to complete an interview to tell us a bit about themselves and what they are looking...
Love Our Team – Chad Johnson
In honor of Presidents Day today, we thought it was a great day to show our love for our Board President! Please meet Chad Johnson! Chad and his family learned about GiGi's from a nurse when their daughter Mila was born. They have been part of the Playhouse since 2013...
Love Our Team – Paige Kelly & Shannon Herra
If you've participated in our GiGiFIT program, you've most likely met Paige and Shannon. They are the amazing GiGiFIT Program Leaders. They are often assisted by Physical Therapy students from St Ambrose. Paige Kelly is a Physical Therapist for Genesis Outpatient Pediatric Therapy (GO Peds) and as a sibling of...
Love Our Team – Anna Carmichael
This team member deserves a special triple A membership with all the miles she puts on her car coming to GiGi's programs and events. Her daughter Abby won the Participant of the Year Award at the 2022 Gala because they attend every program possible even though they live outside of...
Love Our Team – Brett Seitz
Earlier this week we shared some love for our St Ambrose Interns. Today we're back to our board members! Please meet Brett Seitz! He and his family have been part of GiGi's since 2016 and he joined the board in 2019. Brett works for Ascentra Credit Union and brings his...
Love Our Team – Cassie, Maude, and Jaide
If you've been following along, you've seen that during the month of February, we've been showing some love for our team on social media and in our blog. So far we've highlighter a few board members and program leaders. We'd be amiss if we didn't highlight our spring interns. This...
Love Our Team – Misty Dais
The second Saturday of the month here at GiGi's is our LMNOP day. Language, Music N' Our Peeps is a wonderful program for our younger friends that is an interactive and engaging program designed to guide parents and young children through learning basic sign language and other forms of communication...
Love Our Team – Liz Webster
As mentioned in a post earlier today Liz Webster is a co-leader for our Teen Tastic & Fantastic Friends programs. She is just getting started in this role so many of our friends may not have met her yet! Here's a good opportunity to learn more about her. Liz works...
Love Our Team – Amanda Ramirez
As an organization that is 99% volunteer run our Program Leaders are a big part of our team. Amanda & Vada during tutoring Today we'd like you to meet Amanda Ramirez. Amanda has been volunteering here at GiGi's since the beginning of 2020. That spring she began tutoring literacy and...
Love Our Team – Kitty McSparin
Aside from showing our love and appreciation for the many people that make the magic happen here at GiGi's, one reason we are doing the Love Our Team series is because we have a number of team members that many of our families and supporters have not met. Kitty McSparin...