Love Our Team – Kathy Kuhnen
Today we're doing two team highlights for the Love Our Team series. First up....Kathy Kuhnen! Kathy & Amelia during tutoring Kathy is a retired teacher from Erie Community School District. She serves on our board of managers and also as our literacy coordinator. She was a Reading Specialist for 35...
Love Our Team – Jenny Juehring
Today we are showing some love for Jenny Juehring! Jenny is board member here at GiGi's and her day job is with Lane & Waterman LLP. She heard about GiGi's from a coworker, Tim Gulbranson. Tim was a former board member. Jenny joined the board in 2020 while we were...
Love Our Team – Nathan Kessler
As many of you may know we only have 2 paid staff. The rest of our team are all volunteers! That includes board members, interns, programs leaders and more. We asked a group of key volunteers to provide some insight into their lives, reasons why they’re involved, and a fun...
Love Our Team – Kim Nimrick
During this month of love we are showing love and appreciation for our team. As many of you may know we only have 2 paid staff and we will talk about them later this month. The rest of our team are all volunteers! That includes board members, interns, programs leaders...
Texts from GiGi’s
GiGi's Playhouse Quad Cities is launching a new way to communicate. We know that sometimes checking email can be overwhelming. We also know that most people prefer texting. This platform will be used periodically to inform parents about upcoming programming opportunities, schedule changes, etc. We promise to not spam or...
December 2023 Highlights
Every month we take a few minutes to look back at the #bestofall moments from the previous month. This fall Abby was the only participant that attended all 15 sessions of her literacy tutoring. She also attended 14 out of the 15 of her math sessions. Abby always comes in...
Virtual Tutoring Success
One of COVID's silver linings was the introduction of virtual tutoring. Our national office continues to offer many programs virtually via the GiGi's At Home platform and there are plans for improving and enhancing that platform in the coming year. While the majority of our local one-on-one programs are back...
2023 Holiday Hours
Our upcoming hours for the 2023 holiday season are as follows: Closed - December 23 through December 26 Available by Appointment - December 27 through December 30 📞Call 309-762-7529 or email acobb@gigisplayhouse.org to schedule an appointment. Closed - January 2 We'll be back to our regular business hours of 9-3...
Michaela – Best of All
Michaela was chosen as our recent Participant Spotlight. This is her first time ever participating in one-on-one programs here at the Playhouse. She is participating in math tutoring with Ms. Margaret and speech with Ms. Ann. At the beginning of the fall session, she was a little unsure but each...
One-on-One Programs
One-on-One Programs Literacy Tutoring | Math Tutoring | Speech & Language Therapy These programs are held 3 times a year and like all programs here at GiGi's they are FREE! Each lesson is planned and implemented by a trained volunteer tutor or our paid Speech Pathologist following purposeful progressions built...
