March 2021 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 at March 2021! Participant Best of All: This month’s Best of All goes…

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November 2020 Activities

The Playhouse will be closed for Thanksgiving! We will be closed on November 26th and 27th. There will be no virtual programming on the 28th. Happy Thanksgiving! See the Playhouse’s hours of operation here! Local Programs GiGi’s is continuing to offer virtual programs locally and nationally as we work through a detailed plan for reopening…

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Staff, Board Members and Volunteers at National GiGi’s Conference

As many of you may know, earlier this month our staff, board members and a few committee related volunteers attended the National GiGi’s Conference in Schaumburg, IL. This conference is always inspirational and uplifting while also informative and innovative. We come back knowing more about the different platforms we use to do our day to…

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2018 Gala Award Recipients

We are happy to share with you more information about each of the categories for the 2018 gala awards as well as the winners for this year. We have many younger individuals that come to the Playhouse throughout the year that do a variety of tasks at and for the Playhouse. Some of the younger…

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GiGi’s Grammy Awards

Did you know GiGi’s has their very own Grammy Award Show? It’s held during the annual “i have a Voice” Gala. In addition to a night of cocktails, dinner, and entertainment we take time to show our appreciation for some of the volunteers that go above and beyond. Trust us… there are a lot of…

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Let’s talk…

Let’s talk about generationG. Maybe for some of you, this is your first-time hearing about this generationG thing, for others, you have heard it before, but don’t know much about it, while even fewer of you know what generationG is or see it in your lives. So, what is generationG? generationG is a conscious decision…

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“mini reunion”

The first Saturday in October is now permanently reserved for our family.  The GiGi’s Superhero 5K/Walk/Dash has become like a mini reunion. Each year it is an amazing gathering of friends and family, but most importantly, we get to celebrate our little superhero, Gavin.  As a parent, it is deeply moving to see the large group of people…

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321 days of meeting new friends

Have you been enjoying all the social media buzz around the 321 days of acceptance? We have! It’s fun to be introduced to participants from Playhouses around the network. We’ve met Lexi, Leo, Griffin, and Brooke just to name a few. We consider them our friends even though we may never meet them in person.…

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Planning for 2017

As we are heading into the holiday season, we want to make sure you all know how truly thankful we are to have you as part of GiGi’s family. Whether you are a participant, volunteer or donor we thank you! Without you our local Playhouse would not be what it is today. The board of…

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“It’s a feeling like none other.”

As most of you know, our annual Superhero 5K Run, 1 Mile Walk and Kids Dash is just around the corner. Families have been asked to create their fundraising teams and we currently have 24 teams raising funds for our local Playhouse. The top 3 fundraising teams will receive incentives for their efforts. We asked…

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