Meet Our Summer Intern – Jade
If you've been at programs recently you may have already met Jade as she has been eager to get started with her marketing internship here at GiGi's Playhouse Quad Cities. Jade is an Augustana College student and will be here with us until mid August. We asked Jade to provide...
YOU are heroes and we thank YOU!
47 Fundraising Teams 50+ Volunteers 715+ Registrations 800+ Donations (monetary and in-kind) $91,000+ Raised Those numbers speak volumes to the support that the Quad Cities community shows for our local Playhouse but the numbers don't always tell the story! The story begins with 47 families, groups, and organizations stepping up...
Summer FUN making SMILES happen!
GiGi's Playhouse Quad Cities will benefit from several summer events but we need your help! Many volunteers spot available. Grab a friend and have some fun with us. We promise you'll leave with a smile. Quad City Cruisers Car Shows GiGi’s has been chosen as one of the charities to...
45+ Superhero Teams & Fun Facts Too!
Our GiGiFIT Acceptance Challenge - Superhero 5K Run, 1 Mile Walk, and Kids Dash taking place on June 3, 2023 is less than 3 weeks away, so we thought we would do some fun facts about the challenge... -This is one of our largest fundraisers of the year. Our Gala...
What does OT have to do with it?
Eight occupational therapy (OT) students from St. Ambrose University had the opportunity to work with participants of GiGi’s Kitchen for 6 weeks. It was hosted at St. Ambrose in the Health Sciences building on Tuesdays from 5:30-7:00 pm. Over the course of the six weeks, the OT students worked with...
6 Ways YOU can make a difference!
Spring has spring and so have a number of volunteer opportunities here at GiGi's! We are 99% volunteer run and rely on a wide variety of volunteers to make all the programs and events possible. Quad City Cruisers Car Shows GiGi's has been chosen as one of the charities to...
2 Speech Goals = Best of All
You may recognize Amelia from many of our social media posts. She gives us some of the best video opportunities and smiles. Last week Amelia MET TWO OF HER SPEECH GOALS! Amelia has been working hard at creating longer phrases, having better speech sounds and recently began using an assistive...
Destination Discovery – Sports
This spring we held a 6 week Destination Discovery - Sports series. Each week was focused on learning the basics of a new sport. We touched on basketball, soccer, volleyball, frisbee, kickball, and pickleball. The attendance each week varied from 5 - 10 participants plus siblings, parents, and volunteers. Speaking...
7 Highlights & 170 people! WDSD 2023 Recap
World Down Syndrome Day 2023 took our Playhouse by storm! It began on March 18th with an awareness/celebration event held at Augustana College that hosted 125+ people enjoying bingo, b-bop (aka dancing), bake walk, tie dying socks, and so much more. This event was made possible thanks to our Augustana...
It’s not just cooking!
We piloted the GiGi's Kitchen program during the COVID shutdowns back in 2020/2021 and we're able to virtually see our participants getting more comfortable in their own kitchens at home. The kitchen program is now one of GiGi's signature enrollment/application based programs being offered across the GiGi's network and we're...
World Down Syndrome Day 2023
World Down Syndrome Day is March 21st. It is celebrated on 3.21 to align with the 3 copies of the 21st chromosome that causes Down syndrome. GiGi's loves to celebrate World Down Syndrome Day and we want you to join us! This is also a day to spread awareness and...
Love Our Team – Pam Lynch
The final post in our Love Our Team series is for our Site Director. She has been with the Playhouse for almost 7 years. Many don't know that she applied for the Program Coordinator position in 2015. She interviewed but did not get that position. She was however drawn in...