Posts by Tara Stoll
Grace’s Letter
Grace, one of our participants, has had the same pen pal for more than two years. Recently, she wrote the following letter, talking about her role at our Gala. We…
Read MoreSkanda’s Story by Sabitha Raghuraman Balaji
Skanda was born to us as a blessing at the Women’s Hospital in Greensboro, NC after 12 years of our wedlock filled with emotions and perseverance. We were too excited…
Read MoreBest of All – Sarah Jo
Sarah Jo is our best of all this month! When Sarah Jo first came to our playhouse in February she did not want to come through the door. Nonetheless, Sarah…
Read MoreMeet Rita & Abbey
Isn’t GiGi’s Playhouse just fabulous? It does say “playhouse” after all. When we lived in Wisconsin, I had heard of GiGi’s but never took advantage of any of the programs.…
Read MoreWe Are One by Cady Driver
We weren’t even looking for him when we found him. We were not in the world of blue and yellow, counting chromosomes, and shouting their worth. We didn’t really know…
Read MoreBest of All – Anne Adams, M.Ed., CCC-SLP
Leading and facilitating the Saturday morning speech-language and feeding groups for the youngest GiGi’s participants has been a journey of skill building and connection. Participants and their families join the…
Read MoreMeet Jenalyn… by Sandy Moser
Have you met Jenalyn Moser? I am Sandy Moser and proud to be her mother. I was asked to tell you our story. I was a classroom teacher. In 1987,…
Read MoreVolunteer Spotlight
If you ask Chloe Veeder what her favorite part of volunteering at GiGi’s happens to be, she smiles. “I just love seeing all the little kids. I love their smiles…
Read MoreLiteracy tutor shares her experience
Lauren Kelly has been tutoring Tristan since January 2022! She continued throughout the summer and plans to tutor him in the fall. “My experience at GiGi’s is nothing short of…
Read MoreVolunteer Spotlight
Ben Lombard started regularly volunteering with us last month for programs. He was looking for more opportunities to help out around the Playhouse and saw that we had Summer Camp…
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