Literacy 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 incredible. My greatest joy of the week is coming to GiGi’s Playhouse on Tuesdays to tutor Tristan. He is a light in so many ways…

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Volunteer 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 Adventures on the calendar. Ben did not just call the Playhouse to see what he needed to do — he came in person to talk…

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The Impact of Speech Therapy Programs

We recently wrapped up another session of our Amina Grace Program for Spring 2022. Here are some wonderful impact statements from our NCCU graduate students, led by Dr. Kathryn Dorney! “I am so glad that I was placed at GiGi’s Playhouse Raleigh this semester! Every time I walked through the door, I felt welcomed and…

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Volunteer Spotlight

This week is Volunteer Appreciation Week, and we can’t let it pass by without mentioning one of the BEST! Kim Eyerman has played a huge role here at our Playhouse. As many of you know, Kim has been involved with our adult participants where she has helped build an incredible adult program. Kim has also…

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Freely changing lives by giving their time!

The definition of a volunteer is “a person who freely offers to take part in an enterprise or undertake a task.” Yes, you read that right; FREELY offers to take part in a task. A volunteer gives up their time, energy, and so many other priceless parts of themselves to help a cause. GiGi’s is a 99% Volunteer run organization which means that there are 1,000’s…

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Welcome, Summer 2021 Intern Blair King

Hey y’all! My name is Blair King, and I am a junior at Elon University. I am currently studying Exercise Science with hopes of becoming an Occupational Therapist. I am originally from Raleigh, NC and am the youngest of three. I am so excited to get more involved with the GiGi’s community and meet new…

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