Volunteer
December Volunteer Spotlight
Meet “Izzy” Izzy joined GiGi’s Playhouse in February of this year and helps with a multitude of projects and events at the playhouse. She is currently a high school student and athlete and volunteers as often as she can. Izzy is always willing to help with any project or task that we give her and…
Read MoreSeptember Volunteer Spotlight
Meet Ana! Ana Trejo is an intern with GiGi’s Playhouse Tampa who came to us as a student from the University of San Diego. Due to COVID, she was sent home to Tampa to complete a year of her schooling. During that time she completed almost 300 hours of volunteering with us! She is an…
Read MoreAugust Volunteer Spotlight
Meet Maria Benza Maria joined GiGi’s Playhouse Tampa in November 2018 as a volunteer. Since then, she has become a program assistant for Fantastic Friends, our 18 year+ group. Maria always has a “can do” attitude and is always willing to help with anything that needs to be done. She is a tremendous asset to the…
Read MoreJuly Volunteer Spotlight
Meet Alex Dayton! Alex joined GiGi’s Playhouse Tampa in May as a Doctoral OT Student Intern from the University of St. Augustine. As her doctoral project, she has been running the GiGiFIT Adult Program with small groups two days a week. In addition, she has been a huge asset to the playhouse as a volunteer with…
Read MoreVirtual Literacy Tutoring a Huge Success!
GiGi’s Playhouse Tampa Virtual Literacy Sessions Were a HIT! By Anjali Shah In the midst of an unprecedented summer facing the COVID-19 pandemic, Gigi’s Playhouse Tampa, FL worked diligently and proudly to create something beautiful. Despite the challenges many of us have faced in the past year, our staff at Gigi’s Tampa had one common…
Read MoreJune Volunteer Spotlight
Meet Chloe Prewitt Chloe joined GiGi’s Playhouse Tampa in October 2020 and immediately began helping out wherever she could. In January, she began helping and co-leading LMNOP, our program for kids ages newborn to 36 months. Chloe is a huge asset to the playhouse and to the lives that she touches. Thank you Chloe for everything…
Read MoreMay Volunteer Spotlight
Meet Kaytlan Rouse Kaytlan joined GiGi’s Playhouse Tampa in January 2021 as an intern. Immediately, she began jumping in and getting involved wherever she could. Kaytlan has been involved in a lot of behind the scenes projects during her time here, and has done everything from clean the playhouse to create beautiful projects and events for us. Kaytlan…
Read MoreApril Volunteer Spotlight
Meet Danielle Wanek Danielle joined GiGi’s Playhouse Tampa in December of 2020, and became interested in our LMNOP Program. She now leads our Wednesday morning program with the assistance of several other wonderful volunteers. Danielle does and amazing job, is a great leader, and she is always a pleasure to be around! Thank you Danielle for…
Read MoreFebruary Volunteer Spotlight
Meet Maria Liparulo Maria is one of our newest program leaders. She joined us in the fall of 2020 as a Leaps and Bounds Co-leader, and right from the start we knew she was amazing! Maria brings her interactive teaching style, sense of humor and culinary skills to every Leaps and Bounds session. Our participants love working with her…
Read MoreJanuary Volunteer Spotlight
Meet Melissa Giblin Melissa Giblin is one of our amazing LMNOP Program Leaders. She has been with the Tampa Playhouse since it opened over two years ago. In that time, Melissa has provided support to countless babies and their families. She is a hardworking, organized and loyal volunteer, and most recently has used her phenomenal leadership skills…
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