Stacey – Volunteer Spotlight
Stacey, a Physical Therapist, found out about GiGi’s Playhouse Twin Cities from our Speech Language Pathologist volunteer, Rae, raving about GiGi’s at her daytime job. (Shout out to Rae for always being an ambassador for GiGi’s in our community, all the time!) In no time, Rae put together a meeting...
Meet Chase – Best of All
Chase just started attending GiGi’s Playhouse Twin Cities last year. His older brother, Austin, is a volunteer and was able to be a mentor with Chase in EPIC at GiGi’s. Chase loves his family, friends, his dog – Turbo, and his cat – Bucca. He loves playing sports, especially baseball,...
Nancy and Aaron (Big Guy) – Volunteer Spotlight
From the very beginning of our opening for GiGi’s Playhouse Twin Cities in 2013, Nancy and Aaron (Big Guy) have always been here. Families and participants, especially our teens and adults, as well as families of teens and adults, always know that they can count on Nancy and Big Guy...
Meet Adam – Best of All
Adam has been involved with GiGi’s for over a year. He participates in tutoring, yoga, and Young Athletes. He loves everything – including playing with babies, grocery shopping, and making new friends. Thank you Adam, and your entire family, for being part of our GiGi’s Playhouse Twin Cities community!
Jen – Volunteer Spotlight
Jen, mother of Erin and Owen, has been involved with GiGi’s Playhouse Twin Cities for the past three and a half years. Jen first began by participating in programs like Kids Club alongside her children, Erin and Owen, and quickly jumped in to be one of our fantastic volunteer leaders....
Meet Annabelle – Best of All
Annabelle has really enjoyed taking part in LMNOP over the past few years, and now she also had the chance to enjoy it virtually through the GiGi’s At Home programs. Annabelle has participated in both Destination Discovery as well as Leaps and Bounds. She tried out GiGiFIT Toddler and Social...
Andrew – Volunteer Spotlight
Andrew joined GiGi’s Playhouse Twin Cities in November of 2018, immediately after taking part in a volunteer orientation. He has a brother, Mason, with Down syndrome – and came to GiGi’s with a special interest in helping our participants with cooking and nutrition, as well as a strong desire to...
Meet Ava – Best of All
Ava’s favorite activity at GiGi’s is Teen Tastic. She loves to hang out with friends, especially if dancing is involved! Her favorite time of year is summer, when her brother and sister are home from college. We are proud to have you Ava, and your family, be part of our...
Rheanne – Volunteer Spotlight
Rheanne Lewis, aka Rae, a licensed Speech Language Pathologist, has jumped right in to help us out with Speech and Social Skills programming, virtually, for GiGi’s Playhouse Twin Cities, during this time of Covid-19. She immediately started by creating a video geared towards our early learners, that focused on greetings...
Meet Henry – Best of All
Henry, age 9 Henry likes Team G Special Olympics, Social Skills, and Yoga. He loves performing on the stage and playing basketball in the gym at GiGi's. He also loves singing and dancing, watching football plays on YouTube, re-enacting those football plays with his stuffed animals, and eating any kind...
GiGi’s At Home – Twin Cities
We miss you all so much and we still want the show to go on… just from home for now! With the help from GiGi’s Playhouse Indianapolis and GiGi's Playhouse Houston, plus we already have many other contributions from other playhouses -- we have now started to put together activities...
Abby and Nell – Inspiring Self-Advocates
Abby and Nell are two of our self-advocates who have been volunteering here since the opening of GiGi’s Playhouse – Twin Cities in 2013, mostly volunteering with Special Olympics Young Athletes and Team G Special Olympics Team. They have helped volunteer here consistently and enthusiastically every single week for all...