{"id":19287,"date":"2020-10-28T12:50:40","date_gmt":"2020-10-28T17:50:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/gigisplayhouse.org\/twincities\/?p=19287"},"modified":"2020-10-28T13:10:32","modified_gmt":"2020-10-28T18:10:32","slug":"jenna-volunteer-spotlight","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/gigisplayhouse.org\/twincities\/uncategorized\/jenna-volunteer-spotlight","title":{"rendered":"Jenna &#8211; Volunteer Spotlight"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/gigisplayhouse.org\/twincities\/files\/2020\/10\/Jenna-1.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-19288 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/gigisplayhouse.org\/twincities\/files\/2020\/10\/Jenna-1-224x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"224\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/gigisplayhouse.org\/twincities\/files\/2020\/10\/Jenna-1-224x300.jpg 224w, https:\/\/gigisplayhouse.org\/twincities\/files\/2020\/10\/Jenna-1.jpg 565w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 224px) 100vw, 224px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\">Jenna receiving the, GiGi&#8217;s Twin Cities &#8220;Volunteer of the Year Award 2020&#8221;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/gigisplayhouse.org\/twincities\/files\/2020\/10\/Jenna-2.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-19289 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/gigisplayhouse.org\/twincities\/files\/2020\/10\/Jenna-2-161x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"161\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/gigisplayhouse.org\/twincities\/files\/2020\/10\/Jenna-2-161x300.jpg 161w, https:\/\/gigisplayhouse.org\/twincities\/files\/2020\/10\/Jenna-2.jpg 448w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 161px) 100vw, 161px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\">Jesse and Jenna at the Gala in February 2020<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/gigisplayhouse.org\/twincities\/files\/2020\/10\/Jenna-3.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-19290 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/gigisplayhouse.org\/twincities\/files\/2020\/10\/Jenna-3-255x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"255\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/gigisplayhouse.org\/twincities\/files\/2020\/10\/Jenna-3-255x300.jpg 255w, https:\/\/gigisplayhouse.org\/twincities\/files\/2020\/10\/Jenna-3.jpg 739w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 255px) 100vw, 255px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\">Jenna, Jesse, Annabelle, Eli<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/gigisplayhouse.org\/twincities\/files\/2020\/10\/Hudson-Homies-with-Extra-Chromies.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-19294 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/gigisplayhouse.org\/twincities\/files\/2020\/10\/Hudson-Homies-with-Extra-Chromies-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" srcset=\"https:\/\/gigisplayhouse.org\/twincities\/files\/2020\/10\/Hudson-Homies-with-Extra-Chromies-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/gigisplayhouse.org\/twincities\/files\/2020\/10\/Hudson-Homies-with-Extra-Chromies-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/gigisplayhouse.org\/twincities\/files\/2020\/10\/Hudson-Homies-with-Extra-Chromies.jpg 960w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\">Hudson Homies with Extra Chromies, Step to Accept 2020<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/gigisplayhouse.org\/twincities\/files\/2020\/10\/Jenna-4.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-19291 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/gigisplayhouse.org\/twincities\/files\/2020\/10\/Jenna-4-300x151.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"151\" srcset=\"https:\/\/gigisplayhouse.org\/twincities\/files\/2020\/10\/Jenna-4-300x151.jpg 300w, https:\/\/gigisplayhouse.org\/twincities\/files\/2020\/10\/Jenna-4.jpg 492w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\">Promoting Down syndrome Awareness in October through messages with Annabelle on social media.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/gigisplayhouse.org\/twincities\/files\/2020\/10\/Jenna-5.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-19292 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/gigisplayhouse.org\/twincities\/files\/2020\/10\/Jenna-5-211x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"211\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/gigisplayhouse.org\/twincities\/files\/2020\/10\/Jenna-5-211x300.jpg 211w, https:\/\/gigisplayhouse.org\/twincities\/files\/2020\/10\/Jenna-5.jpg 497w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 211px) 100vw, 211px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\">Eli, Beekeeper in Training at 10 Mile Honey Farm<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/gigisplayhouse.org\/twincities\/files\/2020\/10\/Jenna-6.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-19293 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/gigisplayhouse.org\/twincities\/files\/2020\/10\/Jenna-6-224x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"224\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/gigisplayhouse.org\/twincities\/files\/2020\/10\/Jenna-6-224x300.jpg 224w, https:\/\/gigisplayhouse.org\/twincities\/files\/2020\/10\/Jenna-6.jpg 482w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 224px) 100vw, 224px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\">Honey from 10 Mile Farm, and working in partnership with 3M for fundraising towards GiGi&#8217;s.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\">Jenna, an AMAZING Volunteer leader from Hudson, is in our volunteer spotlight today.<\/p>\n<p>At this year\u2019s GiGi\u2019s Twin Cities i Have a Voice gala, February 2020, we honored Jenna for truly going above and beyond. Her official records say that she has served over 400 hours, but we know that number is way too low. Jenna is a founding member and leader of our Hudson satellite team, where over the past three years she has adapted, led, and inspired volunteers to lead countless programs for Hudson, including PJs and Books, Leaps and Bounds, LMNOP, Kids Club, Tutoring, and Destination Discovery. She manages all of Hudson\u2019s social media, runs volunteer trainings, leads fundraising efforts, and has traveled to multiple national leadership conferences. She sacrificed her garage for the 997 boxes of program materials that our national office sent her.<\/p>\n<p>We want to recognize her family: husband Jesse, son Eli, and daughter Annabelle, for the sacrifices they have made so that Jenna could be such a large part of GiGi\u2019s. We want to honor especially her daughter Annabelle for being awesome enough to have Down syndrome and bringing her mother into the GiGi\u2019s community.<\/p>\n<p>Since March 13<sup>th<\/sup>, Jenna has continued to lead our Hudson GiGi\u2019s community by:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Staying in touch with members of the community that are interested in helping and getting involved with GiGi\u2019s Hudson.<\/li>\n<li>Rallying leaders in the Hudson GiGi\u2019s community to keep moving forward with planning.<\/li>\n<li>Fundraising with honey from their 10 Mile Honey Farm through a partnership with 3M for GiGi\u2019s.<\/li>\n<li>Organized the Hudson community to participate and fundraise through, \u201cHudson Homies with Extra Chromies\u201d Crew, and participate in the June 2020 Step to Accept event.<\/li>\n<li>Being an active member of our Satellite Committee to keep the momentum moving forward in our Hudson location, even during the pandemic.<\/li>\n<li>Spreading daily awareness about Down syndrome awareness through her personal social media this October.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Thank you Jenna for your continued leadership on behalf of GiGi\u2019s and Hudson, even during this time, to keep working hard to make things happen for our community. We are honored to have you Jenna, Jesse, Eli, and Annabelle be part of our GiGi\u2019s Twin Cities community.<\/p>\n<p>Are you interested in volunteering virtually at GiGi\u2019s Playhouse Twin Cities?<\/p>\n<p>The first step is to sign up:\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/gigisplayhouse.org\/twincities\/volunteer-form?paramname=a0q50000005qQdUAAU&amp;tfa_2793=Twin+Cities\">HERE<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Are you interested in getting a family member involved with our GiGi\u2019s Playhouse Twin Cities Programming?<\/p>\n<p>The first step is to sign up for our local newsletter:\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/gigisplayhouse.tfaforms.net\/4676771\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">HERE<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Then, check out our Local calendar:\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/gigisplayhouse.org\/twincities\/twin-cities-calendar\">HERE\u00a0<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Also, check out all the details for On Demand and Live National virtual programming:\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/gigisplayhouse.org\/gigisathome\/\">HERE<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\">\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Jenna receiving the, GiGi&#8217;s Twin Cities &#8220;Volunteer of the Year Award 2020&#8221; Jesse and Jenna at the Gala in February 2020 Jenna, Jesse, Annabelle, Eli Hudson Homies with Extra Chromies, Step to Accept 2020 Promoting Down syndrome Awareness in October through messages with Annabelle on social media. Eli, Beekeeper in Training at 10 Mile Honey&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":21,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[222,176,984,925,205],"class_list":["post-19287","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized","tag-family","tag-gigisplayhousetc","tag-gigisplayhousetchudson","tag-leadership","tag-strongertogether"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/gigisplayhouse.org\/twincities\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/19287","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/gigisplayhouse.org\/twincities\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/gigisplayhouse.org\/twincities\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gigisplayhouse.org\/twincities\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/21"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gigisplayhouse.org\/twincities\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=19287"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/gigisplayhouse.org\/twincities\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/19287\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/gigisplayhouse.org\/twincities\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=19287"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gigisplayhouse.org\/twincities\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=19287"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gigisplayhouse.org\/twincities\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=19287"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}