{"id":142107,"date":"2026-02-16T11:24:30","date_gmt":"2026-02-16T16:24:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/gigisplayhouse.org\/annapolis\/?p=142107"},"modified":"2026-02-16T11:50:18","modified_gmt":"2026-02-16T16:50:18","slug":"celebrating-8-years-of-impact-inclusion-and-love","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/gigisplayhouse.org\/annapolis\/2026\/02\/16\/celebrating-8-years-of-impact-inclusion-and-love\/","title":{"rendered":"Celebrating 8 Years of Impact, Inclusion, and Love"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"500\" height=\"300\" src=\"https:\/\/gigisplayhouse.org\/annapolis\/files\/2026\/02\/Happy-Birthday-1.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-142109\" srcset=\"https:\/\/gigisplayhouse.org\/annapolis\/files\/2026\/02\/Happy-Birthday-1.png 500w, https:\/\/gigisplayhouse.org\/annapolis\/files\/2026\/02\/Happy-Birthday-1-300x180.png 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">This February, GiGi\u2019s Playhouse Annapolis celebrates eight years of serving our community. What began as a vision has grown into a thriving achievement center where individuals with Down syndrome and their families experience purposeful programming, authentic friendships, and measurable progress.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">February is often associated with love, and that feels fitting. For eight years, this Playhouse has been built on love in action: volunteers who show up faithfully, families who lift one another up, donors who believe deeply in our mission and choose to invest in opportunity, and participants who model perseverance and joy every day.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Thank you for being part of this story. Whether you have been with us since our doors opened or joined recently, your involvement strengthens this mission. We remain committed to expanding access, deepening program quality, and ensuring every participant achieves their Best of All.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Pauline Markward<br>Executive Director<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>This February, GiGi\u2019s Playhouse Annapolis celebrates eight years of serving our community. What began as a vision has grown into a thriving achievement center where individuals with Down syndrome and their families experience purposeful programming, authentic friendships, and measurable progress. February is often associated with love, and that feels fitting. For eight years, this Playhouse&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":15813,"featured_media":142108,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"wpo365_audiences":[],"wpo365_private":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[1881,814,628,813],"class_list":["post-142107","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-uncategorized","tag-annapolis-2","tag-downsyndrome","tag-gigisplayhouseannapolis-gigisplayhouse","tag-volunteer"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/gigisplayhouse.org\/annapolis\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/142107","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/gigisplayhouse.org\/annapolis\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/gigisplayhouse.org\/annapolis\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gigisplayhouse.org\/annapolis\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/15813"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gigisplayhouse.org\/annapolis\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=142107"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/gigisplayhouse.org\/annapolis\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/142107\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gigisplayhouse.org\/annapolis\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/142108"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/gigisplayhouse.org\/annapolis\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=142107"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gigisplayhouse.org\/annapolis\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=142107"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gigisplayhouse.org\/annapolis\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=142107"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}