{"id":6055,"date":"2018-07-15T14:41:12","date_gmt":"2018-07-15T18:41:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/gigisplayhouse.org\/annapolis\/?p=6055"},"modified":"2018-07-15T17:09:51","modified_gmt":"2018-07-15T21:09:51","slug":"healing-by-sharing-the-love","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/gigisplayhouse.org\/annapolis\/2018\/07\/15\/healing-by-sharing-the-love\/","title":{"rendered":"Healing by Sharing the Love"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"\"June 28th<\/sup> was a memorable day in Annapolis. Little did we know what was happening less than a mile away when the following note was written by one of our GiGi\u2019s Playhouse volunteers.\u00a0 In retrospect, the situations couldn\u2019t be more opposite.<\/h4>\n

To lose the lives of the five employees of the Capital Gazette was a devastating tragedy.\u00a0 GiGi\u2019s Playhouse Annapolis has worked closely with the Capital Gazette during our Grand Opening and other events and we want to honor that relationship and give our heartfelt support to their community. We also want to highlight the good that was happening in the same neighborhood at the same time. Annapolis will always be a close-knit community.<\/p>\n

On that fateful day we had a contingent of middle school students from the Asbury Church Impact Group in Arnold come to volunteer with our Playhouse youth ages 3-8. The theme was Red, White and Blue and they led us in decorating flag cookies, making fruit kabobs, and as many camps do, getting a little messy with a tie-dye project. The following is a note from a parent volunteer attending the event.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe had such a meaningful morning in so many ways. The participants had a wide range of abilities. The middle school youth group were timid at first, but with a touch of\u00a0<\/em><\/p>\n

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Colton connects with his new friends from Asbury Church.<\/p><\/div>\n

encouragement started interacting and gaining confidence. During the sing-a-long, a young man in high school played his guitar reaching our nonverbal participants in ways I had never seen before. A parent of one of the participants cried seeing the sweet connection between everyone there.\u00a0 \u00a0An unforgettable moment was when we had one little guy take his very first steps toward independence. What a powerfully moving\u00a0morning.\u201d\u00a0\u00a0<\/em><\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Additionally, we received a note from Evy, one of the Asbury youth group members reflecting on her experience.<\/p>\n

\u201cGiGi\u2019s Playhouse – By Evelyn R. (age 11)<\/p>\n

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GiGi’s Playhouse participants love singing along while Tom leads with his guitar .<\/p><\/div>\n

I had the best time at GiGi\u2019s playhouse.\u00a0 I was there with my church group, but they are better classified as my friends.\u00a0 At the end of the trip, we had nothing but smiles.\u00a0 It was such a great experience! At first, when we were waiting in the hallway before going in, I pondered the thought that maybe the kids won\u2019t be like me or just won’t like me.\u00a0 These thoughts bugged me while I walked into the cute, quaint and welcoming room. Sometime later I struck a conversation with a young girl.\u00a0 She was beautiful and brilliant.\u00a0 We were working on ten puzzles at once one minute, and then playing 6 instruments the next minute.\u00a0 I was actually having a lot of fun!\u00a0 These kids were talented and sweet.\u00a0 I loved how open, accepting, and considerate they were to others. At the end of the trip, we all listened and sang along to some guitar songs.\u00a0 The music was great.\u00a0 It was something we could relate to and all in all just have fun.\u00a0 Some kids danced, some played instruments and some sang.\u00a0 It was awesome! \u00a0I had learned that the kids enjoyed a lot of the same things, laughed at the same things, and had lots in common with us.\u00a0 We all had fun and were friends by the end.\u00a0 That\u2019s one experience I won\u2019t forget! \u201c\u00a0<\/em><\/p><\/blockquote>\n

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Danny checks out Tom’s guitar strings!<\/p><\/div>\n

We want to remind Annapolis of the good people in our community. The tragedy was the result of one person, but we see so very many, many kindhearted, generous people every single day in our Playhouse right down the road. We hope by sharing this, it will contribute to the healing process of our friends at the Capital, and all in our greater community.<\/p>\n

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Asbury Church Impact volunteers play with GiGi’s Playhouse friends!<\/p><\/div>\n

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Special thank you to Ashley Cox and her Impact Team for volunteering and organizing this special event at GiGi’s Playhouse Annapolis and sharing the love.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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