Get Ready for a Seamless School Transition
As the school year wraps up, we have a few tips to help students have a smooth and seamless transition to the next grade. Put together a folder with your child’s most recent IEP, progress report, report card, therapy notes, and testing reports. Ask your current case manager who your...
Visitors from Nigeria!
GiGi's Atlanta often has walk-in visitors to the Playhouse but today we had some exceptional guests! Tonye Faloughi-Ekezie and her sister walked in while on a US visit from Lagos, Nigeria. Tonye has a 7 year old daughter with Down syndrome named Simone. The arrival of Simone brought many questions...
The Power of Sharing
One of the many elements of the GiGiFIT Acceptance Challenge (GFAC) is sharing your team. With that comes sharing the story of who you are moving for and why. We love seeing all the social media posts from our families and friends sharing their mission to spread acceptance and inclusion...
World Down Syndrome Day with the Hawks
On Saturday, March 25, the Atlanta Hawks help us continue to celebrate World Down Syndrome Day. The Knight Family was gifted game tickets and an on-court experience courtesy of the Lady Hawks. The Lady Hawks is a group of women comprised of the wives, significant others, and mothers of Hawks...
Meet Dancing with Adriana
"Dancing with Adriana" at the 2022 GiGiFIT Acceptance Challenge Team Captain Lily Torres' team for our GiGiFIT Acceptance Challenge is "Dancing with Adriana" in honor of her daughter. As Lily says "Adriana came to my life to change the set of mind I was in. She helped me become a...
Myles speaks at the Capitol
On Monday, February 13, the public had the opportunity to speak to key legislators about the need for more NOW/COMP waivers and higher wages for Direct Support Professionals (DSPs). While the Georgia Council on Developmental Disabilities is advocating for 2,400 new waiver slots, the governor has recommended only 150. Our...
GiGi’s Atlanta Came Away Winners!
This past weekend, Howie, Jen, and eight board members made our way to Schaumburg, IL for the GiGi's Annual Leadership Conference. This amazing group worked hard and played hard together and in between much laughter and dancing, we participated in sessions to increase our knowledge of event planning, fundraising, marketing,...
A Day with McAlister’s
Sometimes we experience a day that leaves us smiling for days! On October 19, we got to share such a day with the McAlister's crew at Focus Brands. Our EPIC adult group received red carpet treatment from the very start! We entered the "Bakingham Palace" test kitchens and not only...
Beazer Charity Foundation Lends a Hand
On Friday, September 30, we were bestowed multiple gifts from the Beazer Charity Foundation. With their fiscal year wrapping up, they were anxious to find a recipient for their grant. Lucky for us, the secretary of the foundation, Michael Dunn, is a GiGi's dad and immediately recommended our Playhouse. They...
2022 SKate Award Winners
Our 2022 Gala was a great success! In addition to the most money we've raised so far, our SKate Award winners were hands down the most inspirational! Nic Taylor & Elana Meyers Taylor have been champions of bobsledding and champions of GiGi's Playhouse. They travel and compete internationally, always giving...
GiGi’s Gives Back
As a non-profit organization, GiGi's Playhouse spends a lot of time fundraising and asking for donations and volunteers. It is a privilege to have opportunities to give back to the community when we can. We were lucky enough to have not one but two such opportunities this summer! In July,...
Feel Good Friday!
It's Friday before a long, holiday weekend that kicks off summer vacation and we are in the mood to spread some love! This is Elise. She has been a volunteer at GiGi's Playhouse Atlanta since 2020! Recently, Elise has had to leave her wonderful GiGi's Family, relocating to Pennsylvania to...