{"id":18929,"date":"2021-03-17T10:29:34","date_gmt":"2021-03-17T14:29:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/gigisplayhouse.org\/atlanta\/?p=18929"},"modified":"2021-03-17T10:29:34","modified_gmt":"2021-03-17T14:29:34","slug":"mcalisters-deli-gigis-playhouse-are-celebrating-world-down-syndrome-day","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/gigisplayhouse.org\/atlanta\/inspirational-stories\/mcalisters-deli-gigis-playhouse-are-celebrating-world-down-syndrome-day","title":{"rendered":"McAlister&#8217;s Deli &amp; GiGi&#8217;s Playhouse are celebrating World Down Syndrome Day!"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The relationship between McAlister&#8217;s Deli and GiGi&#8217;s Playhouse is one for the books! This inclusive restaurant is celebrating World Down Syndrome Day. McAlister&#8217;s Deli locations in Roswell and Midtown are donating a percentage of their sales for the week (03\/14-03\/21) to GiGi&#8217;s Playhouse Atlanta in support of GiGi&#8217;s mission and free, therapeutic and career development programs.<\/p>\n<p>Hannah Keen is a hard-working, quality employee at McAlister&#8217;s Deli in Roswell! With every work shift, she shows the Roswell community that individuals with Down syndrome can have jobs, relationships, and dreams. At McAlister&#8217;s, she offers amazing customer service, delivers food, cleans tables, washes dishes, and much more.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/gigisplayhouse.org\/atlanta\/files\/2021\/03\/Whitagram-Image.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft  wp-image-18930\" src=\"https:\/\/gigisplayhouse.org\/atlanta\/files\/2021\/03\/Whitagram-Image.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"391\" height=\"377\" srcset=\"https:\/\/gigisplayhouse.org\/atlanta\/files\/2021\/03\/Whitagram-Image.jpg 800w, https:\/\/gigisplayhouse.org\/atlanta\/files\/2021\/03\/Whitagram-Image-300x290.jpg 300w, https:\/\/gigisplayhouse.org\/atlanta\/files\/2021\/03\/Whitagram-Image-768x742.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 391px) 100vw, 391px\" \/><\/a>Through her interactions with staff and customers, she is changing the way the world views Down syndrome and sending a global message of acceptance for all! You can see Hannah in action this Sunday on World Down Syndrome Day over lunch at McAlister&#8217;s Deli in Roswell.<\/p>\n<p>McAlister&#8217;s Deli in Roswell is located at 1425 Market Blvd #1370, Roswell, GA 30076.<\/p>\n<p>McAlister&#8217;s Deli in Midtown is located at 1299 Northside Dr NW Suite 500, Atlanta, GA 30318.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/gigisplayhouse.org\/atlanta\/files\/2021\/03\/Whitagram-Image-1.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-18931\" src=\"https:\/\/gigisplayhouse.org\/atlanta\/files\/2021\/03\/Whitagram-Image-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"800\" height=\"463\" srcset=\"https:\/\/gigisplayhouse.org\/atlanta\/files\/2021\/03\/Whitagram-Image-1.jpg 800w, https:\/\/gigisplayhouse.org\/atlanta\/files\/2021\/03\/Whitagram-Image-1-300x174.jpg 300w, https:\/\/gigisplayhouse.org\/atlanta\/files\/2021\/03\/Whitagram-Image-1-768x444.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The relationship between McAlister&#8217;s Deli and GiGi&#8217;s Playhouse is one for the books! This inclusive restaurant is celebrating World Down Syndrome Day. McAlister&#8217;s Deli locations in Roswell and Midtown are donating a percentage of their sales for the week (03\/14-03\/21) to GiGi&#8217;s Playhouse Atlanta in support of GiGi&#8217;s mission and free, therapeutic and career development&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":11,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"wpo365_audiences":[],"wpo365_private":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[39,40],"tags":[29,381,382],"class_list":["post-18929","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-inspirational-stories","category-fundraising-events","tag-29","tag-gigisplayhouseatlanta","tag-strongertogether"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/gigisplayhouse.org\/atlanta\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18929","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/gigisplayhouse.org\/atlanta\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/gigisplayhouse.org\/atlanta\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gigisplayhouse.org\/atlanta\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/11"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gigisplayhouse.org\/atlanta\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=18929"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/gigisplayhouse.org\/atlanta\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18929\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/gigisplayhouse.org\/atlanta\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=18929"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gigisplayhouse.org\/atlanta\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=18929"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gigisplayhouse.org\/atlanta\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=18929"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}