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The Impact GiGi’s Has Had On a Single Mom in Our Community

"As a single mother moving to Charlotte, we were far away from our village. My daughter Amelia had a difficult time making friends since there are no kids in our complex. Once the Covid restrictions were lightened, I needed to find something to keep her occupied. Along came GiGi’s Playhouse....
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Participant and Volunteer Spotlight!

Participant Best of All: Whitney Parrot Whitney has been working as an intern at the Playhouse. Shehas been so helpful in organizing, filing, decorating, and so much more. She spends severalhours each visit working alongside our UNCC social work interns on top of attending regular programming and literacy tutoring. Whitney...

GiGiFIT Adults – At Home LIVE

It's Time To GET FIT with our GiGiFIT Adults! That's right! Our Program Leader, Jamie Brill, will be back with us every Thursday at 11:30am on our LIVE GoToMeeting. We want to connect and come together with our friends to stay fit and active while while schools and GiGi’s Playhouse...
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GiGiFIT Kids At-Home On Demand

GiGiFIT Kids **Exciting News** GiGiFIT Kids is now available at home. We know that getting used to a new normal is challenging for our community in many ways. We hope to make it a bit easier to keep our GiGi’s Playhouse Kids fit and active while schools and GiGi’s Playhouse...

My First Descent with Down syndrome.

There never seem to be enough hours in the day this time of year. Last week I was running between meetings at GiGi’s Playhouse Charlotte when someone stopped me in my tracks. My meeting was running late, and only because of unexpected traffic I found myself idly standing by the...

Why I Believe in GiGi’s Playhouse

When my nephew Shane was born it felt like a solemn occasion. I remember visiting with my brother and sister in law in the hospital and not knowing what to say to reassure them that it was going to be okay. We both had 3 year-old daughters and you could...

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