{"id":17479,"date":"2022-01-26T13:22:04","date_gmt":"2022-01-26T18:22:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/gigisplayhouse.org\/Cincinnati\/?p=17479"},"modified":"2022-01-26T13:22:04","modified_gmt":"2022-01-26T18:22:04","slug":"q-a-with-startup-team-member-ann-poirier","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/gigisplayhouse.org\/cincinnati\/2022\/01\/26\/q-a-with-startup-team-member-ann-poirier\/","title":{"rendered":"Q & A with startup team member, Ann Poirier\u00a0"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"\"We are so excited to have Ann Poirier on the GiGi\u2019s Playhouse Cincinnati startup team!<\/p>\n

Ann is the person who writes all of our blogs, press releases, invitations and more. She was also recently voted in as our board secretary. Ann is the mother of four young children: Lucy (6), Alice (3, with Down syndrome), Calvin (2) and Peter (newborn). Because of Alice, Ann is passionate about additional resources in the Greater Cincinnati community from\u00a0GiGi\u2019s\u00a0Playhouse.<\/p>\n

Ann has a blog (WonderlandMommy.BlogSpot.com<\/a>) and an Instagram account (@wonderlandmommyblog) that she uses to spread Down syndrome education and awareness. Here\u2019s a little more about what inspires Ann.<\/p>\n

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  1. Why did you join the GiGi\u2019s Playhouse Cincinnati start-up team?\u00a0<\/strong>
    \nI joined the team because I\u2019m always trying to do anything I can to give Alice more resources and advocate for her more. I enjoy learning more about Down syndrome and contributing however I can. I also love using my writing talent to write blogs, articles and more to help highlight the beauty of Down syndrome and the need for acceptance and inclusion.<\/li>\n
  2. What is your favorite thing you get to do as part of the start-up team?\u00a0<\/strong>
    \nMy favorite thing is writing so many things for GiGi\u2019s Playhouse Cincinnati. I love learning all about what\u2019s going on in this space and communicating it to our audience.<\/li>\n
  3. What is your favorite memory, event or activity you participated in with GiGi\u2019s Playhouse?\u00a0<\/strong>
    \nMy favorite event was definitely attending the Meet and Greet back in early 2020 where we got to meet Nancy Gianni and GiGi herself! Nancy\u2019s energy was contagious. She is so passionate about bringing the magic of GiGi\u2019s Playhouse to as many locations as possible for the benefit of our awesome kids with that extra chromosome. And GiGi was a gem. She was so sweet and stole my heart!<\/li>\n
  4. What is the thing you look forward to most with GiGi\u2019s Playhouse Cincinnati?\u00a0<\/strong>
    \nIt looks like the new\u00a0GiGi\u2019s\u00a0Playhouse location will probably be close to where we live, so I\u2019m excited to have some nearby resources. I\u2019m also really excited for Alice to be able to go there and see other kids like her. Just as importantly, I\u2019m really excited for my other kids to be able to go to\u00a0GiGi\u2019s\u00a0Playhouse Cincinnati and benefit from being surrounded by people different than themselves. We can\u2019t wait to take advantage of\u00a0all of\u00a0the fun programs they offer at\u00a0GiGi\u2019s\u00a0Playhouse!<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

    We are so excited to have Ann Poirier on the GiGi\u2019s Playhouse Cincinnati startup team! Ann is the person who writes all of our blogs, press releases, invitations and more. She was also recently voted in as our board secretary. Ann is the mother of four young children: Lucy (6), Alice (3, with Down syndrome),…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":172,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-17479","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-awareness"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/gigisplayhouse.org\/cincinnati\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/17479","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/gigisplayhouse.org\/cincinnati\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/gigisplayhouse.org\/cincinnati\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gigisplayhouse.org\/cincinnati\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/172"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gigisplayhouse.org\/cincinnati\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=17479"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/gigisplayhouse.org\/cincinnati\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/17479\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/gigisplayhouse.org\/cincinnati\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=17479"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gigisplayhouse.org\/cincinnati\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=17479"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gigisplayhouse.org\/cincinnati\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=17479"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}