{"id":5082,"date":"2020-03-11T15:29:24","date_gmt":"2020-03-11T19:29:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/gigisplayhouse.org\/Cincinnati\/?p=5082"},"modified":"2020-05-01T15:58:05","modified_gmt":"2020-05-01T19:58:05","slug":"our-meet-and-greet-with-the-gigi-and-her-amazing-mom","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/gigisplayhouse.org\/cincinnati\/2020\/03\/11\/our-meet-and-greet-with-the-gigi-and-her-amazing-mom\/","title":{"rendered":"Our meet-and-greet with \u201cTHE GiGi\u201d and her amazing mom"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-5084\" src=\"https:\/\/gigisplayhouse.org\/cincinnati\/files\/2020\/03\/gigi-1-300x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/gigisplayhouse.org\/cincinnati\/files\/2020\/03\/gigi-1-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/gigisplayhouse.org\/cincinnati\/files\/2020\/03\/gigi-1-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/gigisplayhouse.org\/cincinnati\/files\/2020\/03\/gigi-1-768x768.jpg 768w, https:\/\/gigisplayhouse.org\/cincinnati\/files\/2020\/03\/gigi-1.jpg 850w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/>Last week\u2014on Wednesday, March 4, 2020\u2014Cincinnati held our first meet-and-greet with \u201cTHE\u00a0GiGi\u201d and her mom Nancy.<br \/>\nBeginning at 6:30 p.m., groups of people began pouring into the Warren C. Young Center in Lebanon in order to learn a little bit about\u00a0GiGi\u2019s\u00a0Playhouse and to meet its founder (Nancy Gianni), as well as its inspiration (Nancy\u2019s daughter,\u00a0GiGi\u00a0Gianni).<br \/>\nThe night began with lots of kids with Down syndrome playing with lots of kids without Down syndrome, as well as about thirty to forty adults mingling with each other. Guests consisted of people with Down syndrome, as well as their parents, siblings, friends and special education teachers from around the Cincinnati area. Booths were set up around the room for people to learn more about\u00a0GiGi\u2019s\u00a0Playhouse.<\/p>\n<p>Finally, Nancy took the mic. She told the packed house about why she started\u00a0GiGi\u2019s\u00a0Playhouse 16 years ago, heartwarming stories from her journey with her daughter and why she\u2019s\u00a0so\u00a0excited to have a\u00a0GiGi\u2019s\u00a0Playhouse location coming to Cincinnati. When Nancy finished,\u00a0GiGi\u00a0took over. She read her speech, made some jokes and had everyone laughing. Nancy and\u00a0GiGi\u00a0together are quite the dynamic duo. They had the whole room intrigued and engaged.<\/p>\n<p>After the speeches, a long line formed where people bought\u00a0GiGi\u2019s\u00a0Playhouse T-shirts and Nancy\u2019s book called \u201cGeneration G: A True Story of Miracles, Hope and Unconditional Acceptance.\u201d After that, everyone in line got to get their pictures taken with both Nancy and\u00a0GiGi! Both women were as\u00a0gracious\u00a0and kind as could be.<\/p>\n<p>As people left the meet-and-greet, there were lots of smiles and untamed optimism about the future of\u00a0GiGi\u2019s\u00a0Playhouse in Cincinnati. You could feel the excitement throughout the event all night!<\/p>\n<p>We can\u2019t wait to get things rolling as Gigi\u2019s Playhouse makes its way to Cincinnati.\u00a0If it offers anything like the positive energy from the meet-and-greet, it\u2019s bound to be a roaring success.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Last week\u2014on Wednesday, March 4, 2020\u2014Cincinnati held our first meet-and-greet with \u201cTHE\u00a0GiGi\u201d and her mom Nancy. Beginning at 6:30 p.m., groups of people began pouring into the Warren C. 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