Stronger Together: GiGiFIT Acceptance Challenge 2025 Recap
The GiGiFIT Acceptance Challenge is more than a fitness event—it’s a peer-to-peer fundraising movement powered by inclusion, celebration, and community spirit. And this year, you showed up and showed out! Thanks to your incredible support, we raised over $30,000, registered 260+ participants, and rallied together across 22 amazing teams! From...
Where Fun Meets Function: GiGi’s Croquet Pilot
Every Friday afternoon during the month of May Gigi’s Playhouse Denver erupted with joy andlaughter as about 14 participants learned to play croquet inside the Denver Playhouse. A picture is worth a thousand words so here are just a few of our favorites – Our first couple of sessions focused...
Talent Has No Limits!
In case you missed it, we wanted to recap our event to share with everyone. This past Spring, we launched our brand-new Dance program! We offered two groups: one for teens and adults combined, and another for kids under 13. Throughout the session, our talented dancers put in incredible effort,...
Best Of All
MEET VINCENT Vincent participates in our 1:1 literacy program and has made huge strides this spring session! This past session has been a little difficult for Vincent, especially with starting with his new tutor, Bette, after finally warming up to his prior tutor. The last couple weeks of session, he...
World Down Syndrome Day Recap
World Down syndrome day is celebrated on March 21st. This year we held a celebration at our playhouse in the late afternoon. We were are so grateful that we were joined by so many families to celebrate with us. We had around 100 people in attendance and everyone enjoyed activities...
The Fight to Find Her Voice
Meet Shelby! Shelby is an adult participant at our Denver Playhouse. She is a light in this world and we wanted to share her story! Read below shared from Shelby's mom Sophia Martinez. "Shelby is a non-verbal young lady who loves her friends and family. Since she was Kindergarten age...
Let us be your consistent – We are here for you!
With all the changes happening at our state and federal level, we understand that this is a uneasy time for our families. We are here for you! Here is what we know: There is a $4M budget shortfall due to the expiration of Federal Covid Stimulus funds and fewer children on Medicaid accessing services...
The Sky is the Limit
Meet Jeremiah Daniels who is a loving, energetic full of life 12 years old (soon to be 13) who was presented with an incredible opportunity! Jeremiah and his family heard of GiGi's Playhouse when they were in Georgia and Jeremiah's mom connected with us on social media. They came to...
Educational Sessions at Playhouse 2025
We are excited to have a schedule of informational sessions for families in 2025! Below you can find information about each event and where to register. Click HERE to Register! Denver Playhouse is hosting a watch party for GiGi's Playhouse annual Educational Symposium. Join us as we learn how to...
Our journey toward of a brighter future for us and our son with Down Syndrome
Chris and his wife Linda, along with their son, Amadeus, currently reside in Finland. They visited our Denver playhouse back in the summer. They were able to share their story and experience with staff at our playhouse. Chris was able to share with us their incredible journey below. Many of...
Visit From Crnic Institute
On December 7th, we had the pleasure of welcoming Linda Roan to our Playhouse to present on some of the clinical trials available at the Linda Crnic Institute for Down Syndrome. Linda was able to share valuable information about what the Crnic Institute has to offer, clinical trials coming up...
Not Your Typical First Day
Jenna Crowe has taken on the role of Executive Director for GiGi's Playhouse Denver. With an enthusiasm to start, she was offered the opportunity to join GiGi’s Annual Leadership Conference which took place in the Chicago area November 6th-9th. Below she will share her experience and what she is looking forward...