{"id":5133,"date":"2020-03-09T09:05:26","date_gmt":"2020-03-09T16:05:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/gigisplayhouse.org\/denver\/?p=5133"},"modified":"2020-03-10T11:13:13","modified_gmt":"2020-03-10T18:13:13","slug":"community-member-in-raleigh-inspires-us-all","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/gigisplayhouse.org\/denver\/2020\/03\/09\/community-member-in-raleigh-inspires-us-all\/","title":{"rendered":"Community Member in Raleigh Inspires Us All"},"content":{"rendered":"\r\n

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During our March Match fundraising challenge, we want to highlight and thank the inspiration and activation energy for\u00a0GiGi’s\u00a0Playhouse Denver – Lauren Bohlander. Lauren’s story highlights the fact that you do not need to have a personal connection with someone with Down syndrome to make a positive impact for the future of Denver’s Down syndrome community.\u00a0<\/span>\u00a0
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Lauren does not have a close family member with Down syndrome.\u00a0 She does not have a best friend or neighbor with Down syndrome. She simply got involved by volunteering at\u00a0<\/span>GiGi’s<\/span>\u00a0Playhouse Raleigh<\/span><\/a>\u00a0a few years\u00a0ago\u00a0and fell in LOVE!\u00a0 Lauren\u2019s joy for\u00a0<\/span>GiGi\u2019s<\/span>\u00a0Playhouse spread to her family and soon she got her mother and father to join her as volunteers at\u00a0<\/span>GiGi\u2019s<\/span>\u00a0<\/span>Playhouse<\/span>\u00a0Raleigh<\/span>. After they thought their family would be moving\u00a0<\/span>back\u00a0<\/span>to Denver, Lauren knew she couldn’t come back to Colorado without bringing\u00a0<\/span>GiGi<\/span>\u2019s<\/span>\u00a0Playhouse with her. \ud83d\udc95\u00a0<\/span>\u00a0
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As a junior in high school, she reached out to families here in the Denver area to see who was interested in joining\u00a0<\/span>the<\/span>\u00a0<\/span>GiGi’s<\/span>\u00a0Playhouse<\/span>\u00a0Denver\u00a0<\/span>Startup Team.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0<\/span>\u00a0
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\"\"Many of our volunteers and startup team members\u00a0<\/span>do<\/span><\/i>\u00a0have loved ones with Down syndrome, but many DO NOT. This is one of the absolute BEST parts of\u00a0<\/span>GiGi\u2019s<\/span>\u00a0Playhouse \u2013 the 48 brick and mortar locations throughout the US and Mexico truly provide an ongoing opportunity for community members<\/span>\u00a0who do not have a family member with Down syndrome<\/span>\u00a0to come together<\/span>,\u00a0<\/span>build relationships, learn, and grow with individuals who are chromosomally enhanced.\u00a0<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\r\n

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Thank\u00a0<\/span>you Lauren<\/span>, for joining\u00a0<\/span>GiGi\u2019s<\/span>\u00a0Playhouse Raleigh, and for ALL the amazing ripple effect<\/span>s<\/span>\u00a0that have flowed outward to Denver and beyond. Because of your passion and the\u00a0<\/span>choices<\/span>\u00a0you have made,\u00a0<\/span>GiGi\u2019s<\/span>\u00a0Playhouse Denver is possible and in full force to open by the end of the year. You continue to inspire us every day.\u00a0<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\r\n

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\"\"To find out how you can create a team or help become a miracle maker to an existing team, click the\u00a0<\/span>link here<\/span><\/a>. We cannot wait to meet more individuals like Lauren here in Colorado.\u00a0<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\r\n

Many of our volunteers and startup team members do have loved ones with Down syndrome, but many DO NOT. This is one of the absolute BEST parts of GiGi\u2019s Playhouse \u2013 the 48 brick and mortar locations throughout the US and Mexico truly provides an ongoing opportunity for community members to come together and build relationships, learn, and grow with the individuals who are chromosomally enhanced.<\/p>\r\n

Thank you Lauren, for joining GiGi\u2019s Playhouse Raleigh, and for ALL the amazing ripple effect that you have flowed outward to Denver and beyond. Because of your passion and the choices you have made, GiGi\u2019s Playhouse Denver is possible and in full force to open by the end of the year. You continue to inspire us every day.<\/p>\r\n

To find out how you can create a team or help become a miracle maker to an existing team, click the link here. We cannot wait to meet more individuals like Lauren here in Colorado. Sending hugs to you all.<\/p>\r\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

During our March Match fundraising challenge, we want to highlight and thank the inspiration and activation energy for\u00a0GiGi’s\u00a0Playhouse Denver – Lauren Bohlander. Lauren’s story highlights the fact that you do not need to have a personal connection with someone with Down syndrome to make a positive impact for the future of Denver’s Down syndrome community.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":177,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[51,52,31,49,21,38,22,23,19,50,20,48],"class_list":["post-5133","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-awareness","tag-believeinourbuild","tag-biob","tag-community","tag-denversneakpeek","tag-downsyndrome","tag-ds","tag-generationg","tag-gigisplayhousedenver","tag-gigisplayhouse","tag-marchmatch","tag-strongertogether","tag-gengdenver"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/gigisplayhouse.org\/denver\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5133","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/gigisplayhouse.org\/denver\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/gigisplayhouse.org\/denver\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gigisplayhouse.org\/denver\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/177"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gigisplayhouse.org\/denver\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=5133"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/gigisplayhouse.org\/denver\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5133\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/gigisplayhouse.org\/denver\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=5133"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gigisplayhouse.org\/denver\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=5133"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gigisplayhouse.org\/denver\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=5133"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}