{"id":15195,"date":"2019-04-29T09:00:36","date_gmt":"2019-04-29T13:00:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/gigisplayhouse.org\/fortmyers\/?p=15195"},"modified":"2024-10-22T14:14:27","modified_gmt":"2024-10-22T18:14:27","slug":"may-newsletter","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/gigisplayhouse.org\/fortmyers\/may-newsletter\/","title":{"rendered":"May Newsletter"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Playhouse News<\/h1>\n

Our May theme is Cinco De Mayo.<\/h3>\n

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During the month of May our\u00a0programs will feature activities and lessons with a Cinco\u00a0De Mayo theme.<\/p>\n

Some of our activities will include decorating a cactus, pinata play, and making music with maracas.\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

Join us at the GiGi’s Ranch along with our cactus cowboys and colorful decorations\u00a0as we celebrate Cinco De Mayo.\u00a0\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Learn more about how we’ll be celebrating this colorful and exciting holiday by checking out our May\u00a0programs and events calendar.\u00a0 Click\u00a0<\/span>Learn More\u00a0below.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Learn More<\/p>\n

Playhouse News<\/h1>\n

We will not have our usual Fantastic Friends this month so that everyone can attend Family Night with the Fort Myers Miracle baseball team. Our regular Fantastic Friends program will return on Friday, June 14, 2019.<\/p>\n

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Programs at GiGi\u2019s Playhouse offer foundational learning opportunities for individuals with Down syndrome (all ages), their families and the community. Visit our online\u00a0calendar<\/a>\u00a0today\u00a0<\/a>to see all the purposeful\u00a0programming this month!<\/p>\n

Click here to see our online calendar<\/p>\n

Upcoming Events<\/h1>\n

Superhero Night with the Fort Myers Miracle<\/h3>\n

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Join us on Friday, May 17, 2019 for Superhero Family Night with the Fort Myers Miracle baseball\u00a0team at Hammond Stadium.<\/p>\n

Tickets\u00a0\u00a0are free for\u00a0GiGi\u2019s participant and their immediate family.\u00a0Tickets are available for purchase for additional family and friends at $5 each. Snacks are not included.<\/p>\n

Spaces are limited. To RSVP please email Pam Garrett at\u00a0pgarrett@gigisplayhouse.org<\/a>or call the office at (239) 703-7960.<\/p>\n

Family Speaker Series<\/h1>\n

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GiGi’s Playhouse Fort Myers is happy to introduce our new Family Speaker Series. Starting in May and monthly thereafter, we will have a new informative guest speaker at the Playhouse that will provide useful information to our families.<\/span><\/p>\n

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On May 18th, 1:30-3pm our first speaker will be Eliana Tardio. Eliana is a world-wide school inclusion advocate and mother of two children with Down syndrome.<\/p>\n

Refreshments will be provided.<\/p>\n

Please visit our online calendar to view upcoming monthly speakers.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

Volunteer Opportunities<\/h1>\n

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We have volunteer opportunities in the following areas:<\/p>\n

Literacy Tutoring – (ages 3-adult) Spring\/Summer 2019
\nCooking Club – Leads\/helpers Summer 2019
\nMath Tutoring\u00a0– (ages 3-adult) Summer 2019
\nLeaps & Bounds (ages 3-5) program helpers Spring\/ Summer 2019
\nDestination\u00a0Discovery (all ages) Program Leads\/Helpers Spring\/Summer 2019<\/span>
\nArt Explosion\u00a0(ages 18+) helpers Spring\/Summer 2019<\/span>
\nAdministrative Helpers – weekdays<\/p>\n

Our next\u00a0Volunteer Orientation:<\/p>\n

Wednesday | May 8, 2019
\n5-6:30
\nGiGi’s Playhouse Fort Myers<\/b><\/p>\n

If you are interested in becoming a volunteer, please complete our online volunteer interest form by clicking the button below.<\/p>\n

Volunteer Interest Form<\/p>\n

Support Us<\/h1>\n

While our many programs are always free to our families, they are not free to us. Updating and constructing custom program materials and developing\u00a0new programs represent just some of our expenses. Your generous support combined with courage of our individuals will assuredly help make miracles happen. Thank you in advance for your kindness and consideration. Your generosity can truly transform lives.<\/p>\n

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Please consider purchasing one of the items we have added to our\u00a0Amazon wish list<\/a>.These items can be purchased from any retailer, but we have chosen these specific items to complement our Playhouse design.<\/p>\n

Click here to see our Amazon wish list<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Playhouse News Our May theme is Cinco De Mayo. During the month of May our\u00a0programs will feature activities and lessons with a Cinco\u00a0De Mayo theme. Some of our activities will include decorating a cactus, pinata play, and making music with maracas.\u00a0 Join us at the GiGi’s Ranch along with our cactus cowboys and colorful decorations\u00a0as…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":173,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"wpo365_audiences":[],"wpo365_private":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-15195","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/gigisplayhouse.org\/fortmyers\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15195","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/gigisplayhouse.org\/fortmyers\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/gigisplayhouse.org\/fortmyers\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gigisplayhouse.org\/fortmyers\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/173"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gigisplayhouse.org\/fortmyers\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=15195"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/gigisplayhouse.org\/fortmyers\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15195\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/gigisplayhouse.org\/fortmyers\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=15195"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gigisplayhouse.org\/fortmyers\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=15195"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gigisplayhouse.org\/fortmyers\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=15195"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}