Recent Blog Posts
Volunteer Spotlight: Isabella Witulsk
GiGi’s Playhouse Fort Wayne is 99 percent volunteer-led. Each year, we host multiple high school and college students for internships in our Playhouse. Read more about our incredible interns and the work they’re doing to assist with our free, purposeful programs in our volunteer spotlight series. Tell us a little...
Volunteer Spotlight: GiGi’s Playhouse Prepares High School Senior for Future Career
GiGi’s Playhouse Fort Wayne is 99 percent volunteer-led. Each year, we host multiple high school and college students for internships in our Playhouse. Read more about our incredible interns and the work they’re doing to assist with our free, purposeful programs in our volunteer spotlight series. Tell us a little...
Volunteer Spotlight: Manchester Student Pursues Passion at GiGi’s Playhouse Fort Wayne
Emily instructing GiGi U with participant Tobiah GiGi's Playhouse Fort Wayne is 99 percent volunteer-led. Each year, we host multiple high school and college students for internships in our Playhouse. Read more about our incredible interns and the work they're doing to assist with our free,...
More Than Meeting Minutes: Board Secretary Shares Her Passion for GiGi’s Playhouse
GiGi's Playhouse Fort Wayne Board Secretary, Lorri Meyer Each month we’re featuring a guest blog post from one of our board members and volunteers! This January, Lorri Meyer, Board Secretary, shares more about her experience with GiGi’s Playhouse Fort Wayne. For 27 years, I've been friends...
GiGi’s Playhouse Fort Wayne Celebrates Four New GiGi U Graduates
2020 GiGi U Graduates Last week, four students graduated from GiGi U at GiGi's Playhouse Fort Wayne. In this guest post, our program manager, Lauren Clark, reflects on their time in GiGi u. Let me tell you about the four incredible students I had the privilege...
GiGi’s Playhouse Fort Wayne Awarded the Gilmore Inclusive Arts Grant
Grant from the AWS Foundation will help launch a new music program for individuals with disabilities AWS Foundation has awarded the Gilmore Inclusive Arts Grant to GiGi’s Playhouse Fort Wayne for a new music program utilizing the Skoog instrument. The new initiative, GiGi’s Music: Skoog Lab, will create an inclusive...
Christmas Cookie Decorating & Virtual Santa
This holiday season, GiGi's Playhouse will host socially-distanced Christmas Cookie decorating and virtual Santa visits on Saturday, Dec. 12th. To participate in the Christmas Cookie decorating virtually, register for a Christmas Cookie decorating kit that you can take home and tune in from your computer. To participate in-person, register for...
Genesis Health Bar Holiday Deals
Are you looking for creative, local holiday gifts? We have some fun ideas for you! Our ambassadors at Genesis Health Bar can make custom mugs for your friends, family or colleagues. Genesis Health Bar also offers holiday catering options. Take advantage of our deals through Dec. 31, 2020: Buy $75...
GiGi’s Playhouse Fort Wayne Honored by National Organization
GiGi’s Playhouse Down Syndrome Achievement Centers announced eight prestigious awards at its 2020 National Leadership Conference, held virtually from Wednesday, Nov. 4 to Saturday, Nov. 7. Nearly 500 people from 60 GiGi’s Playhouse locations and startups in the United States and Mexico joined the conference, which boasted a wide-ranging series...
A Board Member’s Reward: Laughs & Smiles
Cindy and Doug Atkinson with their granddaughter, Charlotte Each month we're featuring a guest blog post from one of our board members and volunteers! This November, our Board President, Doug Atkinson, shares more about his experience with GiGi's Playhouse Fort Wayne. When our first granddaughter Charlotte...
Pedaling for the Playhouse!
This month, we celebrate Scott Spray, Safety Director of Modular Transportation Co. as October's Playhouse Inspiration! This year, Scott planned to participate in the Tour De Plants from SDI after hearing about GiGi’s Playhouse Fort Wayne for the first time. With a transition to a Virtual Velo, Scott decided to...
21 Ways to Celebrate Acceptance with GiGi’s Playhouse Fort Wayne
October is Down Syndrome Awareness Month! We're taking it one step further and going beyond awareness. We're working all month long to spread ACCEPTANCE for individuals with Down syndrome. Here are 21 ways you can take action this October! Volunteers make the magic in our playhouse possible. Join us for...