{"id":134850,"date":"2021-05-27T12:44:02","date_gmt":"2021-05-27T16:44:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/gigisplayhouse.org\/hillsborough\/?p=134850"},"modified":"2024-10-16T12:50:36","modified_gmt":"2024-10-16T16:50:36","slug":"why-i-move-for-acceptance","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/gigisplayhouse.org\/hillsborough\/why-i-move-for-acceptance\/","title":{"rendered":"Why I MOVE for Acceptance"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"attachment_134851\" style=\"width: 310px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><img decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-134851\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-134851\" src=\"https:\/\/gigisplayhouse.org\/hillsborough\/files\/2021\/05\/Why-I-Move-300x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/gigisplayhouse.org\/hillsborough\/files\/2021\/05\/Why-I-Move-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/gigisplayhouse.org\/hillsborough\/files\/2021\/05\/Why-I-Move-1024x1024.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/gigisplayhouse.org\/hillsborough\/files\/2021\/05\/Why-I-Move-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/gigisplayhouse.org\/hillsborough\/files\/2021\/05\/Why-I-Move-768x768.jpg 768w, https:\/\/gigisplayhouse.org\/hillsborough\/files\/2021\/05\/Why-I-Move.jpg 1440w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-134851\" class=\"wp-caption-text\"><em><strong>My why.<\/strong><\/em><\/p><\/div>\n<p>It\u2019s no secret that I love being an advocate for the Down syndrome community. So when an event like the GiGiFit Acceptance Challenge comes along, I give it 110% of myself, both personally and professionally.<\/p>\n<p>I am not moving for acceptance just because I work for GiGi\u2019s Playhouse. I move for my niece Zhara, I move for my friends at the Playhouse, I move for every baby who will be born rocking that extra chromosome. Every year around 6,000 babies are born with Down syndrome, and they deserve to be born into a world that accepts them and see them for the capable person they were born to be, not a diagnosis.<\/p>\n<p>The GiGiFit Acceptance Challenge Field Day is first and foremost an event to promote acceptance for all. It is not limited to just individuals with Down syndrome; anyone is welcome to join us for a fun-filled day that includes a water balloon toss, ring toss, hula hooping, kick ball, the chance to <strong>PIE<\/strong> me and our board president in the face, and so much more!!!<\/p>\n<p>Please join me in a global MOVEment for acceptance, stand with me (virtually or in person) on Saturday, June 5 and tell my loved ones you accept them for who they are! Sign up online https:\/\/support.gigisplayhouse.org\/gigifit-acceptance-challenge\/event\/hillsborough-field-day.<\/p>\n<p>No donation is too small, every bit helps, but know that the overall goal of the GiGiFit Acceptance Challenge is have a million people worldwide say <strong><em>I accept you and I will fight for you!<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_134471\" style=\"width: 606px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-134471\" class=\"wp-image-134471 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/gigisplayhouse.org\/hillsborough\/files\/2021\/04\/iamfui1mbfgy2zxxe2fz.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"596\" height=\"398\" srcset=\"https:\/\/gigisplayhouse.org\/hillsborough\/files\/2021\/04\/iamfui1mbfgy2zxxe2fz.jpg 596w, https:\/\/gigisplayhouse.org\/hillsborough\/files\/2021\/04\/iamfui1mbfgy2zxxe2fz-300x200.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 596px) 100vw, 596px\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-134471\" class=\"wp-caption-text\"><em><strong>Register online at https:\/\/support.gigisplayhouse.org\/gigifit-acceptance-challenge\/event\/hillsborough-field-day<\/strong><\/em><\/p><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>It\u2019s no secret that I love being an advocate for the Down syndrome community. So when an event like the GiGiFit Acceptance Challenge comes along, I give it 110% of myself, both personally and professionally. I am not moving for acceptance just because I work for GiGi\u2019s Playhouse. I move for my niece Zhara, I&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":72,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[74,4,557,6,772,41,771,36,3,770,71,560],"class_list":["post-134850","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized","tag-acceptance","tag-central-new-jersey","tag-community","tag-down-syndrome","tag-field-day","tag-generation-g","tag-gfac","tag-gigis-playhouse","tag-gigis-playhouse-hillsborough","tag-gigifit-acceptance-challenge","tag-hillsborough-new-jersey","tag-somerset-county"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/gigisplayhouse.org\/hillsborough\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/134850","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/gigisplayhouse.org\/hillsborough\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/gigisplayhouse.org\/hillsborough\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gigisplayhouse.org\/hillsborough\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/72"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gigisplayhouse.org\/hillsborough\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=134850"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/gigisplayhouse.org\/hillsborough\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/134850\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/gigisplayhouse.org\/hillsborough\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=134850"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gigisplayhouse.org\/hillsborough\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=134850"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gigisplayhouse.org\/hillsborough\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=134850"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}