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Why GiGi's Exists?
GiGi’s Playhouse was created to change the way the world views a Down syndrome diagnosis and send a global message of acceptance for all.
Here to Help
Down syndrome is the largest chromosomal disability and yet, it is the least funded. From a prenatal diagnosis to career skills, we make a lifetime commitment to remain by their side.
GenerationG
#GenerationG is a worldwide movement that goes beyond Down syndrome and sends a global message of acceptance for ALL!
Take the Pledge
Become a member of the #GenerationG Community, an army of change-makers set on making the world a kinder, better place for all people!
Who is GiGi's Playhouse?
With over 57+ brick-and-mortar locations across the United States and Mexico, GiGi’s Playhouse is the ONLY network of Down Syndrome Achievement Centers.
Every day, we provide FREE, life-changing therapeutic, educational, and career training programs for 30,000+ individuals of all ages. From prenatal diagnosis to career skills, we make a lifetime commitment to our families.
Upcoming Events
March 11, 2030 • Renaissance Schaumburg
Join us to celebrate 20 Years of FREE programs, belief, and inspiration
We challenge YOU
to MOVE for acceptance!
It Takes a Village (Green): National Playhouse GFAC Wrap up!
Children were everywhere. It was 11 a.m. on Saturday, June 15 at NOW Arena/Village Green, and the competition was on! It was time for the Kids Dash for Down syndrome as part of our National/Hoffman Estates Playhouse’s GiGiFIT Acceptance Challenge (GFAC). GFAC raises awareness to support challenges in the Down syndrome community, but it also…
Belting Through Challenges: GiGi’s Moment of Resilience
If you blinked, you might have missed it. This past weekend, GiGi Gianni, the namesake of GiGi’s Playhouse, the only network of Down Syndrome Achievement Centers, hit the stage for Down Country, an Awareness to Acceptance Concert for individuals with Down syndrome. Before country stars Conner Smith, Cooper Alan, Joe Nichols, and Scotty McCreery took…
Continued Learning for All with GiGi’s Summer Programming
The Summertime: often associated with sun, sand and so much fun, but also a time where those amazing educational milestones reached during the school year can take a turn towards regression. GiGi’s Playhouse programming can help with that!!!! Over the Summer, our network of Playhouses are hard at work providing FREE, educational and therapeutic programming…
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I am the grandfather of Jay. I have seen first-hand how GiGi’s Playhouse has treated my grandson and all children that pass through their doors, with love, affection, caring, understanding, and teaching with early intervention to help promote better lives for these children future’s.
It is incredible how they’ve done this on pure donations only and never asked or pressured anybody for money that attends their classes.
I put this organization in the same class as the Shriners Hospital and St Jude’s. I am so grateful that my daughter found GiGi’s Playhouse and as a business owner I have and will continue to work towards helping this organization to the best of my ability I urge other people to do the same