Grand Opening - January 11, 2020
Grand Opening was such a beautiful and exciting day for us; 60 degrees in January, wow! Thank you for being a part of it! We gave tours to hundreds of attendees and welcomed so many new families and faces into our Playhouse.
Nancy and GiGi Gianni signed an entire box of books. Sarah Ludwig, an adult with Down syndrome, played violin for us on stage. Lisa Landis, WJTL radio deejay, kept our program on track and announced each great speaker. Kim King, our board president, gave a speech of our history thanked our supporters over the years, as well as recognizing the Board of Managers. We heard from 5 families about what GiGi's in our community means to them. We then welcomed Nancy Gianni, Chief Belief Officer, and GiGi Gianni, global ambassador and self-advocate and they each gave encouraging and motivating speeches to our community. Then, we heard Sandra Garcia, Regional Manager from Harrisburg, read a statement on behalf of Senator Bob Casey. We were blessed to have Senator Scott Martin share from his heart as well with our Lancaster community.
Liz Ackerman from The Northern Lancaster Chamber of Commerce gave us great words of encouragement and led us in our ribbon cutting! Thank you to the news coverage from WPMT Fox43 and WGAL News 8.
Grand Re-Opening: April 27, 2024
We had an awesome 4 years in our first building, however we quickly realized that we had outgrown our building and launched a Believe in Our Build campaign and raised funds to create our new bigger Playhouse. We celebrated a Grand Re-Opening on April 27, 2024. Miss Beth kicked off our celebration with Zumba dancing on the stage with our GiGiFIT participants. Then, we heard a message from our Board President, Kevin Hewitt. Then, Lori & Edson Lagos shared from a family’s perspective. Then, Stacey Jackson, our regional director from the GiGi’s Playhouse National Office. Then, Tara Zilling from the Northern Lancaster Chamber of Commerce and Tom Wallace from the Lancaster Chamber of Commerce set us up for a ribbon cutting to make it official and we ended with a dance party! We encourage you to check out our re-cap video below. If you haven’t been to the new Playhouse, feel free to call us and schedule a tour or come check out a program on our calendar. Hope to see you soon!