Posts by Kelly Antonson
GiGi’s Playhouse Madison- Executive Director
Kelly Antonson has been promoted to GiGi’s Playhouse Madison’s first Executive Director. GiGi’s Playhouse Madison is excited to share the promotion of Kelly Antonson to the first Executive Director of the Madison Playhouse. Kelly started with the Madison Playhouse as a volunteer in early 2018 with various roles. She began her career with GiGi’s Playhouse…
Read MoreFamily Involvement is the Foundation of our Playhouse Community!
YOU are the foundation and heart of our Playhouse community and are needed to help us do our best! We have an exciting opportunity for our families to join our newly formed Family Outreach Committee! The role of the Family Outreach Committee will be to: This group will meet quarterly on an agreed upon day…
Read MoreStart Practicing Your Golf Swings!
The 4th annual Go FORE It Golf Outing is SOLD OUT as of 7/23/24. This fun day on the Lake Windsor Country Club course will be the most inspirational round of golf you’ll have all year. All funds raised from this outing will directly benefit about 400 families in the Down syndrome community with FREE,…
Read MoreThank You for Celebrating Acceptance
Our third annual Dash for Down Syndrome was another incredible display of acceptance! On April 27th, we welcomed over 400 people to Winnequah Park in Monona on a gorgeous Spring day! This was the first year it was warm and the sun came out! We started the day with the 5k fun run and 1…
Read MoreCelebrating Eight Years of Advocacy and Acceptance!
When a dedicated group of individuals first decided to bring GiGi’s Playhouse to life in the Madison over 9 years ago no one truly knew how impactful this would be. It takes a lot of passion and perseverance to bring a dream to reality. On May 22nd, 2016 the Madison community welcomed our Playhouse to…
Read MoreVolunteer Perspective – What GiGi’s Playhouse is All About
Guest Blogger, Guiliana Maestre Hi! My name is Giuliana Maestre, I am currently a graduating senior at Monona Grove High School. I’m part of a state-certified program at my school called Youth Apprenticeship where I’m working in the Hospitality industry while earning school credits. After graduation I’m planning to attend college and double major in…
Read MoreAdvocacy in Action
Guest Blog by: Jennifer Strauss. Jennifer is a self-advocate who shares her insights and learnings with her community and encourages advocacy in others as well. Jennifer allowed us to share this post she made on her social media: ————————————————————————————– Sorry for the long post but I need to say this when it comes to my…
Read MoreAssume EVERYONE Can- in their own way
By now, you have likely seen this viral and impactful video from NDSS (National Down Syndrome Society). We do believe our Down syndrome community should be given a chance to do whatever they choose to do instead of having others decide that for them. This video really brings that point to light. There are also…
Read MoreA Playhouse Family’s Beautiful Story
Guest blog by Playhouse mom, Missy Miller. Life has a bigger plan for us than we know – rewind to year 2006, it was high school graduation and I had a plan. I thought I always knew what I wanted to do when I was “older” and my career path was set. I was going…
Read MoreAre You Ready to Dash?
Our third annual Dash for Down Syndrome is on April 27th at Winnequah Park in Monona. We have a goal of raising $60,000 and we have already raised $35,000! We need YOUR HELP in raising the funds that will not only reach our goal, but more importantly allow us to keep our life-changing programs FREE…
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