A 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...
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Are You Ready to Dash?

Our third annual Dash for Down Syndrome is on April 27th at Winnequah Park in Monona. Learn more, register and donate HERE What to expect:A morning filled with community, fun and acceptance that has something for the whole family! Every child and adult registration will receive an event t-shirt NEW...
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2024 Dash for Down Syndrome Team Spotlights

Our 3rd annual Dash for Down Syndrome is on April 27th, 2024 at Winnequah Park in Monona. Everyone has their own reasons for participating so we wanted to highlight them for you. To learn more or create your own team, click HERE Scroll down to see all our spotlight teams!...

Community Generosity

Our participant Matt is helping us add donor recognition leaves to our robust donor tree! Our donor tree is beautiful focal point of our Playhouse and represents the generosity of our community. Each leaf represents an individual or organization who has given $1,000 or more through life-time giving (it does...

Incredible Interns

As a 99% volunteer run organization, we rely on the time and talents of all our volunteers. We have so many people willing to give their time to our Playhouse community that we are consistently in the top 5% of annual volunteer hours across our entire network of 58+ Playhouse...

Celebrating a Best of All Moment

Celebrating a 'Best of All' moment is a standard practice during all our programming because our friends are ALWAYS giving their best in all they day. Here's a reminder on what 'Best of all' is: https://gigisplayhouse.org/madison/best-of-all/ This week we are celebrating our GiGiFIT adult participant, Michelle. Michelle is always the...

Adventures in Advocacy

What does it mean to be an advocate? That can depend on the individual but no matter how people choose to advocate, the ultimate goal is to publicly show support of an individual or organization's cause. Our mission is to change the way the world views Down syndrome and bring...

Down Syndrome Stories- Family Perspective

Guest Blog: Written by Playhouse mom Leah To most people, they will just see Everett happily eating a cracker, but this picture is over a YEAR in the making. We started weekly OT last January for Everett. In September we dropped to every other week. We also have had birth-to-3...
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Unveiling 2024: A Year of Impact, Growth, and Shared Achievements! 🚀

Unveiling 2024: A Year of Impact, Growth, and Shared Achievements! Join us in the journey to make a difference from day one. Our focus in our 8th year of serving the greater Madison community is GROWTH. We have plans to grow our program offerings, our outreach and the number of...
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Looking Back: Elevating the Down Syndrome Community in 2023!

Each year we like to reflect on the ways our community has lived our mission of 'changing the way the world views Down syndrome and bringing a global message of acceptance for all'. From celebrating the introduction of innovative programs, the initiation of powerful collaborations, and the heightened success of...
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#GenerationG – Acceptance For All

#Generation G is a worldwide movement that goes beyond Down syndrome to send a global message of acceptance for ALL.  UW - Madison and Badgers Give Back is a part of this worldwide movement.   Badgers Give Back is a UW-Madison organization that focuses on creating community relationships with Badger student-athletes, staff, and...
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Spring into Fitness at GiGi’s Playhouse Madison!

At GiGi’s Playhouse Madison we offer a purposeful, physical-therapy based program called GiGiFIT. This program is offered for ALL Ages throughout the year: Infants, Toddlers, Kids, Teens, and Adults. The goals of our FIT programs are to increase self-confidence, self-esteem, personal wellness, and the quality of life of our participants....