Magnum Opus at GiGi’s Playhouse Madison
https://madison.com/entertainment/arts-and-theatre/bright-ideas-create-an-adaptive-dance-program/article_5f6209e7-35d0-56b0-be4a-150f841f0012.html Bright Ideas 2019: Create an adaptive dance program From the Bright Ideas 2019: Madisonians offer up their high-wattage thoughts for 2019 series By Abigail Henninger, founder of Magnum Opus Ballet Jan 1, 2019 For the sixth year, Cap Times reporters asked several Madisonians to share their "bright ideas" for...
Welcome to our newest board member: Kelly Antonson
We are so excited to welcome Kelly Antonson to our board of directors! Kelly had been helping with our social media quite a while, multiplying our Facebook viewers and followers, building Instagram, taking over linked-in as well as twitter. We are so grateful for all her work and dedication and...
Creating awareness and changing lives
My sister attended last year’s gala where our key note speaker, Rob Snow, the parent of a child with Down’s syndrome recounted the story about the birth of his son. Rob talked about an incredible coincidence...the nurse that assisted during the birth of his son happened to have a child...
We are celebrating our extra chromosome!
During October (Down syndrome awareness month), the adult program groups at GiGi's Playhouse - Madison are celebrating throughout the month. Last Saturday's theme for the S.M.A.R.T. Adult group was "Celebrate 21." We had rotating activities created my our volunteers to challenge our adults: "Bag Toss" to collectively get 21 points...
FINDING BALANCE : LEARNING TO LET GO, LIVE IN THE NOW, AND BREATHE DEEPLY
Check out this wonderful article by Melissa Shutwell https://www.lissyaileen.com/single-post/2017/11/09/Digging-Deeper-Into-31-Facts-for-Down-Syndrome-Awareness-Month
Going to GiGi’s …
M. is four years old, and he loves to watch Sesame Street. He also loves GiGi's Playhouse. But would GiGi's Playhouse be able to compete with Cookie Monster? At our wonderful program "Leaps and Bounds," his mother told me that when she was about to leave for the program,...
Best of All Moment: kicking a ball
Special Olympics Young Athletes is a very popular program at GiGi's Playhouse Madison. During this eight-week program our two to seven year old participants practice to balance, jump, run, throw, catch and kick a ball. Last week, one of our two-year-old participants, learned to kick a ball for the...
A multicultural experience at GiGi’s Playhouse Madison
We had the most amazing five weeks at Club GiGi! Our adults bonded so well with the Mandela Washington Fellows and the interns voted GiGi’s Playhouse THE BEST volunteer place! Francis from Nigeria, Rose from Uganda, Bertha from Tanzania, Silomo from South Africa, and Bridget from Ghana were part of...
Ben, a new volunteer, exemplifies Generation G – Be accepting. Be Generous. Be Kind.
Ben and group of his American Family interns became acquainted with GiGi’s through their participation in the American Family Share Tank Competition. As a part of this competition, American Family sends 19 groups of interns to non-profit organizations, and their mission is to volunteer their time and learn about...
Volunteer of the month: Zoë
Meet Zoë Zoë came to us via the Edgewood College Graduate Child Life Program. She had participated in a volunteer orientation for a group of nursing students. Zoë immediately stood out because she immediately decided to take the literacy tutor class the following weekend … we are talking about a...
Grant from Culver’s Foundation!
Thank you the Culver's Foundation for awarding us a grant for $5,000 for our youth readiness program! We are so grateful for their support!
Evjue Foundation, Inc, the charitable arm of The Capital Time
GiGi's Playhouse Madison received a generous grant of $5,000 towards GiGi U from the Evjue Foundation, Inc., the charitable arm of The Capital Times. This grant will help us purchase classroom materials, including electronics for our job readiness program for adults in transition. This program focuses on career skills, interviewing,...