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World Down Syndrome Day Shopping Fundraiser
Giving Back to the Community Our site manager, Kelly, is lucky enough to witness incredible acts of kindness that benefit the Madison Playhouse every day. One of the most recent acts occurred when Sheryl Pasamonte reached out to our Playhouse in February. Sheryl is a volunteer with the Portland GiGi’s Playhouse, a blogger and mom…
Read MoreSensory Discussion- Importance of Routines
Are Routines Important? Guest Blog written by Carla Lackey OTAS and Jill Rahn OTAS from Madison College What are Routines? Routines are how families organize their days to get things done, spend time together, and have fun. Every family has its own style and unique routine. These routines and schedules help family members know…
Read MoreDown Syndrome Acceptance Month- A New Mom’s Perspective
Celebrating For The First Time Guest Blog by Abby Green October. For my entire life it has been about colors blooming, the sound of a leaf crunching below my feet, temperatures cooling off. It’s been about change. And now October has a whole new meaning but change is still front and center. This is our…
Read MoreRipple Effect
At GiGi’s Playhouse we like to talk about the Ripple Effect- how one tiny action causes a vibration that continues to grow. Here at GiGi’s Playhouse Madison, we’re creating a tsunami of ripples this Fall! Our Playhouse is lucky enough to be centrally located in Madison near multiple Universities and Colleges. We have built strong…
Read MoreMeet our newest Board Member
Chris England We are thrilled to introduce the most recent addition to our hard-working Board of Director’s! Chris is a Madison native and has lived in Dane County for most of his life. He attended Madison College before starting a career in Information Technology, specializing in desktop and application support. He’s lovingly known as…
Read MoreEagle Scout Fulfills a Need
Eagle Scout –Jonathan Purnell When Jonathan decided to achieve his Eagle Scout rank he had to decide what project would be best for him to complete. Jonathan said he chose GiGi’s because “My brother Thomas attends, and really enjoys it. GiGi’s seemed like a good place to help because they help my brother and all sorts…
Read MoreCan’t find what you need? Create it yourself!
Claire- Inspired to Create We are so inspired by one of our volunteers that we just had to share with everyone! Can you imagine being a child and not being able to communicate what you want to others? What if you were a parent, and you could not determine what your child was thinking or…
Read MoreBoard Members Share Talents
Welcome to our newest Board Members! We are so grateful to the people from our community that decide to share their talents to help our Playhouse move forward. This month we’d like to introduce you to our two newest Board members, each bringing unique perspectives, insights and talents. Tom Purnell- Board Member Tom is a…
Read MoreAbove and Beyond
Julie Byrnes- A Thank You! Julie has been very active with our Playhouse for a couple years and during a major time of transition she chose to take on a major role for us. Over the past 6 months she has served our GiGi’s Playhouse families, participants, and community as Interim Executive Director. Under her…
Read More4 years of serving the Down syndrome community
Celebrating 4 years! We can’t believe the Madison Playhouse has been in existence for 4 years already! Our time in the Madison community has allowed us to provide, free, purposeful programming to Playhouse participants of all ages! None of this would have been possible without the past and present dedication of our Board of Director…
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