Celebrating our Literacy Tutors for National Reading Month

March is National Reading Month in honor of Dr. Seuss’s Birthday – a great reason to celebrate our amazing Literacy Tutors!  Our Literacy Program uses research based progressions to help people with Down syndrome learn to read using a framework created by experts.  Although we give our tutors a framework to work from, they bring…

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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! This event is so fun because it gets the whole community involved! Last year we celebrated…

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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! Team: DoubL TroubL To donate…

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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.   GiGiFIT introduces the key…

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Ready, Set, Spring!

GiGi’s Playhouse Madison is gearing up for another fun session, full of FREE Program Offerings for ALL ages. Our Spring Session kicks off the week of January 29th and runs through April 26th. All Group Programs will run the same time and day each week, and will led by 2-3 trained, energetic and FUN Program Leaders!…

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One on One Programming for Spring 2024

Spring applications are open November 27th- January 1st, 2024! One-on-One programming is an important part of our full programming offerings at GiGi’s Playhouse Madison and we would like to share a little more about what we have! As a reminder, cost will never be a barrier to participation- all of our world-class programming is always…

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Imagining a World with True Inclusion

We invite you to an evening of pure imagination!  Our 7th annual gala has an updated whimsical theme and is named The Generation G Golden Ticket Gala.  You can expect a magical evening of inspiration inspired by a Charlie and the Chocolate Factory theme that will include warm and whimsical decor and an engaging experiences…

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Volunteer Spotlight: Nikki Rothstein

We started this blog series for volunteer appreciation week in April, but we have so many wonderful volunteers to talk about it, that we decided to continue it through the year!  Just a reminder, GiGi’s Playhouse Madison is 99% volunteer run – which means we wouldn’t be here without our volunteers. We had 309 unique…

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Volunteer Spotlight: Maggy Adams

We started this blog series for volunteer appreciation week in April, but we have so many wonderful volunteers to talk about it, that we decided to continue it through the year!  Just a reminder, GiGi’s Playhouse Madison is 99% volunteer run – which means we wouldn’t be here without our volunteers. We had 309 unique…

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Fall Preview: Health & Wellness Programs

At GiGi’s Playhouse Madison we offer two types of purposeful and progressive Health & Fitness programs for our Toddler, Kid, Teen and Adult participants. These programs are called GiGiFIT and GiGi’s Kitchen. The goals of our FIT & Kitchen programs are to increase self-confidence, self-esteem, personal wellness, and the quality of life of our participants.…

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