Madison Community Foundation Grant Helps Fund GiGi Prep Program
Madison Community Foundation Grant Helps Fund GiGi Prep Program Madison, WI –GiGi’s Playhouse Madison is honored to have received a $15,000 grant from Madison Community Foundation to help fund our career development program, GiGi Prep. GiGi Prep programs are progressive learning programs for adults, compromised of modular programs that meet...
Raising awareness
We are THRILLED to share the kick off to our year long advertising campaign in partnership with Adams Outdoor Advertising - Wisconsin ! Today we celebrated the install of this billboard with members of our board, our site manager and the amazing models from our playhouse (Charlie and Bryson) and...
GiGi Prep Accountability Award: Congratulations Anna!
Anna was always keeping us entertained with her fun stories and new tricks. She taught the entire class that working out can also be fun by teaching us about dancing and exercise videos. She challenged us every class with her flexibility and break dancing in Simon Says. Anna has shown...
GiGi Prep Mentor award: Congratulations, Kaitlin!
"I have been working with Kaitlin since GiGi Fit in the spring, and she has never ceased to amaze me. She came into GiGi prep with a strong foundation in career experience in money management. This allowed Kaitlin to thrive as a supporter, mentor, and leader. She was always quick...
A “Best of All” moment through the eyes of a volunteer
"Throughout the past year of working at Club GiGi, I had never heard one of our participants, Thomas, say more than one or two words at a time. He is a very happy, friendly member of our group, but when we all share about our weekends, he typically chooses not...
“Growing Trust and Friendship.”
Max, featured in a previous blog, continues to grow and flourish, especially as it relates to experiencing new environments. The June session of Dynamic Duals, a collaboration between the Madison Area Down Syndrome Society and GiGi’s-Madison, was held off site at Country Creek Learning Center, a preschool located on...
Meet Jovi and Misa
JOVI and MISA: Jovi and his brother Misa have attended Dynamic Duals, a collaboration between the Madison Area Down Syndrome Society and GiGi’s-Madison for many months. Both participated in a recent session held offsite at Country Creek Learning Center, a preschool, located on a 5-acre site about 30 minutes from the...
Meet our volunteer of the month: Courtney
Meet our amazing summer intern: Courtney T. I am finishing up my last semester with a major in Rehabilitation Psychology and a minor in Promoting Activities for Diverse Abilities! I started tutoring at GiGi’s in the Spring of 2019 and I fell in love with being able to use my...
GiGi Prep: We are a team!
The first month of GiGi Prep has been exhilarating, fun, and productive! We have welcomed a variety of visitors to our Prep class. We've learned from them and they've learned from us. We all share leadership of activities and when visitors join our class, we have them join right in--...
GiGi’s programming is truly making a difference
Best of All Moment: During the spring session of the adult SMART program, the emphasis had been on "Numbers in Everyday Life." During the program group meetings, we had activities concerning numeral recognition, one-on-one correspondence, object counting, continuing a number sequence and the like. One of the favorite activities was...
Meet the MC for our Gala “i have a voice”: Meghan Reistad
Meet Meghan Reistad at our Gala "i have a Voice" on October 25th, 2019 at the Lake Windsor Country Club. We are honored to have Meghan as our MC that evening! Meghan is an early riser as a morning anchor for NBC15. She joined the WMTV team in November 2016...
Meet our special Gala guest speaker: Dan Coppola from Cafe Domestique!
Meet our special guest speaker who will talk at our Gala "i have a Voice" on October 25, 2019 at the Lake Windsor Country Club: Dan Coppola! Dan Coppola grew up in Monona, WI - the second of seven kids. From an early age he was hooked on bikes,...