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,...
Best of All: A Stunning Moment
CJ is 41 years old and never learned to read. His parents taught him letters, but the concept of putting those letters together to recognize a word is not something he was able to learn. CJ began attending GiGi's literacy tutoring in the summer of 2017, and has completed 30...
Thank you H & H Foundation!
A big thank you to the H & H foundation http://www.hhgivingback.org/ for awarding GiGi's Playhouse a grant of $5,000.00!!!
Best of all moment: “That was fun”
This morning a mother of a 22-year old young woman called me. Her daughter has been going to various social groups and support groups since the age of eight. This month she joined the adult program Fantastic Friends at GiGi's Playhouse Madison. Her mother said: "In those entire years I...
Thank you Ryan Brothers Ambulance Service
Thank you Ryan Brothers Ambulance Service for sponsoring our 2018 Gala "I have a Voice, Hear me Roar!" Tickets for our Gala are now for sale! https://gigisplayhouse.org/madison/gala/
Welcome our newest board member: Julie Kleinheinz Byrnes
Julie Kleinheinz Byrnes is a speech language pathologist with her own private practice. Julie’s specialized training includes a background in early childhood speech and language development, as well as expertise in the multicultural and multilingual aspects of speech language pathology. She has extensive experience providing speech and language assessments and...
Thank you Alliant Energy Foundation!
A big thank you to the Alliant Energy Foundation for awarding us a $2,500 grant in support of our literacy program!
Meet Kate Stingl, new program leader for Saturday Fantastic Friends
Meet Kathryn Stingl, our new program leader for Saturday Fantastic Friends. Kate Stingl graduated from the University of Wisconsin-Madison with a bachelor’s degree in Rehabilitation Psychology and a master’s degree in Rehabilitation Counseling. She is a licensed professional counselor and a certified rehabilitation counselor. She has been working with individuals...
Introducing paired progressions
Paired Progressions are part of GiGi's Playhouse purposeful programming. This months paired progression is "Tall Knee". "If your knees are together and your bottom is off your heels, you are REALLY working your glutes and abdominals. This is very challenging for little ones learning to move from crawling to...
We are the next generation of physicians …..
Lauren W. is a medical student at the UW School of Medicine and Public Health and a participant in the Community Health Advocacy Project. Her paper is about "Delivery of a Down Syndrome Diagnosis". Thank you, Lauren!! In our training, we are taught that there is a trisomy of the...