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Volunteer of the Year 2020!
VOLUNTEER OF THE YEAR GiGi’s Playhouse Milwaukee was thrilled to learn that our Christmas Wish nomination to our banking partner, Bank Five Nine, won! Bank Five Nine’s mission is to…
Read MoreVolunteers’ virtual Book Club is reaching more students than ever before!
At GiGi’s Playhouse Milwaukee, our mission is to change the way the Milwaukee community sees Down syndrome. We do this through free therapeutic, educational, and social programming for individuals with…
Read MoreI was unaware that resources for this population were lacking
This fall we partnered with students attending Concordia University. Specifically students in the Health Promotion course as part of the Physical Therapy Department. Throughout the course, two students were tasked…
Read MoreProgram Highlight – UWM OT students are leading Teen Tastic!
Meet our new Teen Tastic Program leaders Katie and Taylor! Both leaders attend the University of Wisconsin at Milwaukee and are in the Masters of Science Occupational Therapy Program. Katie decided…
Read MoreLearning to Cook and Gain Independence!
Cooking, what a great life skill to learn! This summer I was able to support my 11-year-old neurotypical son as he joined a great group of teen and adult participants…
Read MoreMOM LIFE – TRUE CONFESSIONS
Do you ever have one of those days? The ones where you wish your child didn’t have a disability? Today was one of those days. If I could’ve taken away…
Read MoreVolunteer Spotlight – Ms. Diane!
Ms. Diane joined the Milwaukee Playhouse when we opened in 2015! She has been a tutor for all five of our years open and has been the Program Leader for…
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