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Birthdays have always been about cake, and always will be.
Birthdays have always been about cake, and always will be. Recently my adult daughter was looking through old videos on her phone and came across one from her 12th birthday.…
Read MoreVolunteer Spotlight – Caroline
Caroline – Literacy Tutor Hello! My name is Caroline Carrothers, and I am a summer literacy tutor for GiGi’s. I was born in Puerto Rico, but I’ve grown up in…
Read MoreProgram Highlight: Book Club
Did you know that participants in Book Club are a part of our Literacy Tutoring program? Book Club follows the GiGi’s tutoring program guide and supports participants as they interact…
Read MoreRegister for Literacy or Math Tutoring and Book Club – SUMMER Sessions
Click Here All programs at GiGi’s Playhouse are completely FREE to individuals with Down syndrome and our friends with other disabilities but they are not free for the Playhouse. These…
Read MoreVolunteer Spotlight: Jane
VOLUNTEER OF THE MONTH Jane Program Leader Jane is pictured here with her brother Matthew. My name is Jane and I love being a volunteer at GiGi’s Playhouse Milwaukee! My brother…
Read MoreVolunteer spotlight – Audrey
I absolutely love being involved with GiGi’s Playhouse Milwaukee! Being new to the area, GiGi’s has already been so welcoming, and everyone I have met in tutoring and other programs…
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 MoreBest of All – Meet Elise and her Literacy Tutor Kelly!
Elise is one of the many participants in our One-to-One Tutoring program. Throughout the fall session, Elise has been working on her literacy skills, specifically areas such as comprehension, compound…
Read MoreProgram Highlight – Collaboration with University speech and language students supports all of us!
The Amina Grace Speech and Language with Marquette program is a fantastic collaboration between Marquette University and GiGi’s Playhouse Milwaukee. Last fall this collaboration was called Talk It Up with…
Read MoreProgram Highlight – Speech and Language Collaboration with Marquette
A year ago we began collaborating with Marquette Univerity’s Speech and Audiology department. This collaboration has lead to 32 participants from GiGi’s Playhouse Milwaukee Down Syndrome Achievement Center getting the…
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