{"id":141815,"date":"2024-04-23T09:00:00","date_gmt":"2024-04-23T14:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/gigisplayhouse.org\/milwaukee\/?p=141815"},"modified":"2024-04-16T13:38:59","modified_gmt":"2024-04-16T18:38:59","slug":"dash-team-highlight-ryans-rebel-squad","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/gigisplayhouse.org\/milwaukee\/dash-team-highlight-ryans-rebel-squad\/","title":{"rendered":"Dash Team Highlight: Ryan\u2019s Rebel Squad"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Who inspired this team and what makes them EXTRA awesome?<\/strong> Ryan is charming and strong. He is helpful, energetic, sweet, funny, and gives good hugs.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>What is your favorite part of attending programs and events at GiGi&#8217;s Milwaukee?<\/strong> GiGi&#8217;s is like a second home for us. We always feel welcome and accepted at any event or program.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>What does acceptance mean to you and how do you want to encourage our community (and the world) to be more accepting?<\/strong> We are supporting Ryan and GiGi&#8217;s Playhouse Milwaukee and are changing the way the world views Down syndrome and sending a message of acceptance!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>What Programs does your champion enjoy at GiGi&#8217;s Playhouse Milwaukee?<\/strong> Ryan enjoys Amina Grace Speech with Marquette, TeenTastic, and GiGiFIT. These programs have helped Ryan to better express himself and be a part of a fun group of teens.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Join Ryan and his friends at the Dash for Down Syndrome on May 5th at Lake Park &#8211; Sign up today!<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Ryan\u2019s Team link \u2013 <a href=\"https:\/\/support.gigisplayhouse.org\/gigifit-acceptance-challenge-2024\/team\/ryans-git-up-gang\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">https:\/\/support.gigisplayhouse.org\/gigifit-acceptance-challenge-2024\/team\/ryans-git-up-gang<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Fundraising goal = $4,000<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Want to submit a story for your Dash for Down Syndrome Team Highlight? <\/strong>Do so here and tell us more about your team through this form:&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/forms.office.com\/r\/UfST7t3XwF\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">https:\/\/forms.office.com\/r\/UfST7t3XwF<\/a>&nbsp;and then send us some pictures so that we can highlight your loved one!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">T-shirt deadline April 14 (midnight)<br>Online registration closes May 2 (midnight)<br><strong>General Event Details &#8211; Registration &#8211; Sponsorships &#8211; <\/strong><a href=\"https:\/\/bit.ly\/DashforDS\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><strong>https:\/\/bit.ly\/DashforDS<\/strong><\/a><br>Volunteer for the event here: <a href=\"https:\/\/bit.ly\/VolunteerDashforDS\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">https:\/\/bit.ly\/VolunteerDashforDS<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><a href=\"https:\/\/gigisplayhouse.org\/milwaukee\/files\/2024\/04\/rsz_ryan1.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"450\" height=\"600\" src=\"https:\/\/gigisplayhouse.org\/milwaukee\/files\/2024\/04\/rsz_ryan1.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-141816\" srcset=\"https:\/\/gigisplayhouse.org\/milwaukee\/files\/2024\/04\/rsz_ryan1.jpg 450w, https:\/\/gigisplayhouse.org\/milwaukee\/files\/2024\/04\/rsz_ryan1-225x300.jpg 225w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 450px) 100vw, 450px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Who inspired this team and what makes them EXTRA awesome? Ryan is charming and strong. He is helpful, energetic, sweet, funny, and gives good hugs. What is your favorite part of attending programs and events at GiGi&#8217;s Milwaukee? GiGi&#8217;s is like a second home for us. We always feel welcome and accepted at any event&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1494,"featured_media":141816,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1300,1277,1267,1299,1280,1264,1319,1274,1261,1275,1254,1250,1260],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-141815","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-acceptance","category-believe","category-challenges","category-champion","category-disabilities","category-down-syndrome","category-fitness","category-focus","category-independence","category-playhouse","category-programs","category-special-education","category-teens"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/gigisplayhouse.org\/milwaukee\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/141815","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/gigisplayhouse.org\/milwaukee\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/gigisplayhouse.org\/milwaukee\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gigisplayhouse.org\/milwaukee\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1494"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gigisplayhouse.org\/milwaukee\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=141815"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/gigisplayhouse.org\/milwaukee\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/141815\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gigisplayhouse.org\/milwaukee\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/141816"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/gigisplayhouse.org\/milwaukee\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=141815"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gigisplayhouse.org\/milwaukee\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=141815"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gigisplayhouse.org\/milwaukee\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=141815"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}