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Meet our 2020-2021 GiGi’s Ambassadors!
Our Ambassador program is designed to amplify the voices of adults with Down syndrome in our community, providing them opportunities to practice communication skills and self-advocate for themselves and the GiGi’s community. We are thrilled to introduce you to our new GiGi’s Ambassadors for 2020-2021: Ben Summers and Caroline Walker! Ben Summers Ben is 23…
Read MoreCrossFit: At-Home
CrossFit At-Home Program Page Welcome to the (virtual) program page for: Friends, Fun, & Fitness: CrossFit. This program promotes physical fitness and facilitates social interaction and positive peer relationships through purposeful physical activities for adolescents and adults. Fitness activities include: squats, sit-ups, press over head, deadlift, plate ground to overhead, step ups, burpees, rowing, push-ups,…
Read MoreGiGi’s Playhouse Nashville: At Home Programs
Several of our GiGi’s Playhouses across the country have been collaborating together to provide at-home programming for our families! We will keep updating you with new activities and programs over the next several weeks. We encourage all of our participants & their siblings to participate in these activities at home! Questions please email: Carlie Long,…
Read MoreHealth Precautions for GiGi’s Programming
With the heightened concern around recent illnesses affecting our community such as the flu and the coronavirus, we wanted to take a moment to reassure our community about the precautions we take at GiGi’s Playhouse Nashville to maintain a clean and sanitary environment for our participants and volunteers. As many of our friends who attend…
Read MoreTechnicolor Trot: 1 Mile Fun Run Fundraiser
The Pi Delta Sorority at Lipscomb University has planned a 1 mile fun run in support of GiGi’s Nashville! “The Technicolor Trot is a one mile fun run fundraiser taking place on Lipscomb University’s campus in support of Gigi’s Playhouse. The run will be untimed, and participants get to run through several color stations…
Read MoreThank You For an Amazing 2020 “I Have a Voice” Gala!
The annual “I Have a Voice” Gala & Auction is GiGi’s Playhouse Nashville’s most important fundraiser of the year, historically raising more than half of our annual operating budget and ensuring that we can continue to provide a range of therapeutic and educational programs at NO cost to families each year. But more than just…
Read MoreDestination Discovery March 17th & 19th
Join us at the playhouse for Destination Discovery on March 17th & 19th! This program supports the development of fine motor skills, gross motor skills, social skills and language through purposeful play and peer to peer interaction in a casual and fun setting. This program also brings families together to share experiences and build relationships.…
Read MoreProgram Leader Spotlight: Jenny Matern
Jenny Matern has been with GiGi’s for a year as a member of the Young Professionals Board. Jenny spent a year and a half working with children with Down Syndrome at Susan Gray School in 2010-2011 and fell in love with this sweet population. From there she nannied for a family of a sweet boy…
Read MoreProgram Spotlight: Super Sibs
“My son has loved the Super Sibs program. Ms. Jenny is truly wonderful and has made it so fun to participate that even my usually reluctant participant joins in! He loves that after years of tagging along for his sister, he has his own GiGi’s program. We are so grateful to GiGi’s for remembering that…
Read MoreRegistration for Spring 2020 Programming is Now Open!
GiGi’s Playhouse Nashville Spring 2020 Registration is Now Open! Registration will remain open until January 1, 2020 or until programs are full. Once you complete the online registration form, you will receive a confirmation of enrollment or waitlist by January 9th, 2020. We are excited to offer the following programs this spring: One-On-One Educational Tutoring Literacy (ages…
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