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What is EPIC?

This week, the participants of GiGi’s Playhouse Nashville’s EPIC adult program want to tell you a little more about EPIC and what it means to us. We’ve written some of our thoughts below. We hope you enjoy reading them! What do the letters of EPIC mean? – By JR, Hannah, Scotty, and Sam...

GiGi’s Playhouse Nashville Believer’s Ball 2017

Written by GiGi's Playhouse Nashville's EPIC Adults We are GiGi's EPIC adults. We are officially taking over the GiGi's Playhouse Nashville blog! Many of us had an opportunity to attend GiGi's Playhouse Nashville's annual Gala this year.  We would like to share with you what we experienced at the "i...

4th Annual Golf Tournament

We enjoyed the gorgeous weather at our 4th annual Golf Tournament atWesthaven Golf Club! Thank you SO much to our great participants, wonderful golf committee and volunteers, and awesome sponsors: Nissan of Cool Springs, Infiniti of Cool Springs, MEDHOST, Inc., Pulte Homes, Dents Plus, Inc., Advanced Diagnostic Imaging, Lipman Brothers,...

EPIC Scoopie Night

Thank you to everyone who came out to Culver's for Scoopie Night! We had a great time seeing so many GiGi's families and meeting new friends! Our EPIC adults did an awesome job greeting customers, running food, cleaning tables, spreading awareness, and raising money for their program. Thank you also...

Friends, Fun, and CrossFit

This summer, we have piloted a new addition to our Friends, Fun, and Fitness program. In addition to Martial Arts and Yoga, we now offer CrossFit too!  After our Row for a Reason event in April, the CrossFit community at On The End (OTE) has been extremely interested in collaborating...

Way To Go Dustin!

We are SO proud of our friend Dustin successfully completing his first full month with Taziki's Mediterranean Cafe! Dustin is beyond proud to be a part of the Taziki's amazing team and family! And we are forever grateful for our partnership together. You can find Dustin filling up drinks behind...
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3 2 1 Dash For Down Syndrome 5K

On June 12th GiGi's Playhouse Nashville hosted our first 3 2 1 Dash For Down Syndrome 5K in Shelby Park.  We had over 200 runners and walkers come out to support GiGi's Playhouse Nashville for this event.  Everyone had an amazing time we had games, face painting, Sam the Balloon...
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2nd Annual Family Night Luau

On June 3rd, we celebrated the end of another great school year with our 2nd annual Family Night Luau.  The nights activities included a sandbox, crafts, games, food, music, and FUN.  We also made our own palm trees, played coconut bowling and even danced a little.  “Beach GiGi” had a great turnout! We even welcomed two...

EPIC Hot Air Balloon Festival

Our EPIC adults were a smashing success at the Franklin Hot Air Balloon Festival hosted by Acklen Park Productions and sponsored by Vanderbilt Health at Westhaven! They worked all spring to prepare for the event and sold enough notecards to self-fund the upcoming summer semester of their program! They all...

3 2 1 Dash For Down Syndrome 5K

Do you love to help a good cause? Do you love to run? Have we got the event for you! 3 2 1 Dash For Down Syndrome 5K on June 11, 2016 is a race for adults and children, along with a “dash” run for individuals with Down Syndrome. Race proceeds will benefit...

We love our volunteers!

We LOVE our volunteers! Thank you to ALL of our volunteers and to everyone who came out to the Volunteer Appreciation Luncheon so that we could celebrate YOU! Thank you for believing in our participants, expecting greatness from them, and helping them achieve their ‪#‎BestofAll‬every day. You are ‪#‎GenerationG‬! ❤...

Row For A Reason

Check out this awesome video recap and join us in shouting a huge THANK YOU to On The End CrossFit and everyone who planned, supported, and participated in Middle Tennessee Row for a Reason 2016...including our very own EPIC adults and the Tennessee Titans Cheerleaders!! We are incredibly grateful. Your...