Birthday Card Program
Today’s guest blogger is Jenn, mother of Henry, Walter, and Katie, who are the volunteers behind the GiGi’s Playhouse New Orleans Birthday Card program. How did you hear about GiGi's Playhouse? We heard about GiGi’s playhouse when my friend Lory began volunteering there. She set up an info booth at our church to spread...
A Place for Everyone/Un Lugar para Todos
GiGi's Playhouse is part of a nationwide network of brick-and-mortar venues that provides free therapeutic, educational, and career programs for individuals with Down syndrome from birth to adulthood. The organization fills the community need for deliberate, progressive education to help families with Down syndrome bridge the gap between home and...
A Day in LMNOP
A Day in LMNOP LMNOP: Language, Music N Our Peeps LMNOP is a fun and interactive program for children from newborn to 36 months. It walks parents and young children through the process of learning basic sign language and other types of communication via the use of music and language-based...
Changing the World with Small Actions
October is Down Syndrome Awareness and Acceptance Month, and at GiGi’s Playhouse, everyone in the community is gathering together to celebrate the sheer awesomeness of those who have an extra chromosome. GiGi's Playhouse New Orleans opened its doors in October 2020, giving us two reasons to celebrate during this wonderful month: Down Syndrome Acceptance and our...
Fall Programming at GiGi’s Playhouse New Orleans
After an amazing first summer at the Playhouse, where we welcomed 41 families through our Playhouse doors to participate in programming, we are so excited for fall programs to begin! We are happy to announce that we will be launching two new programs at the Playhouse this session – Leaps and Bounds for ages...
Meet Isabella Alfaro
Hi, my name is Isabella Alfaro, and I am an international senior student at Tulane University. I am thrilled to work as a Marketing Intern for GiGi's Playhouse New Orleans throughout the 2021 Fall Semester! GiGi's Playhouse started in 2003 as a Down Syndrome Awareness Center in Illinois, and with its incredible work, it has managed to grow into the only international network of Down Syndrome Achievement Centers. As I kept learning more about GiGi's Playhouse,...
Summer Programming at GiGi’s Playhouse New Orleans
GiGi’s Playhouse New Orleans is very excited to offer our free summer programming for all ages! Learn a little bit more about our upcoming programs below and be on the lookout for our schedule and registration links. LMNOP (Ages 0-3) LMNOP is an interactive and engaging program for children age newborn to 36...
Introducing GiGi’s Playhouse GiGiFIT Program!
The GigiFIT Program is a targeted approach to health and wellness developed by physical therapists specifically for people with Down syndrome of all ages! The program focuses on improving areas of fitness including strength, endurance, joint stability, balance, movement control and more. It’s structured to allow participants to develop goals based on their...
Meet our new volunteer Rachel
My name is Rachel Sloan and I am a senior at Tulane University. I am excited to be a part of GiGi’s Playhouse and helping individuals with Down syndrome. I am passionate about the goals at GiGi’s Playhouse to help the world have a better understanding of Down syndrome and...
Meet Our New Volunteer Ethan!
My name is Ethan Huene, and I am a sophomore at Tulane University. I am so excited to work as a Project Coordinator Intern for GiGi’s Playhouse New Orleans throughout the spring semester! I was drawn to GiGi’s Playhouse because of all of the remarkable work they have accomplished since...
GiGi’s One-On-One Tutoring Program
GiGi's Playhouse One-on-One Literacy Tutoring Program uses the Raising Robust Readers (RRR) reading program. RRR was developed by Judy O'Halloran, a teacher who is the mother of an adult son with Down syndrome. She was concerned many years ago that her son Casey (a teen at the time) was on...
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