{"id":120620,"date":"2015-01-29T17:39:50","date_gmt":"2015-01-29T22:39:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/gigisplayhouse.org\/newyork\/?p=120620"},"modified":"2024-11-15T13:10:21","modified_gmt":"2024-11-15T18:10:21","slug":"promising-new-year","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/gigisplayhouse.org\/newyork\/promising-new-year\/","title":{"rendered":"A Promising New Year"},"content":{"rendered":"

2014 has been a great year! Our annual appeal and matching gift raised over $60,000! \u00a0We produced 2 videos to help us share the story of our beautiful community. \u00a0Dancing for Down Syndrome gave families a platform to share their experience of being a part of the Down syndrome community with their family and friends around the city and the world.\u00a0 We also raised $35,000 to help sustain our free programs.<\/p>\n

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Glamour Magazine acknowledged our service in the special-needs world by inviting us to pay tribute to, and explain the importance of Natalia Vodianova’s work in Russia. We started two new programs: Friday Friends and Karate, increasing our programs to 15 per month! Our monthly participation grew to almost 500 participants per month! We hired an office manager to manage this abundance; doubling our staff (1+1=2) We are currently searching for a programs director to train, support, and recruit our volunteer staff of over 35 and develop more programs for families.<\/p>\n

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In 2015, we are partnering with the Brooklyn Museum to celebrate\u00a0World Down Syndrome Day, as part of their current exhibit of work by\u00a0Judith Scott, an artist with Down syndrome.<\/p>\n

2015\u00a0will also see us trial our first satellite program in Brooklyn in partnership with Extreme Kids and Crew.<\/p>\n

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We need your continued support in order to revolutionize New York’s perception of Down syndrome.<\/p>\n

– Do you speak Spanish?\u00a0 Help us host Fiesta Hispana on March 1 – language will no longer be a barrier at GiGi’s Playhouse for Spanish-speaking families!<\/p>\n

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January marks the second international internship exchange at GiGi\u2019s Playhouse for Noni Labarca, a Chilean student with a life-long passion for serving the Down syndrome community. \u00a0Her 2015 internship is focused on creating a monthly celebration for Spanish Speaking families to celebrate their loved ones with Down syndrome.<\/p>\n

– Let’s show our program leaders need to know how much we appreciate them. Help us host the Valentine Day Volunteer Appreciation Party on Saturday, February 14!<\/strong><\/p>\n

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– Support our third annual Gala at the Manhattan Penthouse on March 12th<\/p>\n

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– Show off your pride at our 3rd annual World Down Syndrome Day Party on March 21st<\/sup>! \u00a0The Brooklyn Museum has asked us to host our 3rd annual World Down Syndrome Celebration at The Brooklyn Museum in honor of Judith Scott.<\/p>\n

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– Help find our new programs director.\u00a0 (Job description is available on our website)<\/p>\n

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– Host Crafting and Storytelling on Monday afternoons.<\/p>\n

– Be a host at our monthly Friday Friends, adults program, and party with a group of really fun young adults!\u00a0https:\/\/gigisplayhouse.org\/newyork\/volunteer-opportunities\u00a0<\/a><\/p>\n

Thank you for investing your family in GiGi’s.\u00a0 2015 is going to be the best year yet for the down syndrome community of New York City!<\/p>\n

Sincerely,<\/p>\n

Britt Sady, Executive Director<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

2014 has been a great year! Our annual appeal and matching gift raised over $60,000! \u00a0We produced 2 videos to help us share the story of our beautiful community. \u00a0Dancing for Down Syndrome gave families a platform to share their experience of being a part of the Down syndrome community with their family and friends…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":10,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-120620","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/gigisplayhouse.org\/newyork\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/120620","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/gigisplayhouse.org\/newyork\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/gigisplayhouse.org\/newyork\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gigisplayhouse.org\/newyork\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/10"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gigisplayhouse.org\/newyork\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=120620"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/gigisplayhouse.org\/newyork\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/120620\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/gigisplayhouse.org\/newyork\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=120620"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gigisplayhouse.org\/newyork\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=120620"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gigisplayhouse.org\/newyork\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=120620"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}