{"id":131562,"date":"2018-12-30T10:39:42","date_gmt":"2018-12-30T17:39:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/gigisplayhouse.org\/phoenix\/?p=131562"},"modified":"2018-12-30T10:47:51","modified_gmt":"2018-12-30T17:47:51","slug":"the-gift-of-friendship-gigis-playhouse","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/gigisplayhouse.org\/phoenix\/the-gift-of-friendship-gigis-playhouse\/","title":{"rendered":"The &#8220;Gift&#8221; of Friendship-GiGi&#8217;s Playhouse"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The &#8220;Gift of Friendship&#8221; that GiGi&#8217;s Playhouse Phoenix offers is valued by our GiGi&#8217;s Families.\u00a0 This blog was submitted by Marlene Schatzman, one of our GiGi&#8217;s Playhouse Phoenix Moms who expresses what GiGi&#8217;s Playhouse Phoenix means to her Family.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/gigisplayhouse.org\/phoenix\/files\/2018\/12\/Friendship.jpeg\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-131560 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/gigisplayhouse.org\/phoenix\/files\/2018\/12\/Friendship-300x128.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"128\" srcset=\"https:\/\/gigisplayhouse.org\/phoenix\/files\/2018\/12\/Friendship-300x128.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/gigisplayhouse.org\/phoenix\/files\/2018\/12\/Friendship.jpeg 344w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAs I sat at my computer drinking a cup of coffee, surfing the web, I came across this quote and it touched my heart&#8230;.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWhen the world is so complicated, the simple gift of friendship is within all of our hands\u201d (Maria Shriver)<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/gigisplayhouse.org\/phoenix\/files\/2018\/12\/Kahlil-Gibran-Friendship.jpeg\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-131561 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/gigisplayhouse.org\/phoenix\/files\/2018\/12\/Kahlil-Gibran-Friendship.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"216\" height=\"234\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u201cWhat we sometimes take for granted, is not always available for all people. Our family is very grateful for GiGi\u2019s Playhouse Phoenix and the gift of friendship it gives to Brett (and our family).\u201d<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/gigisplayhouse.org\/phoenix\/files\/2018\/12\/BrettMarlene.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-131553 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/gigisplayhouse.org\/phoenix\/files\/2018\/12\/BrettMarlene-300x216.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"216\" srcset=\"https:\/\/gigisplayhouse.org\/phoenix\/files\/2018\/12\/BrettMarlene-300x216.jpg 300w, https:\/\/gigisplayhouse.org\/phoenix\/files\/2018\/12\/BrettMarlene.jpg 320w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe Playhouse and GiGi U makes him happy and brings him such joy. Why is that?&#8230;.because of the friends he may never have met.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/gigisplayhouse.org\/phoenix\/files\/2018\/12\/BrettGIGIU-e1546189431298.jpeg\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-131554 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/gigisplayhouse.org\/phoenix\/files\/2018\/12\/BrettGIGIU-e1546189431298-225x300.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"225\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/gigisplayhouse.org\/phoenix\/files\/2018\/12\/BrettGIGIU-e1546189431298-225x300.jpeg 225w, https:\/\/gigisplayhouse.org\/phoenix\/files\/2018\/12\/BrettGIGIU-e1546189431298.jpeg 240w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 225px) 100vw, 225px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>\u201cSome friends come and go, but our true friends remember us and keep us in their hearts always. Whether our friends are far away, by our side, or going through a rough time, a true friend stands by their side.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/gigisplayhouse.org\/phoenix\/files\/2018\/12\/KateandBrettPumpkinspice.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-131563 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/gigisplayhouse.org\/phoenix\/files\/2018\/12\/KateandBrettPumpkinspice-225x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"225\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/gigisplayhouse.org\/phoenix\/files\/2018\/12\/KateandBrettPumpkinspice-225x300.jpg 225w, https:\/\/gigisplayhouse.org\/phoenix\/files\/2018\/12\/KateandBrettPumpkinspice.jpg 240w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 225px) 100vw, 225px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThank you to the many volunteers, participants, and educators that have become our friends. Thank you for your gift of friendship, a gift that keeps giving, and one that Brett and our family treasures every day.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/gigisplayhouse.org\/phoenix\/files\/2018\/08\/Volunteers-Staff.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-130107 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/gigisplayhouse.org\/phoenix\/files\/2018\/08\/Volunteers-Staff-300x109.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"109\" srcset=\"https:\/\/gigisplayhouse.org\/phoenix\/files\/2018\/08\/Volunteers-Staff-300x109.jpg 300w, https:\/\/gigisplayhouse.org\/phoenix\/files\/2018\/08\/Volunteers-Staff-768x280.jpg 768w, https:\/\/gigisplayhouse.org\/phoenix\/files\/2018\/08\/Volunteers-Staff.jpg 960w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Submitted by:<\/p>\n<p>Marlene Schatzman<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The &#8220;Gift of Friendship&#8221; that GiGi&#8217;s Playhouse Phoenix offers is valued by our GiGi&#8217;s Families.\u00a0 This blog was submitted by Marlene Schatzman, one of our GiGi&#8217;s Playhouse Phoenix Moms who expresses what GiGi&#8217;s Playhouse Phoenix means to her Family. &nbsp; &nbsp; \u201cAs I sat at my computer drinking a cup of coffee, surfing the web,&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":65,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[5,128,3],"class_list":["post-131562","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized","tag-down-syndrome","tag-friendship","tag-gigis-playhouse-phoenix"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/gigisplayhouse.org\/phoenix\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/131562","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/gigisplayhouse.org\/phoenix\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/gigisplayhouse.org\/phoenix\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gigisplayhouse.org\/phoenix\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/65"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gigisplayhouse.org\/phoenix\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=131562"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/gigisplayhouse.org\/phoenix\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/131562\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/gigisplayhouse.org\/phoenix\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=131562"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gigisplayhouse.org\/phoenix\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=131562"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gigisplayhouse.org\/phoenix\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=131562"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}