{"id":145842,"date":"2023-11-01T07:29:07","date_gmt":"2023-11-01T14:29:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/gigisplayhouse.org\/phoenix\/?p=145842"},"modified":"2026-01-09T13:04:49","modified_gmt":"2026-01-09T20:04:49","slug":"its-the-friends-we-meet-along-the-way-that-help-us-appreciate-the-journey-22","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/gigisplayhouse.org\/phoenix\/its-the-friends-we-meet-along-the-way-that-help-us-appreciate-the-journey-22\/","title":{"rendered":"\u201cIt\u2019s the Friends we meet along the way that help us appreciate the journey . . . . . .\u201d"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Brett would like you to meet some of his Playhouse friends….. They are so AWESOME!!<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

GIVING<\/strong> . . .<\/p>\n\n\n\n

This month\u2019s GiGi\u2019s theme. To be giving is important! I give my \u201cBest of All\u201d every day at GiGi\u2019s and in my life\u2764\ufe0f.\u00a0 I go to programs but also volunteer at GiGi\u2019s\ud83d\ude00. GiGi\u2019s gives me and my friends amazing programs, support to be me, and AMAZING friendships\ud83d\udc95\ud83d\udc99\ud83d\udc9b\ud83d\udc95<\/p>\n\n\n

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Meet my little friend Asher! His favorite GiGi program is speech, the only one he has done. It has been super helpful for Asher. He loves to play with all the toys and Ms. Sarah\u2764\ufe0f. Asher\u2019s favorite foods are bananas, crab legs, apple sauce, and\u00a0 his Momma\u2019s Mashed Potatoes (all sound very yummy)! Asher\u2019s nickname is Asher Faine or Bear. His favorite toy is musical instruments and his favorite hobby is reading books with mom and dad\ud83d\udc95. Asher loves GiGi\u2019s because of all the supports for him and his family. Also the love and support from everyone is fantastic! GiGi\u2019s provides support for Asher and family with many programs for the young ones. Asher\u2019s family is grateful for GiGi\u2019s because they provide early intervention, friendly faces, and willingness to help when there is a need\ud83d\ude00.<\/p>\n\n\n

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Meet my new friend Judy. She loves to attend LMNOP on Wednesday\u2019s, singing songs is her favorite (so fun). Plus she has made lots of great friends there. ( I have also Judy\u2764\ufe0f). Judy likes to eat lots of different foods but fruit is her favorite and she likes mandarins a lot right now! Her full name is Judith but everyone calls her Judy. Her mom calls her Judy the cutie (very sweet).\u00a0 Judy\u2019s favorite toy is books. She has a ton of books that she gets off the shelf every day and page through them and read them. She loves pointing things out on the pages \ud83d\udc95\ud83d\udc95. Judy\u2019s favorite thing about GiGi\u2019s is that they have something for people all ages with Down syndrome\ud83d\udc99\ud83d\udc9b. Judy and her family are thankful the most for the friends they have made at GiGi\u2019s and the support they get from each other. GiGi\u2019s provides a place to go and play and meet other friends. They are also thankful for the speech therapy provided, it is so great to have high quality services for free!<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Hugs from Brett\u2764\ufe0f\ud83d\udc99\ud83d\udc9b\u2764\ufe0f\u2026\u2026<\/p>\n\n\n\n

I want to wish ALL my GiGi family a very Happy Thanksgiving as I am very grateful and thankful for everyone, my participant friends, my volunteer friends, and the amazing staff.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Brett would like you to meet some of his Playhouse friends….. They are so AWESOME!! GIVING . . . This month\u2019s GiGi\u2019s theme. To be giving is important! I give my \u201cBest of All\u201d every day at GiGi\u2019s and in my life\u2764\ufe0f.\u00a0 I go to programs but also volunteer at GiGi\u2019s\ud83d\ude00. GiGi\u2019s gives me and…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":65,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"wpo365_audiences":[],"wpo365_private":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-145842","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/gigisplayhouse.org\/phoenix\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/145842","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=145842"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/gigisplayhouse.org\/phoenix\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/145842\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/gigisplayhouse.org\/phoenix\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=145842"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gigisplayhouse.org\/phoenix\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=145842"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gigisplayhouse.org\/phoenix\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=145842"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}