{"id":146198,"date":"2025-09-14T08:05:40","date_gmt":"2025-09-14T15:05:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/gigisplayhouse.org\/phoenix\/?p=146198"},"modified":"2025-09-14T08:11:44","modified_gmt":"2025-09-14T15:11:44","slug":"2025-friends-campaign-the-one-where-we-make-a-difference","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/gigisplayhouse.org\/phoenix\/2025-friends-campaign-the-one-where-we-make-a-difference\/","title":{"rendered":"2025 Friends Campaign \u201cThe One Where We Make A Difference\u201d\u00a0"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-full\"><a href=\"https:\/\/gigisplayhouse.org\/phoenix\/files\/2025\/08\/8.26-Kaitlyn-Webpage-Graphic.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"2500\" height=\"900\" src=\"https:\/\/gigisplayhouse.org\/phoenix\/files\/2025\/08\/8.26-Kaitlyn-Webpage-Graphic.jpg\" alt=\"Make a Difference\" class=\"wp-image-146168\" srcset=\"https:\/\/gigisplayhouse.org\/phoenix\/files\/2025\/08\/8.26-Kaitlyn-Webpage-Graphic.jpg 2500w, https:\/\/gigisplayhouse.org\/phoenix\/files\/2025\/08\/8.26-Kaitlyn-Webpage-Graphic-300x108.jpg 300w, https:\/\/gigisplayhouse.org\/phoenix\/files\/2025\/08\/8.26-Kaitlyn-Webpage-Graphic-1024x369.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/gigisplayhouse.org\/phoenix\/files\/2025\/08\/8.26-Kaitlyn-Webpage-Graphic-768x276.jpg 768w, https:\/\/gigisplayhouse.org\/phoenix\/files\/2025\/08\/8.26-Kaitlyn-Webpage-Graphic-1536x553.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/gigisplayhouse.org\/phoenix\/files\/2025\/08\/8.26-Kaitlyn-Webpage-Graphic-2048x737.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 2500px) 100vw, 2500px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Over the years, the annual Friends Campaign has helped GiGi\u2019s Playhouse Phoenix provide life-changing programs for children and adults with Down syndrome. Because of this Campaign, participants have learned to read, gained job skills, built friendships, and proven that **\u201cstronger together\u201d is more than just a phrase\u2014it\u2019s our reality.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">This year, however, the Friends Campaign has become more important than ever to sustaining our free educational, therapeutic, and career readiness programs.&nbsp;<strong>The campaign runs from September 15 to October 31.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-large\"><a href=\"https:\/\/gigisplayhouse.org\/phoenix\/files\/2025\/08\/FoyerPhotos.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"567\" src=\"https:\/\/gigisplayhouse.org\/phoenix\/files\/2025\/08\/FoyerPhotos-1024x567.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-146160\" srcset=\"https:\/\/gigisplayhouse.org\/phoenix\/files\/2025\/08\/FoyerPhotos-1024x567.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/gigisplayhouse.org\/phoenix\/files\/2025\/08\/FoyerPhotos-300x166.jpg 300w, https:\/\/gigisplayhouse.org\/phoenix\/files\/2025\/08\/FoyerPhotos-768x425.jpg 768w, https:\/\/gigisplayhouse.org\/phoenix\/files\/2025\/08\/FoyerPhotos-1536x850.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/gigisplayhouse.org\/phoenix\/files\/2025\/08\/FoyerPhotos.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">We know firsthand the difference these programs make. That\u2019s why we are asking our past campaign families to once again rally with us and help us reach even more individuals this year.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u2728&nbsp;To keep things exciting, we\u2019ve added fun incentives throughout the campaign to celebrate your efforts, encourage teamwork, and recognize every step forward.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Will you join us again in this important mission?<\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-full\"><a href=\"https:\/\/gigisplayhouse.org\/phoenix\/files\/2025\/08\/featured-friends.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1423\" height=\"900\" src=\"https:\/\/gigisplayhouse.org\/phoenix\/files\/2025\/08\/featured-friends.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-146167\" srcset=\"https:\/\/gigisplayhouse.org\/phoenix\/files\/2025\/08\/featured-friends.jpg 1423w, https:\/\/gigisplayhouse.org\/phoenix\/files\/2025\/08\/featured-friends-300x190.jpg 300w, https:\/\/gigisplayhouse.org\/phoenix\/files\/2025\/08\/featured-friends-1024x648.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/gigisplayhouse.org\/phoenix\/files\/2025\/08\/featured-friends-768x486.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1423px) 100vw, 1423px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center wp-block-paragraph\">Join the 2025 Friends Campaign \u201cThe One Where We Make A Difference\u201d&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/support.gigisplayhouse.org\/friends-of-gigis-2025\/challenge\">https:\/\/support.gigisplayhouse.org\/friends-of-gigis-2025\/challenge<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">From all of us at GiGi\u2019s, thank you for believing in our families, our participants, and in the power of acceptance.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">With gratitude,<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><em>Robin<\/em> Lea-Amos<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Executive Director<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">GiGi&#8217;s Playhouse Phoenix<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Over the years, the annual Friends Campaign has helped GiGi\u2019s Playhouse Phoenix provide life-changing programs for children and adults with Down syndrome. Because of this Campaign, participants have learned to read, gained job skills, built friendships, and proven that **\u201cstronger together\u201d is more than just a phrase\u2014it\u2019s our reality. This year, however, the Friends Campaign&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":[],"class_list":["post-146198","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/gigisplayhouse.org\/phoenix\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/146198","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=146198"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/gigisplayhouse.org\/phoenix\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/146198\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/gigisplayhouse.org\/phoenix\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=146198"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gigisplayhouse.org\/phoenix\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=146198"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gigisplayhouse.org\/phoenix\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=146198"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}