World Down Syndrome Day by Lauren Ohnesorge
The call came just as I was pulling onto Ridge Road, my regular workaround way to the office as I try to avoid Crabtree traffic at all cost. “Are you sitting down?” she said. “I’m in my car, driving to my office.” And she just started talking. I kept driving,...
Best of All – Lossie & Thomas
"Good, Better, Best! Never Let It Rest! Until Your Good Is Better, And Your Better Is Best!" Author Unknown While there are a few sources of this quote, I love it and subscribe to it because...
Volunteer Spotlight
Meet Rita! She is a Playhouse Mom to one of our adult participants, Abbey. Rita and Abbey recently moved to the area from Wisconsin after Rita’s husband passed away. Rita’s daughter lives in Chapel Hill, so they decided to move to be closer. They were previously involved in a Playhouse...
Grace’s Letter
Grace, one of our participants, has had the same pen pal for more than two years. Recently, she wrote the following letter, talking about her role at our Gala. We are so proud of Grace!
Skanda’s Story by Sabitha Raghuraman Balaji
Skanda was born to us as a blessing at the Women’s Hospital in Greensboro, NC after 12 years of our wedlock filled with emotions and perseverance. We were too excited for the birth of the tiny-tot and little did we knew that he had an extra gift from God, the...
Best of All – Sarah Jo
Sarah Jo is our best of all this month! When Sarah Jo first came to our playhouse in February she did not want to come through the door. Nonetheless, Sarah Jo and her mom have stopped by the playhouse almost every Tuesday since then and made a little progress every...
Meet Rita & Abbey
Isn’t GiGi’s Playhouse just fabulous? It does say “playhouse” after all. When we lived in Wisconsin, I had heard of GiGi’s but never took advantage of any of the programs. I didn’t think they applied to my daughter who was well past being a baby! But when we moved to...
We Are One by Cady Driver
We weren’t even looking for him when we found him. We were not in the world of blue and yellow, counting chromosomes, and shouting their worth. We didn’t really know it existed. Nor did we comprehend the tragedy of what the lack of acceptance does to the world’s people. We...
Best of All – Anne Adams, M.Ed., CCC-SLP
Leading and facilitating the Saturday morning speech-language and feeding groups for the youngest GiGi’s participants has been a journey of skill building and connection. Participants and their families join the group sessions to learn and practice specific language building strategies through guided play activities. Each week a different language building...
Meet Jenalyn… by Sandy Moser
Have you met Jenalyn Moser? I am Sandy Moser and proud to be her mother. I was asked to tell you our story. I was a classroom teacher. In 1987, a 6-year-old girl came to my classroom. She was nonambulatory, barely spoke, not toilet trained, but there she was. Her...
Volunteer Spotlight
If you ask Chloe Veeder what her favorite part of volunteering at GiGi's happens to be, she smiles. "I just love seeing all the little kids. I love their smiles and watching them grow and change. It's so fun to watch their faces when they start to understand something new."...
Literacy tutor shares her experience
Lauren Kelly has been tutoring Tristan since January 2022! She continued throughout the summer and plans to tutor him in the fall. “My experience at GiGi’s is nothing short of incredible. My greatest joy of the week is coming to GiGi’s Playhouse on Tuesdays to tutor Tristan. He is a...