2nd Annual Car, Truck and Motorcycle Show a Beaming Success!
Written by Nora Culeton. Rev up your engines! We are happy to announce our 2nd Annual Car, Truck and Motorcycle Show had an incredible turnout and helped bolster awareness of our mission in the community! Participation skyrocketed this year with a total of 78 registered vehicles, doubling our number from...
Reopening and Fall Session Programming
We reopened our doors on August 3rd after being closed due to the COVID-19 pandemic. We have been bringing back programming slowly, safely and with far fewer participant capacity than prior to the pandemic. But it has proved to be a huge success! We are so grateful for our families,...
4th Annual Golf “Fore” GiGi’s Tournament
Join us for our 4th Annual Golf "Fore" GiGi's Tournament! The tournament will be held on Saturday, August 15th at Mill Creek Golf Club. Your registration will include breakfast at registration, golf with cart, adult beverages, and a "trip around the world"! That's right! You will be visiting Italy, Mexico,...
Welcoming the new Winter sessions of GiGi’s Playhouse Literacy, Math and Speech Tutoring Programs!
(Written by Volunteer Gabriella Hartman) How about this for a success story! Recently, a 21-year-old with Down syndrome who had never been able to read and did not verbally communicate found hope in our Literacy Tutoring program, when incredibly after his first full 10 week session, began to read and...
Rochester’s First Ever Higher Education Fair for Individuals with Intellectual Disabilities Held at the Playhouse!
GiGi's Playhouse Rochester recently partnered with Roberts Wesleyan College to bring an incredible opportunity to local families! Representatives from 5 local colleges came to the Playhouse to present information on programs they offer for higher education for participants. The event attracted over 75 attendees. There was a panel of speakers...
GiGi’s Playhouse National Conference 2019 was AMAZING!
We are back from this year's National GiGi's Playhouse Conference and it was an amazing and inspiring trip! We are energized and ready to apply all we learned! Our Playhouse was fortunate to be able to send 6 of us! We were busy running from session to session throughout the...
October 2019 Speech Program Blog
At this time of year when there’s a lot of focus on thankfulness, I have found it very easy to find gratitude in my day to day. When asked to start blogging about my experiences here at GiGi’s I was instantly nervous to write something available for all to see. ...
Happy World Down syndrome Awareness Month!
COME CELEBRATE WITH US ALL MONTH LONG! Come join us for an evening of fun with your favorite GiGi's Playhouse Rochester Board Members serving up your favorite brews! Raffles, auction items, food and brews! You don't want to miss this event! [caption id="attachment_143164"...
Euchre Charity Event Night
Join us for Euchre Night at the Playhouse! A charity event that will be a night full of fun. WHERE: GiGi's Playhouse of Rochester WHEN: Saturday, October 26, 2019 6:00-6:45pm Eating and Schmoozing 6:30-6:45pm Review of Rules 6:45 promptly Let the Games Begin!...
Introducing…Our new Speech and Language Pathologist!
In July, we were extremely fortunate to be awarded a $50,000 grant from The Golisano Foundation to fund our Amina Grace Speech Program! This grant allows us to hire a Speech and Language Pathologist who will implement this very important program to our participants! We are pleased to introduce to...
3rd Annual Golf “Fore” GiGi’s Golf Tournament
Registration is open for our 3rd Annual Golf Tournament and the early bird discount for a foursome has been extended! Be sure to register your foursome by July 24, 2019 to receive $50 off your foursome registration! Your ticket includes: 18 holes of Golf at the breathtaking Mill Creek Golf...
So many exciting new, purposeful programs!
Boy have we been busy at the Playhouse! We have been working hard to bring even more exciting, purposeful, FREE programs to you and we have even more coming soon! On Friday, June 7th, we launched our all new Music Therapy program! What an amazing program! Ms. Maggie came to...