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Giving back never tasted so good!
A delicious community collaboration between GiGi’s Playhouse San Diego and the Fish Shop, a local fish eatery, happened today to become part of the celebrations of World Down Syndrome Day! On Wednesday, March 20, GiGi’s Playhouse San Diego collaborated with a local venue, Fish Shop where a % of its day’s sales will go back…
Read MoreParticipant Best of All
Just when you think progress isn’t being made…patience is key Best of All moments are those moments that catch one off guard and may seem not so exciting to most but for our participants, it can mean the world! These moments can occur at any time but our tutors are often blessed with them. We…
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Meet our Generation G Youth Board President Luke As you may have seen from our previous Generation G Youth Board Blog, the Youth Board has gone through some major changes and developments. This is in part due to the leadership and initiation skills brought on by it’s new President, Luke. We can only imagine his…
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Coralie’s Best of All Journey Coralie has participated at GiGi’s Playhouse San Diego since it opened in 2018. She has comes to our events and enjoys doing all the different activities. Coralie has been in our virtual literacy tutor program since the beginning as well. When Coralie started in our program, she didn’t like…
Read MoreGeneration G Youth Board – San Diego
Youth with a Mission of Acceptance and Awareness The San Diego Generation G Youth Board has gone through a transition over the last year due to graduations and our youth venturing off to college, taking their learned outreach skills with them along with those amazing awareness skills. A unique transfer of power, if you will…
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You belong here! Reposted from GiGi’s Virtual Playhouse January 2, 2024 Namrata (Nana) is so happy that she has found her place in our Friday yoga class! Namrata truly shines in our programs and feels a sense of belonging there. She attends regularly, is quick to learn the poses, and excited to see our program…
Read MoreBuilding character and belonging: Sean’s journey
A way to connect in a meaningful way. This is what the GiGi’s Virtual Playhouse is able to do, bring all programs to any household regardless of their geographical location. We would love to share a Best of All moment from one of our local San Diego participants Sean Pak, who was featured by the…
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Meet Literacy Tutor Karen GiGi’s Playhouse San Diego has been blessed with some pretty amazing tutors through the years, one such volunteer is Karen Bartley. A tutor since June 2022, Karen has fit right in and made that meaningful connection with her tutee Lindsey. Finding that right fit can mean the world in terms of…
Read MoreAn exciting journey from Office Administrator to Program Coordinator
Working with GiGi’s Playhouse San Diego has been an incredible 4 years. I can easily say that this has been one of my favorite and dearest jobs ever. Its work’s mission has opened my eyes to a world that I wasn’t familiar with before. In these four years, I have grown as a person and…
Read MoreNew Board Member Alert
Meet Laura Bellizzi our new Fundraising Chair We are certainly happy and excited for Laura to join our GiGi’s Playhouse San Diego team! If you happen to see Laura around, be sure to share that warm welcome!
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