Posts Tagged ‘Adult Down Syndrome’
Participant’s Best of All
GiGi’s Kitchen Participant’s Complete Spring Session!! GiGi’s Kitchen is designed to emphasize the importance of a healthy lifestyle and early exposure to practical cooking skills. Under the guidance of program leaders, participants are encouraged to engage in activities designed to promote healthy eating habits, kitchen safety awareness, food preparation skills, self-confidence, and social skills by…
Read MoreGiGiPREP: EmployAble – Our new employment prep program!
We are excited to share with you EmployAble! A GiGi’s San Diego new employment prep program. What is EmployAble?The EmployAble program is designed to prepare adults with Down syndrome for employment opportunities and/or professional settings. This program will be led by Valerie Schlieder, a doctoral of Occupational Therapy student who is focusing her studies on promoting inclusive…
Read MoreThe All Inclusive Day of Play and Resource Fair!
On Saturday, September 25, 2021, GiGi’s Playhouse San Diego participated at the amazing All Inclusive Day of Play and Resource Fair hosted by the Special Needs Resource Foundation of San Diego. The event was held at the Park de la Cruz Recreation Center and attracted close to 200 families who received information about Special…
Read MoreMeet our newest GiGi’s team members!
We are so honored to introduce you and to work with such a talented group that will take GiGi’s Playhouse San Diego to the next level! We are so proud to call them our colleagues. Meet… Phifer Crute, Site Manager Phifer is a North Carolina native who moved to San Diego via Washington, DC, 13…
Read MoreA motorcycle community hits the road to support GiGi’s San Diego
Thank you to Kinetic Element MC for gathering up their motorcycle community friends and hitting the road to raise over $2,000 in support of GiGi’s Playhouse San Diego! We are very fortunate that club Road Captain, Matt Fearon had experienced the difference organizations like GiGi’s Playhouse can make: ” Just so you know how we…
Read MoreKindness leads to Empathy which leads to Acceptance
2020 was a year of unknowns. What I took away from it was how much people stood up for others. We checked in on our neighbors, we clapped for essential workers and we marched to make sure the world knew Black Lives Matter. 2021 was going to be the comeback year. We were going to…
Read MoreOur Thriving Volunteers ✨
From Left to Right meet: * LMNOP: Hylan * Crawlers & Walkers: Amy * Destination Discovery: Liza It has been an unprecedented and eventful year, so many things happened around the world. But during the month April we paused and celebrated our awesome and fearless GiGi’s Playhouse San Diego Volunteers! They are the heart…
Read MoreApril Programs
Music Therapy & GiGi’s Playhouse GiGi’s Playhouse and Resounding Joy will be offering another FREE Music Therapy for all ages (see schedule below) Siblings of any age are welcome! Virtual Music Therapy for ages 0-3 Monday from 9:30-10:00 a.m. Click here to RSVP for April 5 @ 9:30 a.m. Click here to RSVP for…
Read MoreA Cabinet for GiGi’s Playhouse San Diego
A few months ago we had the fortune to be contacted by a parent of a member of the Eagle Scouts. For those of you who don’t know who they are, an Eagle Scout is the highest achievement or rank attainable in the Scouts BSA program of the Boy Scouts of America (BSA). Since its inception in 1911, only four percent…
Read More“Mom, I am reading with Lisa!”
We are so lucky to have amazing volunteers like Lisa. Is people like her that makes GiGi’s Playhouse San Diego a great place and brings out the “Best of All” in all of us. What’s “Best of All”? It’s one of GiGi’s Playhouse core values: We are always looking to improve every day, with all…
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