Volunteer Spotlight – Elizabeth

Have you met our OG Volunteer Elizabeth??? If you haven’t, well here’s your opportunity to learn some wonderful things about her! Elizabeth is one of our founding families and Volunteer Lead of Teen Tastic (ages 13-17) group that focuses on social skills and team building activities). She brings with her not only a wealth of…

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Kindness 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…

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Our 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…

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“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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Grey’s Anatomy star, shares her journey as a mom

Who doesn’t love Grey’s Anatomy and their stories? Now, “People” Magazine brings a story of one of Grey’s Anatomy main actresses, Caterina Scorsone, best known as Dr. Amelia Shepard, as she opens up about raising a daughter with Down syndrome. “Pippa is perfect exactly as she is. So are you, and so am I. The only…

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Taller de autocuidado – Selfcare workshop

Hace poco publicamos un artículo sobre cosas que uno puede hacer para si mismo y cuidarse. Hablamos como un grupo de padres de GiG’s Playhouse San Diego tomó un curso de Ukulele en línea pare ellos mismos. ¿Qué estás haciendo para cuidarte? En estos tiempos de Covid-19 es de suma importancia cuidarse físicamente, mentalmente y…

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It’s not a Mini Guitar, it’s a Ukulele

  There are many ways to define “self-care”: “It refers to those behaviors performed to improve well-being, preserve health, or to maintain physical and emotional stability.” – Wikipedia. “Self-care is important to maintain a healthy relationship with yourself as it produces positive feelings and boosts your confidence and self-esteem.” – Forbes. What ever your belief…

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Help us launch Amina Grace Speech and Language Program in San Diego

What is the Amina Grace speech and language program The GiGi’s Playhouse Amina Grace speech and language program provides youth, teens and adults with greatly expanded opportunities to evolve and refine their speech and language skills. Effective enunciation, clarity of speech, word order and message meaning are paramount to fostering greater self-confidence, comprehension, problem-solving, school…

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