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CAN YOU DIG IT? SAVE THE DATE!
This is our largest and most important fundraiser of the year, and it’s key to expanding our voice in the world. This year’s theme is “70’s Disco Fever” so dust…
Read MoreWhat you did in 2019
Hello Friends & Supporters, You have helped change the way the world views Down syndrome and sent a global message of acceptance for all. You helped us become stronger in…
Read MoreCalling all 3-5-year-olds!
GiGi’s Playhouse Sioux City works to ensure all programs are purposeful and impactful for our participants. Leaps & Bounds is a play-based program for 3-5-year-olds that focuses on success in…
Read MoreCheck Out Family Speaker Series 2020
2020 Upcoming Webinars/Zoom Classes 1/16/2020 from 7-8:30pm CDT- Kicking It Off…By Implementing a Life Plan – The key to a more secure fulfilling future is blending realism with hope. That…
Read MoreNew Programs in 2020
We need your input to expand our programming in 2020. Please take a short survey to help us bring the programs you want! https://www.surveymonkey.com/r/NZ8XGG5
Read MoreIf My Child Had Been Born Without Down Syndrome…
By: Lilly Capecci There were initial fears when I heard the words, “Your baby has Down syndrome.” Dear son, I won’t lie, I was scared of what the diagnosis might mean…
Read MoreDo good to others not because of who they are, but because of who you are.
Written by: Oleg Vishnepolsky Global CTO at DailyMail Online and Metro.Co.Uk I am so impressed by people who help others despite struggling with their own difficulties who try to see…
Read MoreA Hope Perspective: John and Christian
By: Christian Hutzler Growing up, I thought heroes were defined by their accomplishments. Take for example the Spy Kids steamrolling the thumb-thumbs to save their parents, or Donovan McNabb, my favorite…
Read MoreWhat would happen if people with Down syndrome ruled the world?
POSTED BY SPECIAL MIRACLES · SEPTEMBER 26, 2017 WRITTEN BY Dennis McGuire, PhD Adult Down Syndrome Center of Lutheran General Hospital – Park Ridge, Illinois If I am going to describe what it…
Read MoreLabels | We have some ideas.
This post was originally shared on October 20, 2015 by our friends at GiGi’s Playhouse Syracuse but we think labels are a topic worth revisiting. Label – a short word or phrase…
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