Growing Together: GiGi’s Playhouse Partners with VINES For Volunteer Opportunity!
We’re excited to share a heartwarming story of community and inclusion! GiGi’s Playhouse Southern Tier recently partnered with VINES (Volunteers Improving Neighborhood Environments), a local nonprofit dedicated to developing urban farms and providing fresh, local produce to the Binghamton area. Our GiGi’s participants had the unique opportunity to volunteer at...
Growing, Leading, and Shining Bright: Evelyn’s #BestofAll
Celebrating Evelyn: A Bright Light at GiGi’s Playhouse Southern Tier At GiGi’s Playhouse Southern Tier, we are fortunate to welcome so many amazing participants through our doors. Each person brings their own unique spark, and together they create a joyful, uplifting community. One teen who truly shines in everything she...
Finding Confidence and Connection Through Music: Adult Music Therapy at GiGi’s Playhouse Southern Tier!
At GiGi’s Playhouse Southern Tier, we're always looking for ways to support and empower our community, especially our adult participants. One of our newest yet transformative programs we offer is our group adult music therapy class, led by the incredibly talented and compassionate Kristen Carter, MT-BC of Kristen Carter Music...
Driving Acceptance: Highlights from the 5th Annual ‘Swing for Acceptance’ Golf Tournament & Participant Team in Memory of Joseph Aurelio
This year’s 5th Annual Swing for Acceptance Golf Tournament for GiGi’s Playhouse was nothing short of extraordinary. With 19 incredible teams joining us on a picture-perfect sunny day, the course was filled with not only friendly competition but also a deep sense of purpose. Beyond the fairways and greens, the...
5 GiGiFIT Exercises YOU can do at Home to Strengthen your Summer!
Empowering Every Step: GiGiFIT at GiGi’s Playhouse At GiGi’s Playhouse, our mission is simple but powerful: to change the way the world views Down syndrome and to send a global message of acceptance for all. A big part of that mission includes offering purposeful, engaging, and completely free programs that...
Volunteer Spotlight: Andrea!
We are thrilled to shine this month’s volunteer spotlight on someone who has been a part of the GiGi’s Playhouse Southern Tier family since day one—Andrea! Since we opened our doors in 2019, Andrea has generously shared her time, talents, and heart with our community. Over the past six years,...
Meet Our Summer Interns!
This Summer GiGi's Playhouse is lucky to have BOCE's P-TECH students with us as our Summer Interns. Pathways in Technology Early College High School (P-TECH) is a grant funded programs that allows students to earn their associate degree while working toward their high school regents diploma! This is a six...
A Creative Soul at GiGi’s Playhouse Southern Tier: Mario’s #BestofAll
Since opening our doors in 2019, GiGi’s Playhouse Southern Tier has been home to so many incredible participants, and today we're celebrating the joyful impact Mario has made. A familiar face at many of our programs, Mario brings warmth, creativity, and kindness to everything he does. His gentle spirit and...
What’s Going on this Summer at GiGi’s Playhouse!
As we approach the Summer season, we keep getting asked the question, 'What does GiGi's Playhouse have to offer over the Summer months?'. We run programs year round at GiGi's Playhouse! Plus, the summer gives us a chance to do some extra special programs and events outside and in the...
Walking Wonders: EJ’s #BestofAll
Celebrating EJ’s Incredible Journey at GiGi’s Playhouse At GiGi’s Playhouse, we’re lucky to witness so many incredible journeys—and one of those belongs to EJ, a bright, energetic, and joyful newly-three-year-old who has truly captured our hearts. We first met EJ in 2022 when he was just a newborn, and since...
Celebrating 6 Years of GiGi’s Playhouse Southern Tier!
This year marks a heartfelt milestone for all of us at GiGi’s Playhouse Southern Tier — 6 incredible years of empowering individuals with Down syndrome and their families! Since opening our doors, we’ve proudly provided 100% free educational, therapeutic, and progressive programming to individuals of all ages with Down syndrome...
GiGi’s Achievers: The New and Incredible Program Coming to the Southern Tier
What is the GiGi’s Achievers Program? GiGi’s Achievers is a structured, hands-on program designed to support continued learning for adults with Down syndrome in areas such as communication, self-awareness, independence, health, and wellness. It also places a strong emphasis on community involvement, ensuring that participants not only learn essential skills but are...