Fall Interns at Gigi’s Playhouse Sugar Land
Quynh Doan Hi am Quynh Doan Hi, my name is Quynh Doan and I am an intern working on my Bachelor’s degree in Allied Health at the University of Houston. When it came time to select a location for my internship, I chose GiGi’s Playhouse Sugar Land because I wanted...
Summer Snack Drive
My journey with GiGi's Playhouse Sugar Land started when I was a freshman in college and looking to volunteer more. I remember looking up places to volunteer on Google and out of the 50+ I found, GiGi's Playhouse stood out the most because of their mission to empower individuals with...
Interns Hard At Work – Sidney and Tracy
This Spring 2022 semester we were so blessed to have two AMAZING interns from the University of Houston, Sidney and Tracy! Both interns worked so hard over the last few months while simultaneously forming beautiful friendships with the GiGi's participants. It was delightful to watch these two young women grow...
Finding a Home Away from Home at GiGi’s
When we first heard of GiGi’s Sugar Land, it was a few months after giving birth to our third child, Jesley, who we weren’t expecting to have Down syndrome. My aunt found GiGi’s and sent their information my way, but I wasn’t ready to figure out this new way of...
Discovering GiGi’s Playhouse as a Single Mother
I am a single mother with two boys. My eldest, Josh, is 23 years old and has Down syndrome. Now being a mother in itself has its challenges, but add to the mix a child with a disability, and not having any daily support. Many times I tried to find...
Ryker’s Journey at GiGi’s!
The wonderful phrase "I love GiGi's!" is what Ryker says every time I tell him it is time to go to speech therapy. After receiving a birth diagnosis when Ryker was born in November 2017, the constant thought of meeting milestones or will he ever...
Tahani & Darla
After deciding to homeschool her 16-year-old daughter, Darla stumbled upon our website while googling Raising Robust Readers as a resource to use with her daughter. She immediately called and asked about the programs we offered and how much we charged; she was flabbergasted when she heard we were 100% free....
Finding Hope at the Park – Benita Leon
If you have ever dreamed of becoming a new parent, just as me and my husband did, then you probably also envisioned a joyful future together, parent and child. You could just imagine the joy when seeing your child beginning to crawl or taking their initial steps, hearing the longed...
Taylor Tillman & Her Hangout Days
My name is Patricia Roebuck. I have a beautiful 28-year-old daughter named Taylor, who happens to have Down syndrome. Tay and I recently became members of the GiGi’s Playhouse Sugar Land family in April 2021. I just have to share how in such a short period of time, finding and...
Jazzy is Back!
Jazzmine graduated from High School in 2017 & participated in LCISD’s Adult Transition program. It’s a program offered to individuals with special needs where they learn life skills, set goals and get out into the community to learn job training skills. 2020 would have been her final year and unfortunately,...
Founding Board Member, Kristi Ross
Founding Member, Kristi Ross Mom to Grace, age 8 When we first found out Grace had DS, 4 weeks before she was born, I immediately started looking into resources and was trying to get my hands on anything that would help soften the blow of this diagnosis, since everything we...
Ripple Effect
If you have ever been to a GiGi's Playhouse, you know just how important volunteers are in our mission to provide free and purposeful programming to individuals with Down syndrome. Today, we would like to recognize and give a huge thanks to these three students from the University of Houston--...