Three Years! GiGi’s Playhouse – Syracuse

GiGi's Playhouse 2016 5k

Three Years! Three Years!! I can’t tell you how exciting it is to be celebrating our third anniversary! Every year I like to take this time and reflect on where we began and review where we are today as a Playhouse. I am proud of the team we have in place and the hard work…

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2015 National GiGi’s Playhouse Conference!

Last week five members from your GiGi’s Playhouse Syracuse team traveled to Chicago to join up with the 25 other existing Playhouses and the 10 that are preparing to open their doors in 2016!  We are growing! We are Strong! Our voices are one and we are being heard. BUT, there is more to be…

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What’s the deal with labels?

Label – a short word or phrase descriptive of a person, group, intellectual movement, etc. It seems the human race loves labels, unfortunately there are just to many ugly labels out there still. This needs to change. So we have come up with a few handy alternative labels in case you feel the need to put…

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Dear Me. Down Syndrome Awareness Month 2015

  One of the many missions of GiGi’s Playhouse is to change the perception of Down syndrome in our communities.  Most families you speak to who have a child with Down syndrome will tell you how their lives are better because of this person. How they have learned things they never knew they needed to…

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