{"id":68894,"date":"2014-10-21T08:54:02","date_gmt":"2014-10-21T12:54:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/gigisplayhouse.org\/syracuse\/?p=68894"},"modified":"2024-09-09T12:53:31","modified_gmt":"2024-09-09T16:53:31","slug":"sunshine-gigis-syndrome-syracuse-ny","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/gigisplayhouse.org\/syracuse\/uncategorized\/sunshine-gigis-syndrome-syracuse-ny","title":{"rendered":"The time we made our own Sunshine…|GiGi’s Playhouse Down Syndrome Achievement Center, Syracuse NY"},"content":{"rendered":"

As the day of our third annual 5k drew close we started to get nervous, all that beautiful fall weather we had been experiencing was taking a turn. Clouds, rain, and cold were moving in. \u00a0We were asked “is there a rain date?” Nope, it was now or never. \u00a0Here’s the thing about our community, we know how to rally, we know how to have a fabulous time in less than ideal situations and we know how to do hard things with big smiles!! Bravo and thank you to everyone who came with their raincoats, boots, GiGi’s shirts and SMILES!<\/p>\n

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Can we share a quick minute about our friend Julie Tennant (The Love Chromosome<\/a>) This summer our very generous friends at Fleet Feet opened up some spaces in their No Boundaries Beginner 5k program<\/a>. Julie and her sister in law Heather signed up and made a commitment to work hard and train for the 2014 GiGi’s Playhouse 5k. \u00a0Julie came, smiled and worked hard, she is the first individual with Down syndrome to complete the GiGi’s Playhouse Syracuse 5k and we could not be more proud of her!! Three cheers for Julie and her whole family!! \u00a0They are a bright spot in this community for sure. Anyone saying “I could never” take a note from Julies playbook….YOU CAN! We expect to see more amazing people out there running with us next year. Thank you Julie and team for setting a great example!<\/p>\n

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A quick shout out for Team Sammy, can we get a round of applause for their Team Spirit. Way to bring the home team colors, GO ‘CUSE! and let everyone know how amazing our friend Sammy is!<\/p>\n

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Of course none of this is possible without our AMAZING Sponsors and donors!<\/p>\n

Susan\u00a0Budrakey & Associates<\/div>\n
Tim Hortons<\/div>\n
Christina Bregou Photography<\/div>\n
Heather Rodriguez Photography<\/div>\n
Donofrio’s Body Shop<\/div>\n
Syracuse Athletics<\/div>\n
Drivers Village<\/div>\n
State Farm Insurance,\u00a0Jaime<\/span> Rigby<\/div>\n
Big D’s Limo’s<\/div>\n
Brick House Cafe<\/div>\n
Celebrations Dance Studio<\/div>\n
Pepsi Co.<\/div>\n
Russo Produce<\/div>\n
Lola Granola<\/div>\n
EA Science and Technology<\/div>\n
Zoom Printing<\/div>\n
Seaboard Graphics<\/div>\n
Skip<\/span> Clark<\/span> Entertainment<\/div>\n
Sweet Frog<\/div>\n
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Your support of our event and the families we partner with is very appreciated. \u00a0Knowing that we have a community of people who BELIEVE<\/a> in the futures of our friends is a great gift, so from the bottom of our hearts thank you for helping us have such a wonderful day. Thank you also for helping us raise the funds to continue offering programing both educational and therapeutic to individuals with Down syndrome and their families. We are building something so amazing and we are so glad you are helping us do that!<\/p>\n

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To see more fabulous pictures of our day head over to our Facebook page\u00a0https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/media\/set\/?set=a.575667085895746.1073741842.109144175881375&type=3&uploaded=41<\/a><\/p>\n

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Thank you again for all you do to help create a place where we all can dream big dreams and work hard to build them, together.<\/p>\n

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