{"id":91220,"date":"2022-02-16T10:27:45","date_gmt":"2022-02-16T15:27:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/gigisplayhouse.org\/syracuse\/?p=91220"},"modified":"2024-10-16T09:44:57","modified_gmt":"2024-10-16T13:44:57","slug":"run-walk-dash-with-team-joey","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/gigisplayhouse.org\/syracuse\/community\/run-walk-dash-with-team-joey","title":{"rendered":"Run, Walk &amp; Dash with Team Joey!"},"content":{"rendered":"<h4><span style=\"color: #ff9900;\">GiGiFIT Acceptance Challenge Team Spotlight: Team Joey<\/span> \ud83d\udc49\ud83c\udffc\u00a0 See Team Page Here<\/h4>\n<p>Team Joey is ready to run, walk and Dash on April 30th, if you know Joey you know what an incredible young man he is. LOVES firefighters, Luke Bryan, and being a great friend!\u00a0 Want to see more check out his <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/joeymeetsluke\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Facebook Page<\/a> and be ready to smile!<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-91224 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/gigisplayhouse.org\/syracuse\/files\/2022\/02\/Joey-and-Luke.jpeg\" alt=\"Luke Brayn smiling with young man who has Down syndrome in Syracuse NY\" width=\"600\" height=\"400\" \/><\/p>\n<h3 style=\"text-align: center;\">We asked Joey&#8217;s incredible mom to share a bit about why they are participating in the <a href=\"https:\/\/gigisplayhouse.org\/syracuse\/special_events\/gigifit-acceptance-challenge\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">GiGiFIT Acceptance Challange<\/a>!<\/h3>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft wp-image-91221 size-medium\" src=\"https:\/\/gigisplayhouse.org\/syracuse\/files\/2022\/02\/diane-Joey-300x300.jpeg\" alt=\"mother and son smiling\" width=\"300\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/gigisplayhouse.org\/syracuse\/files\/2022\/02\/diane-Joey-300x300.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/gigisplayhouse.org\/syracuse\/files\/2022\/02\/diane-Joey-150x150.jpeg 150w, https:\/\/gigisplayhouse.org\/syracuse\/files\/2022\/02\/diane-Joey-768x768.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/gigisplayhouse.org\/syracuse\/files\/2022\/02\/diane-Joey.jpeg 960w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/> <span style=\"color: #99cc00;\"><b>Are you and Joey honoring anyone with your team, if yes, why? <\/b><\/span>Yes, anyone who may be thought of as &#8220;different&#8221; because we want to promote awareness and acceptance for individuals with <a href=\"https:\/\/gigisplayhouse.org\/downsyndrome101\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Down syndrome<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><b><span style=\"color: #99cc00;\">How do you give your Best of All each Day?<\/span>\u00a0<\/b>By being the best mom I can be to the most amazing young man. Having a child with Down syndrome has changed my life and made me more accepting of everyone and taught me not to judge someone by the way they look or learn.<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #99cc00;\"><b>What is your favorite Program at GiGi\u2019s Playhouse? Why?<\/b>\u00a0<\/span> \u00a0Teen Tastic! We are excited it is back, a great time of connecting with friends and doing fun activities both at the Playhouse and out in the community.<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #99cc00;\"><b>How do you show acceptance to other people in your life?<\/b><\/span> By being patient, kind, and understanding.<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #99cc00;\"><b>What does it mean for you to have a GiGi\u2019s Playhouse in our community?<\/b><\/span>\u00a0 I love that we have a GiGi\u2019s so close by. I think it\u2019s such a wonderful place for friends and family to gather and support one another.<\/p>\n<h3 style=\"text-align: center;\">Thank you, Diane &amp; Joey! You can join Team Joey, support with a gift, or get your Team started today!<\/h3>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-91226 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/gigisplayhouse.org\/syracuse\/files\/2022\/02\/Joey-1.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"600\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/gigisplayhouse.org\/syracuse\/files\/2022\/02\/Joey-1.png 600w, https:\/\/gigisplayhouse.org\/syracuse\/files\/2022\/02\/Joey-1-300x150.png 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/p>\n<h3 style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/gigisplayhouse.org\/syracuse\/special_events\/gigifit-acceptance-challenge\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">We are on a MOVEment to spread the message of Acceptance for all and we look forward to celebrating together on April 30th! Click here and get started today!\u00a0\u00a0<\/a><\/h3>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-91218 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/gigisplayhouse.org\/syracuse\/files\/2022\/02\/Syracuse-GFAC-400-\u00d7-400-px.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"400\" height=\"400\" srcset=\"https:\/\/gigisplayhouse.org\/syracuse\/files\/2022\/02\/Syracuse-GFAC-400-\u00d7-400-px.png 400w, https:\/\/gigisplayhouse.org\/syracuse\/files\/2022\/02\/Syracuse-GFAC-400-\u00d7-400-px-300x300.png 300w, https:\/\/gigisplayhouse.org\/syracuse\/files\/2022\/02\/Syracuse-GFAC-400-\u00d7-400-px-150x150.png 150w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 400px) 100vw, 400px\" \/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>GiGiFIT Acceptance Challenge Team Spotlight: Team Joey \ud83d\udc49\ud83c\udffc\u00a0 See Team Page Here Team Joey is ready to run, walk and Dash on April 30th, if you know Joey you know what an incredible young man he is. LOVES firefighters, Luke Bryan, and being a great friend!\u00a0 Want to see more check out his Facebook Page&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":33,"featured_media":91224,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[306],"tags":[12,64,19,5,912,29,6,916,16,15],"class_list":["post-91220","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-community","tag-abilities","tag-acceptance","tag-community","tag-down-syndrome","tag-down-syndrome-achievement","tag-down-syndrome-awareness","tag-down-syndrome-syracuse-new-york","tag-gigifit-acceptance-challenge","tag-non-profit","tag-syracuse-new-york"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/gigisplayhouse.org\/syracuse\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/91220","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/gigisplayhouse.org\/syracuse\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/gigisplayhouse.org\/syracuse\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gigisplayhouse.org\/syracuse\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/33"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gigisplayhouse.org\/syracuse\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=91220"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/gigisplayhouse.org\/syracuse\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/91220\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gigisplayhouse.org\/syracuse\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/91224"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/gigisplayhouse.org\/syracuse\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=91220"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gigisplayhouse.org\/syracuse\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=91220"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gigisplayhouse.org\/syracuse\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=91220"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}