{"id":142493,"date":"2026-07-15T10:58:37","date_gmt":"2026-07-15T14:58:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/gigisplayhouse.org\/tampa\/?p=142493"},"modified":"2026-07-15T10:58:39","modified_gmt":"2026-07-15T14:58:39","slug":"participant-best-of-all-tristan","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/gigisplayhouse.org\/tampa\/2026\/07\/15\/participant-best-of-all-tristan\/","title":{"rendered":"Participant Best of All: Tristan"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-8f761849 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"954\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/gigisplayhouse.org\/tampa\/files\/2026\/07\/IMG_6409-1-1-954x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-142494\" srcset=\"https:\/\/gigisplayhouse.org\/tampa\/files\/2026\/07\/IMG_6409-1-1-954x1024.jpg 954w, https:\/\/gigisplayhouse.org\/tampa\/files\/2026\/07\/IMG_6409-1-1-280x300.jpg 280w, https:\/\/gigisplayhouse.org\/tampa\/files\/2026\/07\/IMG_6409-1-1-768x824.jpg 768w, https:\/\/gigisplayhouse.org\/tampa\/files\/2026\/07\/IMG_6409-1-1.jpg 1233w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 954px) 100vw, 954px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"921\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/gigisplayhouse.org\/tampa\/files\/2026\/07\/image-2026-07-08T154555.969-1.jpeg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-142495\" srcset=\"https:\/\/gigisplayhouse.org\/tampa\/files\/2026\/07\/image-2026-07-08T154555.969-1.jpeg 921w, https:\/\/gigisplayhouse.org\/tampa\/files\/2026\/07\/image-2026-07-08T154555.969-1-270x300.jpeg 270w, https:\/\/gigisplayhouse.org\/tampa\/files\/2026\/07\/image-2026-07-08T154555.969-1-768x854.jpeg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 921px) 100vw, 921px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>This month\u2019s Best of All participant is Tristan<\/strong> who has consistently demonstrated kindness, responsibility, enthusiasm and maturity at GiGi\u2019s Playhouse Tampa &#8211; especially during our most highly attended Playhouse parties &amp; popular adult program Fantastic Friends.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><br>Tristan has been thriving socially, engaging in meaningful conversations and building friendships with participants, volunteers, and staff. His confidence and ability to connect with others continue to grow with every attendance of Fantastic Friends. He also generously shared his love of culinary arts by bringing delicious brownies and other treats to our recent A Million Ways to Celebrate Summer party.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><br>One of Tristan\u2019s greatest strengths is his willingness to help without being asked. During a recent Fantastic Friends program, he noticed a mess left behind by others and took it upon himself to clean it up without asking for or needing credit for doing so. It wasn\u2019t his responsibility, but he showed incredible maturity, pride and ownership by making sure the space was ready for everyone.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><br><strong>We recognize Tristan for these thoughtful, respectful and positive traits, as well as many more qualities that make him a valuable member of the GiGi\u2019s Playhouse Tampa community!<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">If you would like to learn more about the FREE programs that we offer, reach out via email to\u00a0Tampa@gigisplayhouse.org.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>This month\u2019s Best of All participant is Tristan who has consistently demonstrated kindness, responsibility, enthusiasm and maturity at GiGi\u2019s Playhouse Tampa &#8211; especially during our most highly attended Playhouse parties &amp; popular adult program Fantastic Friends. Tristan has been thriving socially, engaging in meaningful conversations and building friendships with participants, volunteers, and staff. His confidence&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":24837,"featured_media":142496,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"wpo365_audiences":[],"wpo365_private":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[589],"tags":[10,9,549,708],"class_list":["post-142493","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-participant","tag-down-syndrome","tag-fantastic-friends","tag-purposeful-programs","tag-socializing-programs"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/gigisplayhouse.org\/tampa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/142493","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/gigisplayhouse.org\/tampa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/gigisplayhouse.org\/tampa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gigisplayhouse.org\/tampa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/24837"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gigisplayhouse.org\/tampa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=142493"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/gigisplayhouse.org\/tampa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/142493\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gigisplayhouse.org\/tampa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/142496"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/gigisplayhouse.org\/tampa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=142493"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gigisplayhouse.org\/tampa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=142493"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gigisplayhouse.org\/tampa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=142493"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}