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Celebrate World Down Syndrome Day 2024!
World Down Syndrome Day is this Thursday, March 21st! Celebrate at GiGi’s or any one of the fundraisers across the metro. We hope to see you there. At GiGi’s Playhouse Twin Cities Open Play (10 AM-12 PM) Join us for a special Open Play to celebrate World Down Syndrome Day! We’ll have crafts, games, karaoke,…
Read MoreJoin Us In Making Gala Greeting Cards!
Hello GiGi’s Playhouse Twin Cities Families! We are hard at work at planning for the 2024 GiGi’s Playhouse Gala, our largest fundraiser of the year. We are now in the 5th year of making sets of greeting cards featuring artwork by self-advocates in our community. We are once again looking for submissions! If you are not familiar with…
Read MoreCelebration Squad
Last month our inaugural Celebration Squad event made its debut. GiGi’s Celebration Squad’s first (and certainly not last) Doorstep Delivery was a success! Our first recipient was Diane. Her sisters outbid everyone for this unique experience, during the silent auction of our Gala. They wanted a special way to celebrate Diane’s birthday and commemorate their…
Read MoreCaroline – Volunteer Spotlight
Caroline Everyone Can Dance – In Person Programming led by Caroline Caroline has been an amazing volunteer involved with the GiGi’s Playhouse Community for many years. Caroline is thoughtful, generous, positive, engaging with everyone, creative, and energetic. When she lived in Illinois, she created and led the GiGi’s Dance program. Then a few years ago,…
Read MoreSophia – Best of All
Sophia participating in virtual GiGi’s Kitchen. Sophia participating in GiGi’s at Home virtual programming. (With a #BestofAll shirt from Coach Karen’s marathon.) Meet Sophia, who is 13 years old, and has been actively involved with our GiGi’s Playhouse Twin Cities community for a number of years. Sophia is thoughtful, helpful, kind, curious, and has a…
Read MoreJenna – Volunteer Spotlight
Jenna receiving the, GiGi’s Twin Cities “Volunteer of the Year Award 2020” Jesse and Jenna at the Gala in February 2020 Jenna, Jesse, Annabelle, Eli Hudson Homies with Extra Chromies, Step to Accept 2020 Promoting Down syndrome Awareness in October through messages with Annabelle on social media. Eli, Beekeeper in Training at 10 Mile Honey…
Read MoreKaren – Best of All
Preparing for the 2020 GiGi’s Fundraising Marathon, October 24th – #Best of All Previous Marathons Marathon route on October 24th — for GiGi’s Partners for Step to Accept Violet’s Elementary Graduation – Summer 2020, Karen, Tim, Violet Karen is one of our Founding Moms for GiGi’s Playhouse Twin Cities – St. Louis Park. She is…
Read MoreJoyce – Volunteer Spotlight
Aloha Dance at GiGi’s Celebrating Halloween at GiG’s Joyce and Isaiah at Home Joyce and Isaiah Enjoying a Selfie Joyce is the mother of Isaiah, who is a young adult in his early twenties. About three years ago, Joyce found out about GiGi’s Playhouse Twin Cities from another family who has…
Read MoreAmelie – Best of All
Amelie, one of our amazing adult self-advocates, joined our GiGi’s community in June 2017. Amelie is kind, bright, thoughtful, hard-working, and friendly. She has participated in so much adult programming in person at the Playhouse in St. Louis Park: Fantastic Friends, Social Skills/Speech – Self Advocacy for Adults, EPIC, as well as attending the quarterly…
Read MoreSahra – Volunteer Spotlight
Over this past year, Sahra, an amazing mother and leader in our GiGi’s Playhouse Twin Cities community, has inspired many other Somali mothers to get their children involved with the free, progressive, purposeful, educational and therapeutic programming at GiGi’s Playhouse Twin Cities. Families immediately hear Sahra’s story of her life with her almost seventeen-year-old son…
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