{"id":16268,"date":"2019-10-22T13:29:21","date_gmt":"2019-10-22T18:29:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/gigisplayhouse.org\/twincities\/?p=16268"},"modified":"2024-09-04T10:19:26","modified_gmt":"2024-09-04T15:19:26","slug":"my-gigis-story-life-long-written-by-alison","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/gigisplayhouse.org\/twincities\/uncategorized\/my-gigis-story-life-long-written-by-alison","title":{"rendered":"My GiGi’s Story….Life-Long Relationships and Purpose! Written by: Alison"},"content":{"rendered":"

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“I began attending\u00a0<\/span><\/span>GiGi\u2019s<\/span><\/span> Playhouse – Twin Cities, while <\/span><\/span>nannying in 2015<\/span><\/span>\u00a0for\u00a0<\/span><\/span>Maceo<\/span><\/span>, a young boy with Down syndrome. After bringing him to Open Play, I quickly realized that I wanted to become more involved with this incredible organization and began volunteering that same year. Fast forward to now, I am currently the program lead for the adult program, Fantastic Friends. What began as an opportunity to help others, quickly developed into friendships<\/span><\/span>\u00a0between the participants and I<\/span><\/span>. I truly feel as if I\u2019m just hanging out with my friends on a Friday night; singing karaoke, preparing and eating tasty snacks, as well as catching up on each other\u2019s lives. Aside from volunteering, I also enjoy attending the dances at\u00a0<\/span><\/span>GiGi\u2019s<\/span><\/span>\u00a0with my sister, Brit. These dances are a way for my sister to have some fun and express herself in a welcoming, caring environment. I am very thankful for the amazing opportunities that\u00a0<\/span><\/span>GiGi\u2019s<\/span><\/span>\u00a0has provided, both to the individuals they serve such as\u00a0<\/span><\/span>Maceo<\/span><\/span>\u00a0and Brit, as well as the chance it has given me to develop life-long relationships and a purpose within my community<\/span><\/span>.” <\/span><\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

“I began attending\u00a0GiGi\u2019s Playhouse – Twin Cities, while nannying in 2015\u00a0for\u00a0Maceo, a young boy with Down syndrome. After bringing him to Open Play, I quickly realized that I wanted to become more involved with this incredible organization and began volunteering that same year. Fast forward to now, I am currently the program lead for the…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":21,"featured_media":16269,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[183,312,222,180,176,221,376,375,328,205],"class_list":["post-16268","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-uncategorized","tag-appreciated","tag-awareness","tag-family","tag-friendship","tag-gigisplayhousetc","tag-inclusion","tag-lifelongrelationships","tag-purpose","tag-sisterlove","tag-strongertogether"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/gigisplayhouse.org\/twincities\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16268","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/gigisplayhouse.org\/twincities\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/gigisplayhouse.org\/twincities\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gigisplayhouse.org\/twincities\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/21"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gigisplayhouse.org\/twincities\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=16268"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/gigisplayhouse.org\/twincities\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16268\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gigisplayhouse.org\/twincities\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/16269"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/gigisplayhouse.org\/twincities\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=16268"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gigisplayhouse.org\/twincities\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=16268"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gigisplayhouse.org\/twincities\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=16268"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}