Spring Break GiGi’s Style!
Another Gianni family adventure is in the books! My crew was ready to kick off the #GenerationG Book tour and spend World Down Syndrome Day in Florida with our friends from GiGi's Playhouse Gainesville. GiGi signed books and made new friends. We even had our friends from GiGi's Playhouse Fort...
What are Paired Progressions & how do they promote Best of All?
Being a part of an international network of Down Syndrome Achievement Centers has its perks! One of those perks being that we have brilliant minds within the network that are constantly researching, advocating, enhancing programs and more. One of the latest updates to our purposeful programs are Paired Progressions! We...
World Down Syndrome Day 2018, It is just the beginning!
World Down Syndrome Day at the Playhouse #GenerationG In the past 30 days, millions of Facebook fans have viewed, liked, and shared GiGi’s Playhouse World Down Syndrome Day and Generation G as well as the many inspirational stories of acceptance and achievement enabled by Generation G. We have been encouraged...
Welcome to the family!
Welcoming new families to the GiGi's family is simply one of the very best things! Being about to say congratulations! Today we are excited to share one mom's story of what GiGi's Playhouse means to her family, the right now and the future. GiGi's is with you from prenatal diagnosis...
What does Generation G look like?
Today is the Day! Today we link arms with friends and family around the globe to shout our pride in individuals living with Down syndrome! We throw kindness and acceptance out to everyone who will listen and we invite EVERYONE to make a conscious decision to be better every day...
The Book, The Today Show & Gala | A week at GiGi’s Playhouse
The last several days have been some of the most intense and the most amazing moments of my life! Earlier last week, while feeling very stressed, I decided I needed to once again put off the launch of my #GenerationG book on 3.21 (World Down Syndrome Day). I was so...
February | Educate. Inspire. Believe.
Busy Busy BUSY and we LOVE IT! February has been another non-stop amazing month of educating, inspiring and believing! We kicked February off with a trip to Annapolis Maryland to celebrate the grand opening of GiGi’s Playhouse number 36! I can’t even begin to describe how proud I...
Hope found at a Gala | Chicagoland ‘i have a Voice’
Gala season is kicking off and you will NOT want to miss the 2018 Chicagoland 'i have a Voice' Gala! This is more than your run of the mill benefit dinner. This gala has a rocking edge, welcomes everyone and is filled to the brim with hope, inspiration, generosity, and...
Is this 2018? | From the desk of Nancy Gianni
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JVma7ul57PU&feature=youtu.be GiGi's video has been viewed over 73,000 times! Please keep sharing! We Need Your Voice! Comedian Tom Segura has sparked outrage this week for his blatant, continual use of the R-word in his recent Netflix special. His suggestion that if people don't like it then it should be replaced with the...
A peek inside volunteering at GiGi’s Playhouse
“Everybody can be great...because anybody can serve. You don't have to have a college degree to serve. You don't have to make your subject and verb agree to serve. You only need a heart full of grace. A soul generated by love.” ― Martin Luther King Jr. GiGi's...
Two Life Changing Words | Down syndrome
Down syndrome. Two life-changing words. Two mysterious words that can bring on a myriad of emotions. On August 19, 2004, Nathan Mark Hornbuckle came into this world. A quiet, beautiful soul with a deep almond-eyed gaze that melted hearts around him. Little did we know the impact he was...
Stronger Together | Rotary Club Chicago
I was thrilled to be invited to the first of 2018, Rotary Club Chicago meeting on January 9th. The Rotary has no secret handshake, no secret policy, no official creed, no secret meeting or rituals. It is an open society of men and women who simply believe in helping others....