{"id":94507,"date":"2023-02-07T08:26:42","date_gmt":"2023-02-07T13:26:42","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.owegopennysaver.com\/PS\/?p=94507"},"modified":"2023-02-07T08:26:42","modified_gmt":"2023-02-07T13:26:42","slug":"gigis-playhouse-is-highlight-of-recent-lions-club-meeting","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.owegopennysaver.com\/PS\/2023\/02\/07\/gigis-playhouse-is-highlight-of-recent-lions-club-meeting\/","title":{"rendered":"GiGi\u2019s Playhouse is highlight of recent Lions Club Meeting"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Anna Bruce, Program Coordinator and Board V.P. for Gigi\u2019s Playhouse of the Southern Tier, was the guest speaker at an Apalachin Lions Club Meeting held Jan. 25.<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">&nbsp;<\/span><\/p>\n<p>GiGi\u2019s Playhouse is a network of Down Syndrome Achievement Centers, with the Southern Tier Playhouse being number 45 out of the 56 Playhouses throughout the country. They opened their doors in Vestal (near Joann\u2019s Fabrics store) in May of 2019 and offer free educational, therapeutic and soon career development programs, from birth through adult.<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">&nbsp;<\/span><\/p>\n<p>Amazingly, the organization is 99% volunteer run. All of the programs are research-based to meet the universal challenges of individuals with Down syndrome but are free and available for anyone in the community that can benefit.<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">&nbsp;<\/span><\/p>\n<p>Anna was the team lead for the startup and transitioned into board Vice President and Program Coordinator. Her background is in elementary and special education, having taught 3rd and 5th grade special education for the Binghamton School District before staying home to raise her family, which includes three children &#8211; 19, 16 and 11, the youngest being a son, who also happens to have Down syndrome and is her reason for bringing the Playhouse to our area.<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">&nbsp;<\/span><\/p>\n<p>To contact Anna Bruce, email to <a href=\"mailto:Abruce@gigisplayhouse.org\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Abruce@gigisplayhouse.org<\/a> or call (607) 766-9337.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Anna Bruce, Program Coordinator and Board V.P. for Gigi\u2019s Playhouse of the Southern Tier, was the guest speaker at an Apalachin Lions Club Meeting held&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5,"featured_media":94508,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"ngg_post_thumbnail":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-94507","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v26.2 - 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