Today I thought I would take you on a little tour of the Gio’s Garden House. We have been extremely lucky to have so much support from the community, friends and family. Almost everything you see in the pictures has been donated! We have more toys and activities downstairs that we rotate in and out…. Read More
Respite
This is why we do what we do!
We have been working with one 5 year old girl, Amelia, very constantly since early June. We do a wide variety of activities with her, from reading books and playing outside to arts & craft projects and pretend play. Each activity is planned with goals in mind, and each time we introduce a new activity… Read More
Already July?
So hard to believe that it is already July! Gio’s Garden has been open and serving families for a month now! We have gotten a lot accomplished over the last month. We have started providing care for a few different families. It does take some time to fill out all the paperwork that is required… Read More
A Special Night with UW’s OTs
Saturday evening, my husband, Adam, had just buckled Lauren into the car to meet her brother at a birthday party, as I prepared to leave for the UW-Madison Occupational Therapy graduation banquet. Spur-of-the-moment, I asked Lauren if she’d want to come with me, to thank the OTs for helping Gio’s Garden and to tell them… Read More
Announcing our Director – Val Croissant
We are so happy to announce we have hired a Director for Gio’s Garden! Val Croissant comes to us from Easter Seals Wisconsin, where she’s worked since 2004 as respite camp coordinator, director of respite services and most recently, director of training and program development. It was a difficult process to get here for the applicants…. Read More
