Gio's Garden

The Mission:

Gio's Garden's mission as a non-profit organization is to nurture and strengthen families with children with special needs (birth through 6 years) by increasing their access to needed services.

The Vision:

Gio's Garden seeks to grow into a one-stop special services delivery organization for children with special needs and their families. Examples could include a respite care facility, professional therapy, client advocacy, and social work/support.

Why Gio's Garden?

In need of respite care.... A break!

Gio’s Garden began as a seed of frustration from parents of children with special needs that grew into a magnificent respite care home in Middleton, Wisconsin. Named after Giovanni Giordan, a boy who, in his short life, has gone through 3 brain surgeries and, at one time, suffered from more than 80 seizures a day.

His parents, along with other parents of children with special needs, came together in search of help.

Despite his disabilities, Gio was declared “not disabled enough” to get home nursing care. He wasn’t alone. His mother and father met other parents who were struggling to get through the disability system. These parents were working 40 hour a week jobs as well as caring for their angels. And they weren’t getting something every parent needs, a break; a break to run errands, a break to go on a date, a break to spend time with other siblings who may feel neglected because “mom and dad” are spending all their time caring for their “sick” brother and sister.

Together, they raised money and opened Gio’s Garden Respite Home in Middleton in 2012.

A Home Away From Home

Gio’s Garden offers “Therapeutic Respite Care” for children birth through 6 years old at a rate 60% subsidized (or more) to make services affordable for all families. We hear many of the kids call this their home away from home. Consider donating to Gio’s Garden today so you can plant a small seed for a child and his or her family that will one day grow into a beautiful flower.