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APRIL 2026 EVENT You are cordially invited to join us for our annual Wine Tasting Event hosted by The Dunhill Companies #CHEERS We’re proud to announce that last year’s Wine Tasting Event raised over $25,000!! All proceeds were donated to help our state’s children in need. Single Tickets EACH TICKET $100 A TICKET INCLUDES A […]

JANUARY 2026 Variety’s 2026 new featured Gold Heart Pin is from the movie AVATAR FIRE & ASH, which was recently released on December 19, 2025. Variety’s team was at local Epic Theatres selling the pre-released pins along with the original AVATAR blue gold heart pin featured and released from Variety in 2023. Collect both –

HOLIDAYS 2025 Variety of Florida donated for the holiday season multiple Variety toy giftbags to the Florida Kids Helping Kids, Inc located in Ocala. The FKHK held a Santa event at a local park inviting the public at which they passed out our Variety toy giftbags to many children of all ages. Florida Kids Helping

DECEMBER 2025 Variety’s President Marshall Cohn, and Variety’s Fundraiser Director traveled to Daytona Beach to present a $5,000 donation once again to the SMA Healthcare Beach House Program which helps and houses runaway teens. The SMA’s Beach House Program helps youth between the ages of 10 – 17 years old with short-term residency and/or homeless.

NOVEMBER 2025 For the movie release of Wicked 2 FOR GOOD, Variety’s team will be at local Central Florida Epic Movie Theaters selling the featured 2025 gold heart pins available in the movie’s both main characters Galinda Upland being played by the iconic singer, Ariana Grande and Elphaba Thropp being played by Cynthia Erivo. Our

OCTOBER 2025 Variety donated $2,000 to the Winter Springs’s Police Department ‘Shop With A Cop’ Program to help children and families in need in the community during the joyful holiday season! For over 27 years, the Winter Springs Police Department has participated in the Shop With A Cop Program, which helps children in need. Each

SEPTEMBER 2025 Variety of Florida’s members Richard Goldstein, Cyndi and Ely were in attendance for the Birthday party of UCF’s Go-Baby-Go program celebrating 10 successful years! Variety has been sponsoring the mobility program for about 8 of those years. At the birthday celebration, which was held at the UCF grounds, guest enjoyed some light finger

AUGUST 2025 PALM COAST EPIC THEATRES GRAND RE-OPENING! Epic Theatres’ ribbon cutting ceremony for their Palm Coast location was a grand reopening event held on August 27th and Variety of Florida was invited as an honorable special guest to join and also share raise awareness for our Charity’s cause. The event included a joyful evening

JULY 2025 Variety donated $3,000 to the Seminole County’s Police Athletic League Program to help disadvantaged or low-income household children between the ages of 5 – 15 years old attend their summer camp program. Seminole County’s Sheriff’s Office PAL Program focuses on providing safe recreational activities for the youth while building positive relationships between youth

JUNE 2025 Orlando’s Sheriff’s Department & Variety of Florida Variety of Florida donated $2,000 to the Orange County’s Police Athletic League (PAL) Program to help the youth’s summer sports program. The funds will be utilized for their Basketball team during this summer’s school break. The PAL program focuses on providing safe recreational activities for our