Author name: Ely Flores

NOVEMBER 2023 Charitable organizations have teamed up with Amazon and we are happy to announce, Variety of Florida is one of them! Amazon can now donate 0.5% of the price of your eligible AmazonSmile purchases to Variety – the Children’s Charity of Florida whenever you shop on AmazonSmile. Please keep our charity in mind whenever […]

NOVEMBER 2023 Variety’s fundraiser director, Richard Goldstein, and our volunteers will be at selected Epic Theatre locations selling our iconic movie gold-heart pins on and following the movie release dates of The Trolls and The Hunger Games, the Ballad of Songbirds and Snacks. Variety has an inventory for Trolls and Hunger Games gold-heart pins. Both

OCTOBER 2023 The Lakeland Police Athletic League (PAL program) was funded $1,000 by Variety of Florida to take the youth aged kids to visit Universal Studios Halloween Horror Nights for Halloween… The PAL program’s mission is to promote positive interaction between the youth in the community and the Lakeland Police Department. It utilizes educational and

OCTOBER 2023 VARIETY – THE CHILDREN’S CHARITY OF FLORIDA PRESENTED A $10,000 CHECK TO THE COLLEGE OF HEALTH PROFESSIONS AND SCIENCES AT THE UNIVERSITY OF CENTRAL FLORIDA. These funds will support thirty-six children with Autism, cover materials such as consumables and storybooks for shared reading, multimedia to develop related content for immersive experiences, parent training,

SEPTEMBER 2023 PIZZA WITH A PURPOSE DAY!! FUNDRAISER SUPPORTING VARIETY THE CHILDREN’S CHARIETY OF FLORIDA ON THURSDAY, OCTOBER 5, 2023 (11AM – 10PM) Customers must show flyer below OR include donation code BACK20% when ordering online at check-out.  20% of all sales (Not including Alcohol) will be donated to Variety of Florida.  Please Join Us

AUGUST 2023 Variety of Florida donated $12,000 for a children’s playground (with a matching gift from an anonymous donor) and several sensory toy gift bags to students of the Guadalupe Center in Naples, Florida. The gift bags are filled with sensory and therapeutic toys that will help children with their mobility skills. EMILY SUMPMANN, CFRE

Thanks to the generosity of Epic Theatres, selected cinemas will be donating $1 to Variety of Florida for every combo purchase at the concession stands on National Movie Day! – Sunday, August 27, 2023 https://varietyflorida.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/08/Cinema-Day-Variety-of-Florida-Epic-Donates-1-Dollar-rev_PROOF-720.mov Happy National Movie Day! Keep an eye out for our Gold Heart Pin Variety stands located inside your local Epic

JULY 2023 IT’S TURTLE TIME!! CINEMA EXCLUSIVE The Variety 2023 Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles featured Gold-Heart pins will launch on July 14, 2023 and will be available For Sale on our website in four vibrant colors representing the epic movie characters, ninja turtles Donatello, Michelangelo, Leonardo and Raphael. available now For Sale, visit our Gold-Hearts

JULY 2023 Stella Maris Environmental Research located in Melbourne Beach, Florida is a 501(c)3 non-profit organization focused on bringing attention and solutions to current environmental issues to children through education, conservation and research.  One of the programs that has been supported by Variety of Florida for many consecutive years is Wesley’s Island Eco Camp at

JUNE 2023 Variety of Florida has donated 250 sensory therapeutic toys, a mobility bicycle and multiple UCF Go-Baby-Go toddler cars to the Space Coast Early Steps center in Brevard County. The SCES team offers developmental and therapeutic services for infants and toddlers who are at-risk for developmental delays and disabilities. The Go-Baby-Go toy vehicles help