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DECEMBER 2024 SMA’s Beach House Program helps and houses runaway teens. They help the youth between ages 10 – 17 years old with short-term residence who are ungovernable, runaways and/or homeless. The program also buys clothes, daily necessities and provides other support to the teens and youngsters. Richard Goldstein, Fundraiser Director and Marshall Cohn, President […]

NOVEMBER 2024 Introducing Variety’s new pins from the upcoming movie, Wicked – being released on November 22, 2024 in movie theaters. Variety’s team will be at local Central Florida Epic Movie Theaters selling the new featured pins available in the main characters Galinda Upland being played by the iconic Ariana Grande and Elphaba Thropp being

OCTOBER 2024 Mark your calendars for the DOES cake, pies and cookies auction on Sunday, November 24th from 3pm through 6pm. All items are homemade and all bidders must purchase $10 paddles. ALL PROCEEDS BEING DONATED TO VARIETY OF FLORIDA! AUCTION LOCATION:ELKS LODGE OF WINTER PARK4755 HOWELL BRANCH ROADWINTER PARK, FLORIDA 32792 For any questions

AUGUST 2024 Variety of Florida donated therapeutic sensory toy gift bags to Great Strides Pediatric Rehabilitation Center located in Jacksonville, Florida. The center offers pediatric physical therapy for children helping them achieve developmental milestones, decrease pain, improve movement disorders and help recover from sport injuries. “Thank you again for the sensory bags! The kids are

JULY 2024 Variety of Florida was recently featured on the University of Central Florida’s College of Health Professions and Sciences newsletter. The article explores into Variety’s donation of new literacy tools at UCF. click button below to view UCF’s article. UCF’s Variety Article

JUNE 2024 Variety donated $2,000 to the Seminole County’s Police Athletic League Program to help disadvantaged or low-income household children between the ages of 5 – 14 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 2024 Variety donated $2,000 to the City of Lakeland PAL (Police Athletic League) to send ten disadvantaged or low-income household children to a summer academy camp. Variety made it possible with this donation for the PAL program to reach their goal of having enough children to operate the program. With a registration fee of

MAY 2024 Variety hosted a sensory-friendly screening Movie Day for the Space Coast Early Steps Center at the CW Theater located in West Melbourne. Variety rented one of the screens so the children and their families could watch the new movie release, Kung Fu Panda 4 and just be themselves in a kid-friendly, non-judgemental environment.

April 2024 Variety of Florida was invited to attend the Guadalupe Center’s new playground ribbon cutting on April 19, 2024 in Immokalee, Florida. Variety helped fund the new playground and a signage is being made honoring the donors that made this playground possible. Richard Goldstein, Fundraiser Director of Variety of Florida delivered multiple children’s toys

APRIL 2024 Variety – the Children’s Charity of Florida continues to fund Crosswinds Youth Services located in Cocoa, Florida, allowing them to expand their Arts and Crafts Program for the youth they serve. Variety donated $2,500 to help fund the Arts and Crafts Program Room. The Arts and Crafts Program allows troubled youths to find