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VARIETY ATTENDS PLAYGROUND RIBBON CUTTING & DONATES TOYS TO GUADALUPE CENTER IN IMMOKALEE, FL

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 […]

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VARIETY DONATES $2,500 TO CROSSWINDS YOUTH SERVICES IN COCOA, FL

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

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VARIETY DONATES SACKS OF TOYS TO VOICES FOR CHILDREN IN TAMPA

APRIL 2024 Variety of Florida presented much needed toys to Voices for Children in Hillsborough County thanks to a donation to Variety from National Airlines. Voices for Children has 800 volunteers who volunteer their time to monitor and advocate for 2,200 children in foster care in the Tampa area… Variety helped fill in these empty

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VARIETY HELPS STUDENTS VISIT THE SALVADOR DALI MUSEUM IN ST. PETERSBURG

MARCH 2024 Variety of Florida continues to serve our community through the Future Program! A goal to grant devices and services that provide education, communication and self-esteem for young students… Students from Lake Mary High School in Lake Mary were able to visit the Salvador Dali Museum in St. Petersburg this past spring. Variety donated

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VARIETY DONATES $5,000 TO SMA HEALTHCARE IN DAYTONA BEACH

JANUARY 2024 Richard Goldstein and Marshall Cohn of Variety of Florida presented a $5,000 donation check to SMA Healthcare Foundation for their Beach House Program. The donation was matched by the Eagles Nest #4089 in Daytona Beach. SMA’s Beach House Program helps and houses runaway teens. They help the youth between ages 10 – 17

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ST JOE’S CHILDREN’S HOSPITAL NAMES ECMO ROOM IN HONOR OF VARIETY AS A RESULT OF $100,000 PLEDGE

JANUARY 2024 Variety of Florida in the past has donated an ECMO unit room used for premature babies to the St. Joseph’s Children’s Hospital, located in Tampa, Florida. On behalf of Variety of Florida, the room will be dedicated in honor of the late, James Sirna. Jim, founder of West Palm Wines, a wine store

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VARIETY DONATES $3,000 WITH MATCHING GIFT TO JESSIE’S PLACE IN CITRUS COUNTY

JANUARY 2024 Jessie’s Place provides mental health and advocacy services as well as education to the community to enhance child wellbeing, provide trauma-informed care and protect all children in Citrus County from violence, abuse and neglect… The Variety Foundation has donated a $1,500 grant to Jessie’s Place, a Children’s Advocacy Center located in Lecanto, Florida

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NATIONAL AIRLINES DELIVERS HOLIDAY SANTA SACKS FILLED WITH TOYS FOR OUR VARIETY KIDS

DECEMBER 2023 Thanks to the National Airlines members who delivered holiday Christmas Santa Sacks filled with toys that will be donated to our Variety kids and babies. The staff members of National Airlines collected all the toys amongst themselves and kindly delivered them to our Variety of Florida headquarters in Orlando. Some of the toys

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VARIETY DONATES THERAPEUTIC-SENSORY TOY GIFTBAGS TO CHILDREN’S CENTERS IN CENTRAL FLORIDA

DECEMBER 2023 This holiday season families and Children’s Centers in Central Florida like, New Hope for Kids located in Maitland, Florida and Joe DiMaggio Children’s Hospital located in Hollywood, Florida received giftbags with therapeutic sensory toys from Variety of Florida!! The toys included in each giftbag are a Spaghetti Yo-Yo, a Slinky and Silly Putty

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