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The 16th Annual CENFLO -Central Florida Film Festival was held once again this year at Epic Theatre in Mt. Dora… where guests can meet film directors and actors from around the world. Our Fundraiser Director, Richard Goldstein and UCF Alumni and Variety Volunteer, Tammy Lee were present at the event selling our iconic Variety movie […]

Variety – the Children’s Charity of Florida is proud to announce the presentation of 2 Volunteer Plaques in recognition of years of service. David Fleming has volunteered selling Variety gold heart pins at EPIC Theatre in Deltona… Sonia Small has volunteered selling Variety gold heart pins at EPIC Theatre-Lee Vista and at the MegaCon annual

This year it brought us so much joy to be able to give away 250 holiday gift bags to some loving children in our community. Our Variety team diligently selected these toys aiming to fulfill the needs of autistic children… Saturday morning, 250 kids woke up to a trip to Dave ‘N Busters in Orlando

The Variety team and their young volunteers were at Epic Theatres -Lee Vista raising money for our charity while greeting and meeting all Spider-Man fans for the premier showing of the new movie, Spider-Man: No Way Home. Our Variety gold heart pin stand was setup in the theatre’s lobby and the team had so much

We are stronger when we join forces for good! On Wednesday December 1st, faculty from the AAC Lab at the UCF College of Health Professions and Sciences joined with representatives from Variety of Florida which include Marshall Cohn, President of Variety of Florida along with Bob Winters, Karen Jensen and Richard Goldstein of Variety and

University of Central Florida’s Augmentative and Alternative Communications Lab Receives Gift of Mobile Makerspace to Build Adaptive Toys from Variety of Florida. Click Here to read UCF’s article Marshall S. Cohn, President of Variety of Florida… click below to watch our collab-video…

A special ‘Thank You’ to Variety – the Children’s Charity International for the recognition! Variety of Florida is honored to receive this award while we’re still battling the Covid-19 pandemic. We won’t STOP raising money for the children… WE ARE TENT #70 !! #SupportVarietyKids #VarietyKidsCan

Exciting news! Universal Pictures & DreamWorks Animation have collaborated with Variety – the Children’s Charity to create limited-edition gold heart pins featuring characters from DreamWorks Animation’s highly anticipated new film, The Boss Baby: Family Business, which arrived to theaters on July 2, 2021. Proceeds from the pins benefit Variety programs that provide life-changing equipment, services

Attention ALL COSPLAY FANS !! Variey of Florida’s at Booth #3015 Variety of Florida has been looking forward to joining forces with MegaCon Orlando and has been following their lead on all convention updates. Due to Covid-19, MegaCon Orlando was canceled in 2020 but its new return dates are officially Thursday, August 12th through Sunday,

Variety of Florida grants $1,000 to help two teenage autistic brothers with down syndrome get specialized vision glasses. Determined and motivated – Mrs. Gretchen Stewart, mother of Ari and Ian contacted Variety of Florida through email asking us to help her with funding for specialized glasses that were very much needed for her two teenage