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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

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

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.

APRIL 2025 EVENT #CHEERS You are cordially invited to join us for our 2025 Wine Tasting Event ~ WINE LIST ~ We’re proud to announce that last year’s Wine Tasting

MARCH 2025 Variety of Florida’s James Bohannon Memorial Endowed Scholarship The University of Central Florida’s College of Health Professions and Sciences hosted their annual Scholarship Champions Luncheon where they donated

FEBRUARY 2025 One Little Special Racer Takes the Wheel at Daytona 500! A few of the Variety Board Members and team joined together at the Daytona Beach NASCAR Speedway to

FEBRUARY 2025 Variety of Florida’s team members will be at MegaCon Orlando 2025 selling our iconic movie gold heart pins and more!! The event will be held at the Orange

JANURAY 2025 The Joseph Stilwell Military Academy offers programs that teaches learning strategies for the physically impaired children. Variety has donated a few learning Ipads equipped with the Freeform app

DECEMBER 2024 Variety of Florida presents a $10,000 check for more Go-Baby-Go mobility vehicles at Nemour’s Children’s Hospital in Orlando, Florida. Prior to covid, Variety of Florida donated $10,000 to

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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…

FEBRUARY 2024 Variety of Florida’s crew will be at MegaCon 2024 selling our iconic movie gold heart pins and more!! In past years, Variety of Florida has given away mobility

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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