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$2,000 CHECK PRESENTATION TO LAKELAND’S YOUTH PAL SUMMER CAMP
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
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VARIETY RENTS OUT MELBOURNE MOVIE THEATER ROOM FOR CHILDREN WITH DISABILITIES & THEIR FAMILIES
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
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DUNHILL’S ANNUAL WINE TASTING EVENT 4/27/24 @ 7PM BENEFITING VARIETY OF FLORIDA
APRIL 2024 We’re proud to announce that our annual wine-tasting event on April 27th raised over $25,000! All proceeds will be donated to help our state’s children in need. From
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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
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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
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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
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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…
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VARIETY @ MEGACON ORLANDO FEB 1-4, 2024
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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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SHOP WITH AMAZON SMILE & HELP SUPPORT VARIETY
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
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VARIETY SELLS GOLD-HEART PINS AT THE TROLLS & HUNGER GAMES MOVIE PREMIERS
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
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VARIETY DONATES $1,000 TO THE LAKELAND POLICE ATHLETIC LEAGUE FOR UNIVERSAL STUDIOS HHN
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
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VARIETY DONATES $10K TO UCF’s IMMERSIVE LITERACY PROGRAM
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
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JOIN US 10/5/23 FOR CALIFORNIA PIZZA KITCHEN’S “PIZZA WITH A PURPOSE DAY” BENEFITING VARIETY OF FLORIDA WITH 20% OF SALES
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
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VARIETY DONATES $12K & SENSORY TOY GIFT BAGS TO GUADALUPE CENTER IN NAPLES, FL
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
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NATIONAL MOVIE DAY AT EPIC THEATERS – 8/27/23
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! –
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2023 TEENAGE MUTANT NINJA TURTLES GOLD HEART PINS LAUNCH JULY 14 -ON SALE NOW!
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
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VARIETY KIDS ATTEND WESLEY’S ISLAND ECO CAMP IN MELBOURNE BEACH, SUMMER OF 2023
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,
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VARIETY DONATES MOBILITY BIKE, MULTIPLE TODDLER CARS & SENSORY TOYS TO SPACE COAST EARLY STEPS
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.
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iPADS, SENSORY & THERAPEUTIC TOY GIFT BAG GIVEAWAY AT JOE DIMAGGIO CHILDREN’S HOSPITAL
MAY 2023 Variety of Florida’s President, Marshall Cohn and wife, Elia Cohn visited the Joe DiMaggio’s Children’s Hospital located in Hollywood, Florida and donated gift bags filled with sensory and
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CHECK PRESENTATION TO SEMINOLE COUNTY SHERIFF’S OFFICE PAL YOUTH CAMP PROGRAM
MAY 2023 VARIETY OF FLORIDA AND THE DOES OF WINTER PARK DONATE $3,000 TO THE SEMINOLE COUNTY SHERIFF’S OFFICE -POLICE ATHLETIC LEAGUE (PAL) SUMMER CAMP PROGRAM In this portrait we
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SOLD OUT!! DUNHILL’S WINE TASTING EVENT 4/22/23 BENEFITING THE CHILDREN OF VARIETY OF FLORIDA
APRIL 2023 SOLD OUT!! Single Tickets (sold out!) EACH TICKET $100 A TICKET INCLUDES A CHAMPAGNE RECEPTION, UNLIMITED HORS D’OEUVRES, DINNER BY CHEF TURBO, DECADENT DESSERTS, A WIDE VARIETY OF
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TOY DONATION FROM NATIONAL AIRLINES BENEFITING THE FOSTER YOUTH OF AMERICA CHILDREN ON EASTER
APRIL 2023 FOSTER YOUTH OF AMERICA’S EASTER PROGRAM 2023 The National Airlines team from Orlando, Florida graciously donated an abundance of children’s toys to the Variety of Florida’s tent and
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VARIETY @ MEGACON ORLANDO DONATING GO-BABY-GO MOBILITY CAR & SELLING GOLD-HEART PINS
MARCH 2023 Variety of Florida’s crew was at MegaCon 2023 selling our iconic movie gold heart pins and more!! In past years, Variety of Florida has given away mobility bikes
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$3,100 CHECK PRESENTATION TO ST. AUGUSTINE PEDIATRIC REHAB CENTER
FEBRUARY 2023 Variety of Florida and Epic Theatres fund the Brooks Rehabilitation Center with $3,100 for an adaptive therapeutic bicycle for children they serve. Picture taken on February 3, 2023
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VARIETY’S SHOWHEART WORLDWIDE CONCERT 2/11 – 2/14 VIA TWITCH
FEBRUARY 2023 Variety – the Children’s Charity International to present 4-day ShowHeart 2023 Charity Concert LIVE on Twitch February 11th through February 15th, 2023. This music extravaganza event will bring