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Variety of Florida wants to wish everybloody a spooktacular, bootiful and fangtastic Halloween 2020! here are some safe ways to help celebrate Halloween festivities during the Coronavirus pandemic, recommended by

Variety of Florida is spreading Mobility Awareness! Join our 2020 Holiday Virtual Walk, Run & Roll Event happening NOV 29 through DEC 5, 2020. Each participant entry cost $20 plus

BRINGING DISABILITY AWARENESS WHILE BATTLING THE COVID-19 PANDEMIC! FACIAL EXPRESSIONS AND LIP READING ARE KEY FOR THE DEAF AND HARD OF HEARING TO UNDERSTAND OTHERS, SO COMMUNICATING DURING CORONAVIRUS (COVID-19)

IN LOVING MEMORY OF TRACI NOGE New Hope For Kids mission is to support children and families grieving the death of a loved one and to grant wishes to children

Expanding our social-media outlets to make our mission go farther!! Follow Variety of Florida on Instagram!   Help spread the word so we can reach a higher volume of audience

Variety of Florida recently donated $26,000 to the Go Baby Go! program so they can expand offerings, develop new collaborations with community partners and increase the number of children served

We have researched around for fun-learning websites and found some cool, free and educational resources that could be helpful for Back-To-School kids, whether they’re homeschooling or traditional brick and mortar

Variety of Florida wants all our online gold heart pin buyers to feel at ease while shopping on our website, therefore we are making sure to take all necessary precautions

A NOTE FROM THE VARIETY OF FLORIDA FAMILY:  Dear Friends of Variety of Florida; As you know Variety raises money throughout the year to help sick, disabled and underprivileged children

Variety of Florida has a history of giving funds to developmental centers like the Howard Phillips Center to help children with disabilities, developmental delays and mobile impairments.    We awarded

Children’s face masks should fit snugly across their face and should cover their mouth and little noses.  It’s recommended the mask material be soft and breathable with comfortable over-the-ears straps. 

Stella Maris Environmental Research is a 501(c)3 non-profit organization focused on bringing attention and solutions to current environmental issues to children through education, conservation and research.  One of the programs

WINE & DINE WITH US WHILE SUPPORTING A GREAT CAUSE!!  Due to the Coronavirus /COVID-19 pandemic, our hosting venue has canceled The Dunhill Companies’ 13th Annual Wine Tasting Event until April

“to the world you may be one person; but to one person you may be the world”  – DR. SEUSS Our Variety of Florida family is standing in solidarity with the

Attention all Cosplay Fans- Variety of Florida has been looking forward to joining forces with MegaCon Orlando and has been following their lead on convention updates.  Due to the COVID-19

PLEASE VISIT OUR FACEBOOK PAGE AND “LIKE” OUR PAGE!! Variety of Florida’s FACEBOOK PAGE Please keep Variety of Florida in your thoughts when creating a  Charity Birthday Fundraiser on Facebook. 

Universal Pictures and DreamWorks Animation have collaborated with Variety the Children’s Charity to create our 2020 featured gold heart pin with characters from the highly anticipated movie Trolls World Tour,

Hey parents, are you looking for a way to explain COVID-19 (Coronavirus) to your children and help them adopt to the new recommended practices to prevent the spread of the

The famous Duck Race has gone Virtual due to the Coronavirus pandemic! (( PHYSICAL EVENT CANCELED ))  The 22nd Annual Great Brevard Duck Race on Saturday, March 28th benefiting the

Thanks to the generosity of Epic Theatres, our Fundraising Director Richard Goldstein and the Variety team were at different theatre locations this past holiday season selling our movie gold-heart pins

We were so honored to be featured in an article on page 25 of the Orlando Health’s  2019 Gratitude Report.  It’s titled ‘Renovating The Developmental Center For Infants & Children’

YOU SHOP, AMAZON GIVES! Charitable organizations have teamed up with Amazon and Variety of Florida is one of them!  Amazon can now donate 0.5% of the price of your eligible

Our networking social at the downtown Orlando Citrus Club was such a lovely evening filled with great people, great food and a great atmosphere.  Businesses socializing with other business and

BRINGING AWARENESS TO INDIVIDUALS WITH DISABILITIES!!   We are so delighted that Apple is celebrating diversity by adding the new disability inclusive emojis, available October 28, 2019 for all iPhone

At Epic Theatres in Mt. Dora, the 14th Annual Central Florida Film Festival was held where guest can meet film directors and actors from around the world!   At the event,

Variety of Florida has provided a week-long Camp Scholarship to 10 underprivileged  children by signing them up to participate in a day-camp experience at the Stella Maris Environmental Research Center

At University of Central Florida’s Go Baby Go! Imove lab, Variety of Florida presented a check in the amount of $6,000 to help support their mission with the mobility enhanced

At MegaCon Orlando 2019, Variety of Florida donated an adaptive bike to United Cerebral Palsy of Central Florida. The student that received the bike on behalf of UCP of Central

We are please to report we raised $26,000 for the Orlando Health Arnold Palmer Hospital for Children.  We would like to express our appreciation to all who donated, participated and

Variety of Florida granted a $2,500 check to Crosswinds Youth Services for arts and craft supplies in January 2019.  Their 2018 Annual Report Newsletter was funded by us as well.