VARIETY CLUB CHARITY FOR CHILDREN INC
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Mission Statement
Variety-Detroit is a children’s charity, simply helping kids no matter the need, and serving as a trusted local source to do what’s right—changing the lives of children. Variety prides itself on providing vital medical and therapeutic services, recreational facilities and educational opportunities to children with special needs.
About This Cause
The inspiration for Variety was an infant, abandoned at the stage door of the Sheridan Square Theatre in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania on Christmas Eve, 1928. A note was pinned to her shirt, pleading with the theatre group to care for the child. They did so, naming her Catherine Variety Sheridan. Today, Variety has 58 tents around the world and more than 18,000 members. Detroit's Tent 5 was established in 1932 and today has more than 2500 volunteers and supporters who work to raise money to fund Michigan charities benefiting children with special needs. With its committed volunteers and a dedicated staff of three, Variety has faithfully served tens of thousands of children annually with its efforts. Core programs include: K.I.D.S. Program—Kids in Distressed Situations, Inc. Kids in Distressed Situations, Inc. (K.I.D.S.) is a national charity of leading retailers and manufacturers of children’s products committed to helping children in need. K.I.D.S. encourages and facilitates donations of new apparel, shoes, toys, juvenile products and other items that benefit children who are ill, living in poverty, or are the victims of natural disasters. Variety, the Children’s Charity is the main facilitator of this important program in the Detroit, Michigan area. K.I.D.S. provides high-quality donated merchandise such as clothing, shoes, books, toys and educational materials via a network of 1,000 social service agencies that, in turn, deliver the goods to children, youth and families in need. Variety Produce Rescue Mission-- One of Variety’s most important programs is its Produce Rescue Mission. The program posed a solution to utilizing the vast amount of produce that arrives every day at the Detroit Terminal which never is sold. There was no program in place to rescue the produce that would otherwise be thrown out and to create a system for procuring and quickly moving the low cost or donated produce to the needy. Variety’s goal for this program has been to provide healthy, nutritional food to children who otherwise might go to bed hungry. 4-H Horseback Riding Program--The Variety Handicap Horseback Riding Program is a therapeutic as well as recreational program for mentally and/or physically challenged people. Under the guidance and leadership of trained instructors, horseback riding provides an excellent form of physical and emotional therapy. The goal of the program is an improved self-image for each rider. This is accomplished through reinforcing existing abilities and challenging riders to strive for greater achievements within the scope of each individual. Even the most reluctant rider soon discovers that the program is fun. Each session consists of riding instructions, exercise and games on horseback. Parents of riders are enthusiastic in describing the physical progress and improved self-confidence in their children in riding therapy. The Variety Feeds Kids Program-- This program provides qualifying children in the Pontiac School District at risk of weekend hunger with balanced nutritious food. Elementary students whose daily breakfasts and lunches are typically provided through school programs routinely experience hunger on weekends. “Variety Feeds Kids” furnishes a weekend bag containing food that is nutritious, non-perishable, easy to prepare and child friendly to these children each Friday afternoon or before a long holiday weekend. Variety Myoelectric Center--In addition to its commitment towards supporting Michigan's children, Variety Detroit Tent 5 is the founder of a very unique and integral program--the Variety Myoelectric Center. The Variety Myoelectric Center at Beaumont Children’s Hospital is the only comprehensive program in North America that provides a doctor, two prosthetists, occupational therapists and the necessary funding for equipment and therapy services to children with limb deficiencies. Infants as young as twelve months are fitted with a state-of-the-art myoelectric hand that opens and closes, allowing them to use two hands to perform daily tasks.