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Variety Week 2024 shows how you can help kids around B.C.

Meet Thiago! He is just one of the children helped by Variety, The Children's Charity. Global News

Variety Week 2024 has officially begun!

This is a chance to show you how your donations help kids across B.C. and how your hard-earned money is put to use.

Here are the stories from this special week.

Variety CEO Andrea Tang kicks off Variety Week by discussing how the organization is evolving and this year’s focus on the power of early intervention programs for children.

Click to play video: 'Variety Week 2024 launches on Global BC'
Variety Week 2024 launches on Global BC

Thiago is an active six-year-old born with Down Syndrome. For Thiago’s family, his diagnosis at birth was only the beginning.

Click to play video: 'Variety Week 2024: Helping Thiago find his voice'
Variety Week 2024: Helping Thiago find his voice

A Vancouver Island couple that didn’t know where to turn when their three-year-old daughter Hailey stopped talking.

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Click to play video: 'Variety Week 2024: Helping Hailey access the pool'
Variety Week 2024: Helping Hailey access the pool

Skylar is a 3-year-old girl from Kelowna who suddenly lost her voice which sent her family on a desperate search for answers.

Click to play video: 'Variety Week 2024: Helping Skylar connect to others'
Variety Week 2024: Helping Skylar connect to others

Sebastian is an extraordinary Vancouver Island boy and a one-of-a-kind solution has changed everything for his family.

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Click to play video: 'Variety Week 2024: Custom stroller helps Sebastian explore'
Variety Week 2024: Custom stroller helps Sebastian explore

Variety helps kids like Rebecca, a 7-year-old girl with Down Syndrome who was falling behind in speech and reading.

Click to play video: 'Variety Week 2024: Therapy helps Rebecca communicate'
Variety Week 2024: Therapy helps Rebecca communicate

Camille’s family didn’t know where to turn when they were told it could be years to get a publically funded Autism assessment for their daughter.

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Click to play video: 'Variety Week 2024: Helping Camille open doors'
Variety Week 2024: Helping Camille open doors

Despite Sophie’s mobility issues, she goes to school daily and even plays wheelchair tennis. But one of her biggest barriers, both physical and financial, is right in her own home.

Click to play video: 'Variety Week 2024: Helping Sophie dream big'
Variety Week 2024: Helping Sophie dream big

Candace Chassie, a mother of two children with Autism Spectrum Disorder, explains why early intervention is so important and how Variety helps support this.

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Click to play video: 'Variety Week highlights the importance of early intervention'
Variety Week highlights the importance of early intervention

Variety helps Merritt’s Youth and Family Resource Centre replace their transport van lost in 2021’s flooding with a new Sunshine Bus.

Click to play video: 'Variety Week 2024: New Sunshine Bus for Merritt Youth and Families'
Variety Week 2024: New Sunshine Bus for Merritt Youth and Families

Variety opens doors to life-changing support after 8-year-old Halia’s Autism diagnosis, helping her engage socially with kids around her.

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Click to play video: 'Variety Week 2024: Helping Halia avoid isolation'
Variety Week 2024: Helping Halia avoid isolation
Click to play video: 'Variety Week 2024: Therapy helps Asher find his words'
Variety Week 2024: Therapy helps Asher find his words
Click to play video: 'Variety Week 2024: Sensory room helps students reset'
Variety Week 2024: Sensory room helps students reset
Click to play video: 'Variety Week 2024: Breaking barriers on the playground'
Variety Week 2024: Breaking barriers on the playground
Click to play video: 'Variety Week 2024: Helping Twin Brothers Communicate'
Variety Week 2024: Helping Twin Brothers Communicate

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