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.
Thiago is an active six-year-old born with Down Syndrome. For Thiago’s family, his diagnosis at birth was only the beginning.
A Vancouver Island couple that didn’t know where to turn when their three-year-old daughter Hailey stopped talking.
Skylar is a 3-year-old girl from Kelowna who suddenly lost her voice which sent her family on a desperate search for answers.
Sebastian is an extraordinary Vancouver Island boy and a one-of-a-kind solution has changed everything for his family.
Variety helps kids like Rebecca, a 7-year-old girl with Down Syndrome who was falling behind in speech and reading.
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.
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.
Candace Chassie, a mother of two children with Autism Spectrum Disorder, explains why early intervention is so important and how Variety helps support this.
Variety helps Merritt’s Youth and Family Resource Centre replace their transport van lost in 2021’s flooding with a new Sunshine Bus.
Variety opens doors to life-changing support after 8-year-old Halia’s Autism diagnosis, helping her engage socially with kids around her.