Variety Week on Global BC 2016: Day 5

It’s Variety Week on Global BC and we’re highlighting stories from children and families around the province who have been helped by Variety.

Variety Week on Global BC – Day 1

Global News Morning:

Performers and entertainers have consistently donated their time and services to help raise funds for children with special needs.  That charitable tradition continues today and it continues with Todd Richard.  Todd and his musical partner Jeff Johnson came up with an amazing idea to pull the country music community together for Variety.

3:05 Variety Week: Singer Todd Richard on raising funds for kids

 Variety Week on Global BC – Day 2

Todd Richard and Jeff Johnson perform ‘Follow Your Heart,’ a song they wrote for Variety.

0:29 Variety Week: Todd Richards performs ‘Follow Your Heart’

Variety Week on Global BC – Day 3

Global News at Noon: 

Variety has funded programs and facilities in hospitals across the province for fifty years.  Variety Cares is a new program designed to give families at neonatal intensive care units immediate access to funds.  And as Neetu Garcha reports, that provides assistance when it is needed most.

2:18 Variety Week: Accessing emergency funds to help families in need

BC1:

Meet Cider, one of the puppies with Pacific Assistance Dog Society. Doug Syms from PADS explains what a difference the assistance dogs make for families with special needs.

3:49 Variety Week: How PADS support kids with special needs

News Hour at 6:

In 2011, Variety gave a million dollar grant to Surrey Memorial’s Neonatal Intensive Care Unit. We talk to a family whose son was born 100 days premature and is getting stronger on a daily basis thanks to the equipment purchased from Variety’s donation.

2:27 Variety Week: Surrey Memorial NICU

The Surrey School District, in partnership with the RCMP and the City of Surrey, launched the Surrey WRAParound Program in 2009. The focus of the program is to help positively attach youth (some of whom have been, or who may become, involved with gang activity) to their school, their family, the community and their peers. WRAP is based on the wraparound “philosophy of care” approach.

The summer Wrap program includes a variety of positive outings, recreation activities, workshops and work experience projects for older students, ensuring they stay engaged with appropriate, supportive and guiding adult mentors and away from negative influences and behaviours.  Students will build skills, new interests and positive visions for the future during the summer months.

4:48 Variety Week: Surrey WRAP program helping teens

Variety Week on Global BC – Day 4

And don’t forget to head down to Surrey Central City Plaza for the Variety Street Festival today until 7 p.m. PT.

Global BC is live on location at the festival with a special edition of the News Hour broadcasting tonight with Squire, Kristi and Chris.