Illumination and Universal Pictures have collaborated with Variety – the Children’s Charity to create a limited-edition gold heart pin featuring new characters from Illumination’s rambunctious, all-new animated action comedy, Minions & Monsters, which arrives in theaters July 1, 2026. The exclusive collector’s pin —featuring one of the unforgettable new Minion stars, James, and a many-eyed monster
Variety – the Children’s Charity International is proud to announce Jeromie Meyer as its newest Global Ambassador, strengthening Variety’s commitment to empowering children with disabilities through sport, mobility, and inclusive opportunities. A Paralympic wheelchair basketball athlete who competed at the Paris 2024 Paralympics, Meyer’s journey is one of resilience and purpose. After a life-altering accident
There are moments in an organization’s journey that feel especially meaningful – moments where you look back and realize just how much has been built, shared, and carried forward over time. Today is one of those moments. We are so proud to officially welcome you to the Variety Archiving Project – a space dedicated to
New York Road Runners sets $100 million charity fundraising goal for 2026 race. 2025 TCS New York City Marathon raised record-breaking $80 million for more than 600 official charity partners. New York, March 5, 2026 — New York Road Runners (NYRR), the nonprofit that “runs” New York City, has named Variety – the Children’s Charity
Variety – the Children’s Charity has partnered with Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures to create a limited-edition gold heart pin with the highly anticipated film AVATAR: FIRE AND ASH, in theatres nationwide on December 19, 2025. The collector’s pin is exclusively available through participating exhibition partners and are available starting December 12, 2025 for a minimum
Champion sprinter brings a powerful message of inclusion and possibility to children with disabilities worldwide. Variety – the Children’s Charity International is proud to welcome Paralympian Rhiannon Clarke as our newest Global Ambassador. Rhiannon is no stranger to Variety, having been supported by our Variety branch in Western Australia for years. “I performed with the
Variety – the Children’s Charity has partnered with Universal Pictures to create two limited-edition gold heart pins featuring characters Glinda and Elphaba from the spectacular new cinematic event, WICKED, in theatres nationwide on November 22, 2024. The limited-edition collector’s pins are exclusively available through participating exhibition partners and are available starting October 2024 for a
Variety – the Children’s Charity has created four limited-edition gold heart pins featuring artwork from the highly anticipated film TEENAGE MUTANT NINJA TURTLES: MUTANT MAYHEM, in U.S. theatres on August 2, 2023. The limited-edition collector’s pins are available for a minimum donation of $3.00 in movie theatres throughout the U.S. These pins will also be
Please help Variety – the children’s charity of British Columbia reach their goal of helping 800 more Kids! Variety Week is a week long event on Global BC’s newscasts from Oct 17 to 21 when all week long, you’ll get to meet some of the amazing kids whose lives you’ve impacted since our Variety Show of Hearts
Variety Pittsburgh reached another milestone last week with a CBS National News story that shined a spotlight on Variety’s My Voice® Program! Please watch, share, and be inspired by this story broken into three parts: I’m hopeful that this story will enable us to help even more kids in Pennsylvania and West Virginia, as well as highlight that we’ve truly created a model
Illumination and Universal Pictures have collaborated with Variety – the Children’s Charity to create limited-edition gold heart pins featuring a new character from Illumination’s action-packed new animated film, Minions: The Rise of Gru, which arrives in theaters July 1, 2022. The collector’s item pin featuring the unforgettable new Minion, Otto, who sports braces and is
Lancaster, NY (www.varietybuffalo.org) Thank you Buffalo, and all of Western New York, for your support of the 60th Annual Variety Kids Telethon, raising $906,060 for the Variety Club of Buffalo Tent #7! These funds directly support Oishei Children’s Hospital, and other Children’s charities. The 60th annual telethon event aired Saturday, March 5, 2022 on WGRZ-TV
New Year, New Ways of Showing Heart. The last two years have had an enormous impact on the non-profit sector. Charities are still recovering from COVID-related losses, yet are faced with higher demand from families. This means that charities must search for innovative ways to raise those much-needed funds. For Variety, we implemented a brand
Introducing ‘ShowHeart’ Variety’s first-ever Virtual Charity Concert/Streamathon featuring up to 50+ musicians/bands from across the world. The concert series will broadcast live on Twitch over a series of five-days celebrating Heart month, February. The concert opens at 6:00am EST Toronto Canada/USA, 11am GMT London UK and 10pm AEDT Sydney/Melbourne AUS on February 13, headlined by Twitch streamer and host, Josh Taerk (Twitch.tv/JoshTaerkMusic). The streamathon
By Jill Zane I stopped at my usual morning iced coffee place, and as I was paying for my caffeine, the woman behind the counter asked what Caden has. She asked because I was wearing my Team Caden shirt — a shirt I wear with pride as often as possible, a shirt that has raised
