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Live HD TV on the big screen at Variety!
June 11, 2012 San Francisco, CA – The Variety Preview Room theater and event space is now equipped with complete HD satellite programming allowing private rentals with the ability to stream live sports and all HD programming carried by DirecTV! … Continue reading
Variety Joins Grantwatch
May 16, 2012 San Francisco, CA – Variety Children’s Charity of Northern California has joined GrantWatch! GrantWatch.com is the #1 daily resource detailing grants for nonprofits and grants for small business. GrantWatch.com displays the newest available grant applications, proposals, RFPs … Continue reading
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Variety Members Screening of MIB 3!!!
May 29, 2012 San Francisco, CA – Current members and supporters are invited to join us for a screening of the new hit movie Men In Black 3! Making the event even more special, this will be our first screening … Continue reading
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The Variety Screening Room goes DIGITAL and 3D!
May 25, 2012 San Francisco, CA – The Variety Screening Room and Event Space is proud to announce we have gone DIGITAL! The new state-of-the-art system featuring the very latest NEC projection system, Dolby 3D technology, and Dolby 7.1 Surround … Continue reading
Mother’s Day Movie and Spa Day
May 13th, 2012 San Francisco, CA – As part of Variety’s annual Mother’s Day celebration efforts working with the Hamilton House, Variety will host nearly 50 children for a day of fun, games, and movies as their well-deserved mothers enjoy … Continue reading
Variety Donors Screening of SAFE
May 3rd, 2012 San Francisco, CA – Join us at the Variety Screening Room for an action-packed screening of the new thriller SAFE starring Jason Statham! Join us for a pre-show happy hour! FREE Admission and popcorn! RSVP HERE All … Continue reading
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Variety Home Improvement Project Day with Ameriprise
April 28, 2012 San Francisco, CA – Variety, in partnership with Ameriprise Financial and Rebuilding Together San Francisco, be part of a wonderful day to rehabilitate the home of a multi-generation family!
Variety volunteering at the Beeper Egg Hunt
March 31, 20120 San Francisco, CA – It’s that time again – the 11th Bay Area Beeper Egg Hunt is underway! Thank you again to all who volunteered last year – it made the day run so smoothly to have … Continue reading
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Board Member Applicaitons for New Members
March 8, 2012 San Francisco, CA – Variety Children’s Charity enjoyed the privilege to participate in The Volunteer Center’s annual Board Match event hosted at the San Francisco Marriott Marquis. Variety met many new exciting potential board members and will … Continue reading
Academy Awards viewing party LIVE at the Variety Theater and Lounge
February 26, 2012 Please join Yuppie Friday and Variety Children’s Charity of Northern California for a Glamorous Evening Cocktail Party and Live Screening of the 2012 Academy Awards® hosted at the private Variety Screening Room. Capacity is very limited in … Continue reading
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Kids day at the Movies! Presented at Variety in partnership with Cinemagic
February 17th, 2012 San Francisco, CA – Variety, in partnership with Cinemagic, hosted 50 eager and deserving children to a day at the movies, including snacks, games, and a live Q&A session about the films. As one of many events … Continue reading
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Free donors screening of “Carol Channing: Larger than Life”
January 23, 2012 Variety Club Movie Night! Variety Club screenings are special fundraising events provided to thank our donors and supporters. We invite you to attend CAROL CHANNING: LARGER THAN LIFE! The life story of legendary performer Carol Channingis as … Continue reading
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“My First Bike” Bike Build with Lend Lease
December 9, 2011 San Francisco, CA – Thank you to Lend Lease and Training Edge Group for hosting a wonderful event that has allowed Variety to grant local children with their very first bike! This program, put on by Variety … Continue reading
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Join us at Books, Inc. for a fantastic Book Sale benefitting Variety!
Help us raise $1,000 Saturday, Dec. 17th! Join us from 6-9pm at Books, Inc. at Opera Plaza (601 Van Ness @ Golden Gate Ave.) for a Book Sale benefitting Variety Children’s Charity! Come shop at the store while enjoying complimentary … Continue reading
2011 Toy Drive helps Variety collect over 1,650 toys for children in need!
December 4, 2011 San Francisco, CA – Variety’s annual Toys for Tots toy drive hosted by longtime patron, Gregg Lynn, yet again raised a record amount of toys, easily topping 1,650 toys collected. The St. Regis Hotel again has graciously … Continue reading
Variety Grants Adaptive Bike to Celeste Rubio, part of Variety’s National Bike Giveaway!
December 3, 2011 San Francisco, CA – Variety is proud to announce the award of an adaptive bike to Celeste Rubio, a very deserving young girl from California’s Central Valley, as part of the Variety national bike giveaway day! Variety … Continue reading
Variety Sponsors 300 children to attend the Grand National Rodeo
October 14, 2011 San Francisco, CA – Variety Children’s Charity hosted over 300 children at the 2011 Grand National Rodeo, a tradition held at the historic Cow Palace since 1941. This wonderful event, put on in partnership with the Ma … Continue reading
Variety Mobility Program places 5 adaptive bikes within local community medical therapy centers
August 28, 2011 San Francisco, CA – Variety has place 5 specially-built therapy bikes within local Medical Therapy Units (MTU’s), the local school and therapy centers run by local counties and California Children’s Services and public school systems. The MTU’s, … Continue reading
Variety’s 2011 Gold Heart Gala is a fantastic success!
August 27, 2011 San Francisco, CA – Hosted at the historic San Francisco City Club, Variety’s 2011 Gold Heart Gala was a huge success and drew in more than 300 supporters celebrating individuals and community partners who believe every child … Continue reading
Fallen Firefighters Memorial
August 14, 2011 San Francisco, CA – Variety, partnering with one of our valued community champions and long time supporter, Steve Indig, hosted a birthday celebration for recently fallen San Francisco Firefighter, Tony Valerio. The event, which raised money for … Continue reading
Variety named official charity partner by Innotas
SAN FRANCISCO, Aug. 4, 2011 /PRNewswire/ –Innotas, the leading provider of Cloud Solutions for IT Management, today announced its support of Variety, a Children’s Charity based in San Francisco. Variety has proudly served Northern California since 1947, and has since … Continue reading
Variety Screening Room and Event Venue launches online booking
The Variety Screening Room and Event Venue officially launched a new online calendar and reservation system this week. Part of an overall web re-design performed by the firm Fresh Interactive, the new website enables potential renters to view the available … Continue reading
SF Gate article on Variety’s Camp Bennett
Camp Bennett gives child stroke survivors a boost Erin Allday, Chronicle Staff Writer Monday, July 25, 2011 At Camp Bennett, Alexis Peppers is strong – and strong-willed. She’s 8 years old, and one of the older kids. That means she … Continue reading
Young Variety screening of Horrible Bosses
July 19, 2011 San Francisco, CA – Young Variety, the social arm of Variety Children’s Charity headed by young professionals and targeted to provide young professionals with an avenue to support Variety through social meet ups and entrepreneurship, hosted a … Continue reading
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Variety underwrites Loved Twice operations
June, 20 2011 San Francisco, CA – Variety has underwritten the operations of Loved Twice, an award-winning charity organization dedicated to providing under privileged families with newborns a full year’s of baby clothing. The grant provided by Variety has enabled … Continue reading
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Variety’s Mobility Program helps Cameron Honey experience freedom and independence!
June 8, 2011 San Francisco, CA – Variety’s Mobility Program has granted a much-needed adaptive bike to Cameron Honey, a Bay Area boy limited in his ability to exercise and to experience autonomy from his braces and wheelchair. Through the … Continue reading
Mother’s Day Kids Movie Club sponsored by Variety!
May 8, 2011 This Mother’s Day the Variety @ Work program helped provide a much deserved respite to the mothers of the Hamilton Family Center, one of Variety’s local partner agencies, by hosting a screening of Toy Story 3 in … Continue reading
Variety Member-Donor screening of The Robber
April 19, 2011 San Francisco, CA – Variety Children’s Charity hosted a screening of The Robber, an internationally acclaimed film, as a part of our ongoing Member-Donor screening series available to members of our Monthly Giving program. The film screenings, … Continue reading
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Variety Mobility Program delivers help the Martin Bucio
April 10, 2011 San Francisco, CA – Variety’s Mobility Program helped deliver aid in the form of special adaptive medical equipment to Martin Bucio, a local youngster, and his family through a grant for specially designed and fitted equipment for … Continue reading
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Variety underwrites Camp Bennett
March 29, 2010 San Francisco, CA – The Variety Board of Directors unanimously approved funding of thousands of dollars for scholarships to underwrite Camp Bennett, a San Francisco based camp using Constraint Induced Movement Therapy (CIMT), serving children who have … Continue reading
Variety Sponsors the Blind Babies Foundation Annual Beeper Egg Hunt
March 16, 2011 San Francisco, CA – Supporting the Blind Babies Foundation, a wonderfully successful organization helping children and families struggling with vision impairment issues that is a child organization of our very own organization, Variety Children’s Charity of Northern … Continue reading
Variety Member-Donor screening of Carancho
March 15, 2011 San Francisco, CA – Variety Children’s Charity hosted a screening of Carancho as a part of our ongoing Member-Donor screening series available to members of our Monthly Giving program. The film screening, which takes place at Variety’s … Continue reading
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Young Variety screening of Cedar Rapids
February 20, 2011 San Francisco, CA – Young Variety, the social arm of Variety Children’s Charity headed by young professionals and targeted to provide young professionals with an avenue to support Variety through social meet ups and entrepreneurship, hosted a … Continue reading
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Variety Participates in Board Match
January 11, 2011 San Francisco, CA – Variety Childrens Charity proudly participated in the Volunteer Center’s annual Board Match event. The event, which took place at the San Francisco Moscone Center, hosted over 1,000 people and was a wonderful success. … Continue reading
Variety hosts 55th annual Blind Babies Foundation Holiday Party!
December 12, 2010 San Francisco, CA – Celebrating Variety’s successful sister organization, the Blind Babies Foundation, has been an important yearly milestone since the Blind Babies Foundation (BBF) was spunoff of one of our own programs all the way back … Continue reading
Record Toy Drive helps Variety collect over 900 toys for children in need!
December 5, 2010 San Francisco, CA – Variety Childrens Charity of Northern California, collected over 900 toys for children in need at a wonderful event held at the San Francisco St Regis Hotel. A record number of supporters braved the … Continue reading
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Variety, KCBS, and Les Schwab Tires collect school supplies for 1,000 Bay Area school children
August 9, 2010 – September 15, 2010 San Francisco Bay Area, CA – A wonderful partnership campaign hosted by Les Schwab Tires and KCBS enabled Variety to collect and distribute school supplies for 1,000 local school children throughout Alameda and … Continue reading
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The Great Urban Race stops at Variety!
August 10, 2010 San Francisco, CA – Over 1,200 racers following scavenger hunt treasure maps rushed throughout the City of San Francisco to compete in the 2010 Great Urban Race. Variety’s Screening Room, chosen as one of the stops , … Continue reading
The Great Gatsby Ball hosted at the Palace Hotel
June 30, 2010 San Francisco, CA – Hosted at the historic Palace Hotel, Variety’s annual gala event was themed “Great Gatsby” and was attended by hundreds of guests, local business leaders and charitable partners. Sponsored by ClearChannel, Francis Ford Coppola … Continue reading
Variety triumphs Access to Adventure!
May 1, 2010 San Francisco, CA – Variety, as one of approximately 30 organizations supporting Access to Adventure, hosted a hands-on booth and exhibit at the annual fair held in Golden Gate Park’s museum concourse. This all-day event garnered attention … Continue reading