ABOUT VARIETY OF COLORADO

In 1951, "The African Queen" starring Humphrey Bogart and Katharine Hepburn was playing in theatres, a grocery store in Denver was the first to begin offering S&H Green Stamps, and a group of local motion picture exhibitors and distributors were busy establishing the first Variety chapter in the Rocky Mountain region.

Today, more than six decades later, Variety of Colorado continues the important mission established by those industry pioneers: helping Children in need throughout the Mile High City and the Centennial State.

Over the years Variety of Colorado fundraisers including Chili Cook-offs, Golf Tournaments, Movie Premiere Screenings, Ride 4 Kids Motorcycle Rides and Gold Heart Campaigns have raised more than $2,000,000 for Colorado’s kids.

Variety of Colorado, Tent #37 is proud of its 60-year history of serving Children in the Rocky Mountain region and is excited to continue efforts on their behalf for many years to come.

VARIETY ACROSS THE GLOBE

Variety – The Children’s Charity assists at-risk children by providing medical treatment, artificial limbs and special equipment for afflicted children to help them become more mobile. We help fight illiteracy and offer scholarships. We support local hospital and major university research. We provide afterschool curriculums to keep kids off the streets.

With a seven-decade legacy of caring for children across the globe, Variety – The Children’s Charity has become the largest and most effective children’s charity in the world. The organization has grown to 53 chapters in 14 countries, raising over $1 billion to assist the treatment and care for disabled and disadvantaged children.

"The Heart of Show Business," Variety – The Children’s Charity finds its roots in the Entertainment Industry. The Variety Club, established in 1927 by eleven Vaudeville showmen, still exists today for one reason – to help children in need.

OUR MISSION

Variety – The Children’s Charity’s mission is to provide life-saving and life-enriching assistance to children challenged by physical and mental disabilities, poverty, abuse and neglect.

Through grants, scholarships, cultural enrichment programs, outreach activities and other donations, Variety – The Children’s Charity is able to support programs that will mean the difference between a life worth living and, too often, no life at all.

Dedicated men and women give their time, talent and resources to make Variety work. Variety – The Children’s Charity is an organization of volunteers who enjoy the great feeling that helping a child gives you – the reward of knowing that because of your efforts, you have made a difference in the life of a child.