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A New Home for Variety New York Dear Friends, I write to you today from an office piled high with boxes, with empty bookshelves and walls stripped bare of children’s pictures and artwork.  It is one of the last days … Read More

Dear Friends, We are excited to announce the start of our 2014/15 Wishing Well Campaign. This year we are thrilled to work with over 100 theaters in the Tri State area to collect change and small donations from patrons who … Read More

Help make a difference in the lives of NYC kids this holiday season!    Join us at our 2014 Children’s Holiday Party: Saturday, December 6, 2014 from 9am-3pm (various volunteer shifts available) at the Variety Boys & Girls Club of … Read More

LIGALY’s National Coming Out Day School Awareness Campaign: Making Schools Safer The Long Island Gay and Lesbian Youth (LIGALY) National Coming Out Day School Awareness Campaign (NCOD Campaign) aims to create supportive schools that are free from homophobia, heterosexism, and … Read More

Variety the Children’s Charity of New York Announces 2014 Grant Application Grassroots Organizations in New York, New Jersey & Connecticut Invited to Apply for Grants to Transform the Lives of Children through the Arts Variety the Children’s Charity of New … Read More

Dear Friends, I am excited to share Variety the Children’s Charity of New York’s second volume of Making the Case: Transforming the Lives of Children Through the Arts. This year’s compendium of essays includes three unique and powerful case studies … Read More

Thanks to Variety’s essential support, Change for Kids has been able to continue their partnership with the Bronx Museum of Art this year, ensuring that 475 P.S. 73X students from second through fourth grades—more than half of the school—continue to … Read More

When Opening Act arrived at the Franklin K. Lane High School Campus in Brooklyn several years ago, the school’s small theater space was literally being used as a closet, storing old computers on the stage.  At the Graphic Communication Arts Campus … Read More

By Jessica Bynoe, Executive Director This week I had the privilege of attending the Variety International Convention in Barbados with delegates from Variety chapters from all over the world to share our work, strategize ways to deepen our collective impact … Read More

Let’s Have a Kiki! “Kiki” is a term derived from a subculture within New York’s lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and questioning (LGBTQ) community called the “Ballroom Scene” and generally refers to a party with good music and good friends, held … Read More