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Variety – The Children’s Charity
It’s late 1927 in Pittsburgh and 11 close friends have organized a
social club where they could relax and unwind with good company after they’d
finished their day’s work. They decided their new Club’s main principle
would simply be “friendship”. Since the original group came from show
business, they decided to call themselves “The Variety Club” and they rented a
space in a local hotel for their use.
Just over one year later, on Christmas Eve, a baby was left abandoned in a
nearby theatre, a theatre which happened to be owned by one of the members of
the Variety Club, with a note pinned to her little dress.
The note read:
“Please take care of my baby. Her name is Catherine. I
can no longer take care of her. I have eight others. My husband is
out of work. She was born on Thanksgiving Day. I have always heard
of the goodness of show business people and I pray to God that you will look
out for her.”
After extensive efforts to locate Catherine’s family proved fruitless, the
fledgling Variety Club decided they had to act on her behalf and became her
“godfathers” and looked after her support and education. She was named
Catherine Variety Sheridan (she was found in the Sheridan Theatre).
The Variety Club found a new meaning for its existence and, due to the ensuing
media attention, interest in helping Catherine grew into a nation-wide
organization whose charity was far exceeding the needs of just one child.
Therefore, it was decided that the now much larger Variety Club would
work for the benefit of other children in need.
Now known as Variety – the Children’s Charity, this movement has grown to more
than 40 Chapters around the world with thousands of dedicated volunteers.
In the past 80 years, Variety has raised over $1.5 billion for children
and their families who are in dire need of assistance.
British Columbia’s Chapter was established in 1965 and has raised over $170
million on behalf of children of BC.
