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The Variety Club of Memphis 1648 Sycamore View Road Memphis, TN (38134-7310)
Mail to: P.O. Box 1523 Memphis, TN (38101-1523)
Email: varietyclub@bellsouth.net
Phone: 901-373-5368 Fax: 901-373-5370
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Variety One of the Oldest Children’s Charities in the World! 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 54 chapter in 15 countries, raising over $1 billion to assist with the treatment and care for disabled and disadvantaged children. Long considered “The Heart of Show Business,” Variety 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 Story - Variety International (1927) Variety Memphis Tent 20 (1938)
Variety works because people get involved to help kids in need! A few of the Charities that have been assisted by Memphis, Tent 20: Madonna Learning Center, Special Kids & Families, Inc., Concord Academy, Kingsbury Adopt-A-School Program, St. Jude Children's Research Hospital, Electro Limb Bank, Make-A-Wish Foundation, Baddour Memorial Center, Alonzo Locke School, LeBonheur Children's Medical Center, Big Brothers & Big Sisters of Memphis, The Sunshine Coach Program, American Cancer Society, St. Peter's Manor, St. Peters Home for Girls, Fayette County Track Club/Special Olympics, The Sheriff's Department "Be Drug Free" Campaign, Muscular Dystrophy Association, Memphis Oral School for The Deaf, Socially Yours for Youth, Inc., Holiday Baskets for Needy Families, Al Chymia Shrine Temple’s Burn Center & Crippled Children's Hospital, Associated Catholic Charities, C.O.M.E.C.'s Search Program, International Children's Heart Foundation, The Epilepsy Foundation, Hope House, Special Kids, Parents of Duchene, Pals/Porter Leath Children's Center, Rev. Al Green’s-Full Gospel Tabernacle, Final Net Homeless Children's Program, TN Baptist’s Children’s Home, Youth Villages/Dogwood Campus- Memphis Boy’s Town & Paidia’s Place, Goodwill Homes Community Services/Group Homes & Foster Care Program, Department of Human Services-Health Department, Children's Special Services/Foster Care & Foster Homes Programs, CCSA-Children's Community Service Agency, CASA-Court Appointed Special Advocate, Frayser Family Counseling Center Family Focus, Loving Arms, First Works, LeBonheur Families First, Memphis City Schools Board of Education, Greenlaw Community Center, Juvenile Court, Girls Inc., The Wesley School, Royal Family Kids’ Camp, Brave Kids, M.I.F.A.’s New Pathways Program, Greater County-March of Dimes Birth Defects Foundation, Kid Save International, Greater Memphis Special Olympics, The Leukemia & Lymphoma Society and The Exchange Club of Memphis, Memphis Down Syndrome Association, Family Crisis Center and The Rufus Thomas Scholarship Fund for STAX Music Academy Students, St. Paul’s Youth Group, Gospel Mission Youth Camp, St Benedicts School, Latin American Youths, Kiwanis Club, The Memphis Cancer Society, MS Law Enforcement, The Children’s Miracle Network, Latin American Youth, Open Arms, Gospel Mission Youth Camp, Kiwanis Club, St. Benedict, St. Paul Methodist Youth Group, Down Syndrome Association of the Mid-South, American Heart Association, The Boys & Girls Club, Juvenile Diabetes, Methodist Youth, MidSouth Muscular Dystrophy Assoc., Netcasters, Subsidium School for the Deaf, The Children’s Museum, Memphis Cancer Foundation, MidSouth Airshow Foundation, and MASR Team - MidSouth Adaptive Sports & Recreation, Inc. |
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A few of the charities supported by Variety below. |
