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Variety®
The Children’s Charity

67 lives changed!

30
My Bikes
Distributed

22
My Voices
Distributed

Variety® Homepage
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All equipment is provided at NO COST to families that meet the program’s eligibility requirements.

My Bike Program
Provides eligible children with disabilities with a Rifton adaptive bicycle, with Rifton accessories, that is individually customized so that they may have the freedom of a bike and the joy of riding alongside family and friends.

My Voice Program
Provides a communication device (i.e., a restricted iPad with a prescribed app) to eligible children with communication disorders to give them a voice at all times — enabling kids to express their thoughts, feelings, wants, and needs.

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Eligible families can apply for more than one piece of equipment if their child can benefit — you do not need to choose just one!

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See For Yourself!

Watch our video below to learn what the 50 for 50 Challenge is all about and help us reach our goal!

Click “Distribution Days” below to learn about the best days ever! On Distribution Days, we celebrate the student, their families, and all the fun adventures in store for them.

WNEP:

8/11/21 — Adaptive bikes providing independence for children with disabilities
4/20/21 — Kids in Williamsport receive new adaptive bikes and strollers

Sun–Gazette:

4/23/21 — Group distributes adaptive bicycles, strollers to families

To celebrate our 50th Anniversary, help us reach our 50 for 50 Challenge goal of connecting kids in Bradford, Lycoming, Sullivan, and Tioga Counties with life-changing adaptive equipment through Variety® — the Children’s Charity program.

Variety® — the Children’s Charity adaptive equipment programs serve children and youth, ages 3–21, who have a documented mental, physical, or sensory disability.

All equipment is provided at NO COST to families that meet the program’s eligibility requirements.

Variety® strives to enable kids with disabilities to live life to the fullest with a focus on mobility, communication, and social inclusion / interaction.

Variety® believes that no child should be left out, left behind, or isolated, and through its programs / experiences, Variety® strives to give children opportunities to discover the possibilities for their own lives, and be a kid, first and foremost.

BLaST IU 17 is thrilled to partner with Variety® and work together to continue our mission of transforming lives and communities through educational services. Thanks to Variety®, children in our regional have been able to receive life changing adaptive bikes, strollers, and communication devices.