Variety KC Blog
Read stories about the kids, families and events that your support has impacted and the lives it has changed.
A year in review
Free Exercise for EVERYONE! Each year, Variety International hosts a global convention and during that event, various efforts are recognized with awards. One...
Let’s Talk Potties- Variety KC Universal Changing Tables
Variety KC understands all kids need a chance to be changed with Dignity. Universal Changing Stations belong in all Bathrooms. As part of our...
Happy Thanksgiving 2020
This Thanksgiving Variety KC is 85 years young, and celebrating by looking at an eight decade legacy of service. Today, we offer inclusive opportunities to...
Inclusive Playgrounds in KC!
Variety KC is proud to be the first to help create INCLUSIVE Playgrounds in Independence, Olathe and Tiffany Hills so all kids can be Active, Be Social and...
Meet the Kids – Zac!
Zac loves to play sports. I mean any sport, baseball, kickball, football, basketball, and riding a bike. He also loves animals and video games. His dream is...
Meet the Kids – Autumn!
Autumn loves anything that allows her to play in the water, she loves movies, and more recently playing with her friends and family. She is so sweet and...
Meet the Kids – CJ!
C.J. is a lovable child who brings an incredible amount of joy to his family. Diagnosed with Autism, C.J. is non-verbal. His inability to communicate his...
Meet the Kids – Jeremiah
Jeremiah is an outgoing despite being non-verbal. He was diagnosed with cerebral palsy at age two and autism at age five - and yet, his single mom says she...
Meet the Kids – Derek!
Derek is a 10-year-old boy with Down Syndrome. He has a very limited selection of verbal words, but he has so much to say. As a result, he is very frustrated...
Meet the Kids – Joahn!
My son has several things things wrong with him. He has had 5 surgeries early in life. He is diagnosed with Wolf Hirschhorn syndrome, a rare disorder. That...
Meet Jayson!
Jason has an autism spectrum disorder, epilepsy, microdeletion and a learning disorder. An Ipad would help us because Jayson is so highly reinforced by them....
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