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Variety
Queensland
Variety
is a world wide organisation known as the "Heart of Show Business"
an umbrella children's charity dedicated to raising funds for sick, disabled
and disadvantaged children 18 years and under.
Our
annual fundraising events include:
•
The highly successful madcap motoring event the XXXX Gold Variety Bash
•
The
Action International 4WD Explorer
•
Gold
Heart Appeal
•
The
Motorline Variety Entertainers Ball
•
The
Variety Jet Trek
• The
Variety Executive Golf Series
•
The
Blue Lagoon Variety Fiji Splash
•
The
Variety Children's Christmas Parties.
Variety
New South Wales
Variety,
The Children’s Charity is dedicated to improving the quality of
life
of sick, disabled and disadvantaged children.
Variety in NSW is a great supporter of the two children’s hospitals
in Sydney and other hospitals throughout the state with children’s
wards as well as
helping many community groups, special schools and other charities involved
with children as shown in the sample of individual grants listed below:
•
Royal Hospital for Women $225,000
• Children's
Hospital Randwick Ophthalmology Unit $180,000
• Neonatal Emergency
Transport Service (NETS) $224,000
• Westmead Children's
Hospital Limb Deficiency Clinic $62,000
• Westmead Children's
Hospital Limb Deficiency Clinic
$34,000
In
the year to December 2003, Variety NSW made 354 grants totalling $2.4
million to individual children, hospitals, schools and community groups.
Throughout Australia over $6 million was given to help children and organisations
in need.
Variety
raises a large amount of its funds throughout the year by conducting high-profile
events including: the Melbourne Cup Lunch, the annual Variety NSW “Bash”,
the Annual Cherry Auction, The Variety Heart Awards, and
many other corporate fundraising events.
90% of every dollar donated to Variety goes to helping an Australian child
in need.
Queensland Toy Distribution Areas
Cairns
Mossman Hospital, Cairns Private Hospital, Babinda Hospital,
Innisfail
Hospital, Cairns Base Hospital, Mareeba Hospital, Atherton Hospital, Tully
Hospital, Malanda Clinic, Millaa Millaa Community Health, Ravenshoe Clinic
and Hernerton Hospital.
Townsville
Ayr Hospital, Home Hill Hospital, Charters Towers Hospital, Ingham Hospital
(Ingham Health Services), Mater Hospital, Wesley Park Haven Hospital,
Leukaemia House, Townsville General Hospital, Cloncurry Hospital, Richmond
Hospital, Hughenden Hospital, Mount Isa Base Hospital, and Gooddog Day
Care Centre.
Mackay
Mackay Base Hospital, Mackay Mater Hospital, Sarina Hospital, Proserpine
Hospital, Bowen Hospital, Moranbah Base Hospital, and Clermont Hospital.
Rockhampton
Yeppoon Base Hospital, Yeppoon Mater Hospital, Rockhampton Hospital, Rockhampton
Mater Hospital, Gladstone Hospital, Baralabab Hospital, Biloela Hospital,
Moura Hospital, Dingo Health Care, Blackwater Hospital, Emerald Hospital,
and Springsure Hospital.
Sunshine Coast
Bundaberg Base, Mater Miseriacorde, Friendly Society Hospital, Childers
Hospital, Hervey Bay Hospital, Maryborough Base Hospital, Gayndah
Hospital, Biggenden Hospital, Eidsvolde Hospital, Gin Gin Hospital, Monto
Hospital and Mundubbera Health Services, Gympie Base Hospital, Sunshine
Coast Health Services Foundation, Caloundra Hospital, Noosa Hospital,
Maleny Hospital and Cooroy Private Hospital.
Gold Coast
Gold Coast Hospital and Allamanda Private Hospital.
Toowoomba
Toowoomba Hospital, St. Vincent's Hospital, Kingaroy Hospital, Murgon
General Hospital, Nanango Hospital and Kilcoy Hospital.
New South Wales Toy Distribution Areas
Coffs Harbour
Byron Bay Hospital, Coraki Hospital, Kyogle Hospital, Maclean
Hospital, Mullumbimby Hospital, Ballina Hospital, Casino Hospital, Lismore
Base Hospital, St. Vincent’s Hospital, Armidale Hospital, Tamworth
Base Hospital, Bellingen Hospital, Coffs Harbour Base Hospital, Dorrigo
Hospital, Grafton
Base Hospital, Kempsey Hospital, Macksville Hospital, Port Macquarie Hospital,
Manning Base Hospital, St Vincent de Paul, Coffs Harbour Care,
Coffs Coast Toy Library, Hope For The Children and Salvation Army.
Newcastle
Muswellbrook Hospital, Singleton District Hospital, Cessnock Hospital,
Kurri Kurri Hospital, Maitland Hospital, Belmont Hospital, Gosford Hospital,
Wyong Hospital, John Hunter Children’s Hospital, St Vincent de Paul,
Smith Family, Samaritans, Ronald McDonald House and Make Today Count.
Please
note that not all hospitals and organisations listed may receive toys
every year because (a) they don’t want them or (b) there is not
enough supply.
Excess toys are the property of Variety and are distributed with their
permission to groups such as Salvation Army and St Vincent de Paul.
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