Yes! I want to show heart for kids in need!
This Variety Show of Heart Day, 16 March, we need you to SHOW HEART for kids in need to help us meet our $67k fundraising shortfall in the Variety Show of Hearts appeal. So rally up your friends and workmates and show heart for kids in need!
There are three ways you can help out:
Fundraise
Put the FUN into fundraising and gather your friends and workmates for morning tea, a sausage sizzle, a lunch…the opportunities to show heart are endless!
Scroll down for more information!
Volunteer
Register to shake, rattle and roll up for our Variety Show of Hearts Day in the CBD! Make new friends AND make a difference! *Volunteer registrations are now closed
Volunteer
We’re coming together as a community to show heart for kids in need for our first ever Variety Show of Hearts Day on Friday 16 March. We need you to shake, rattle and roll up to collect donations right across the CBD and major train stations.*Volunteer registrations are now closed
Fundraise
What better way to have fun with your friends than FUNdraise for the Variety Show of Hearts Appeal!
When you hold a fundraising event or activity for the Variety Show of Hearts Appeal, you will be directly contributing towards the requirements of 21 children who are waiting for your help! What kind of things could you do?
Ask your friends and colleagues to show heart by taking part in a sausage sizzle, bake off, host a special heart themed dinner party, hold a trivia night or declutter and have a garage sale for kids in need! It only takes three steps:
1. Download our fundraising guide
2. Register your fundraiser with us online
3. Set up your fundraising page
4. Share the love! Download our specially designed resources to let your friends know how you are showing heart for kids in need!
Why the Variety Show of Hearts?
Each year we receive hundreds of applications from desperate families who are in urgent need of life changing equipment for their children. Thanks to your kind support, Variety has been there for these families and their children when they needed it most.
Unfortunately, in 2017 we received an unprecedented number of applications and there are now 21 children desperately waiting for your help. Donate today
21 children in desperate need of life-changing equipment…
A wheelchair. A communication device. An assistance dog…and 18 other cries for help that we can’t meet without your support today.
That’s why we need you to show heart for kids in need during the Variety Show of Hearts Appeal. Donate today
The shortfall $67,397
Children and families affected 21
Your help urgently required to fund
A wheelchair and standing frame
An assistance dog
Communication devices
Modified bikes and more
“We were a family in crisis before we got Jase. Having an assistance dog has meant independence, it’s meant involvement and engagement in the community, it’s meant doing the normal everyday things that other families take for granted,” says Reilly’s mum, “Without a doubt it’s changed our lives.”