For information on Variety - The Children's Charity of Buffalo & Western New York,
Please call us at (716) 854-7577 or e-mail us at: vcstaff@varietykidstelethon.com
Born Hava
Buffalo & Erie County Botanical Gardens
Boys & Girls Club of Holland
Buffalo Hearing & Speech
Camp Good Days
Challenger Baseball/CAPS,Inc.
Children's Growth Foundation
Cradle Beach Camp
Deaf Adult Services
Excalibur Leisure Skills
Genesee Co. ARC
Genesee Co. YMCA
WOMEN & CHILDREN’S HOSPITAL OF BUFFALO
Ambulatory Services
Buffalo Healthy Tots Research
Child Life Department
Epilepsy Unit
Family Centered Care Council
Golf Tournament
Kidney Dialysis
Neo-Natal Intensive Care Unity
Pastoral Care
Pediatric Intensive Care Unit
Stone's Buddies
Variety Kids Telethon Pharmacy
ROBERT WARNER M.D. CENTER
FOR CHILDREN WITH SPECIAL NEEDS
Robert Warner M.D. Center for Children With Special Needs
Realizing that as a fund raising organization, Variety - The Children's Charity of Buffalo and Western New York is the keeper of public funds through its year long activities, the largest of which is the Annual Telethon, and as such, is also the keeper of the “Public Trust” in the way these contributions are distributed.
The Children’s Rehabilitation Foundation of the Variety Club of Buffalo, Inc. is the recipient of all donations from the Annual Variety Kids Telethon and other fund raising sources.
Within the Foundation is the Heart Committee, a seven member panel, who receive all funding requests, personally investigate the need, and report on all findings. Those requesting funds, must supply the Foundation with current audited financial statements, a 501 C(3) determination letter (their charitable status), and information as to how the funds will be used. Variety requests that these funds be administered in hands-on programs to directly benefit children, and does not fund administrative costs.
The Heart Committee will then make their recommendations to the Officers and Directors of the Foundation for their approval.
The contributions are then disbursed to the recipients at the Annual “Thanks for Giving” Presentation Dinner, held in October/November of each year.
The following are the charities that received funds from Telethon 2011 Donations:
WESTERN NEW YORK CHILDREN CHARITIES
Make-A-Wish
Moving Miracles
SABAH
Schiller park Community Center
Suburban Adult Services
Sisters Hospital Foundation
St. Luke's
St. Mary's School For The Deaf
Variety At Work
Variety Camping Program
Variety Youth Hockey
Here are pictures from the 2010 Presentation Dinner:
Representative from Bornhava receive their check from Variety Board Member Priscilla Candiliotis & member Nick Candiliotis,Heart Commitee Chariman Ken Scibetta and Board member Ray Carr and Women's Member Fran Carr
Dave Swarts from Buffalo & Erie County Botanical Gardens receive their check from Variety Member Shiela Benevento, Heart Committee Chairman/Board Member Ken Scibetta, and Board Member Mike Benevento
Brian Tavernier from the Boys & Girls Clubs of Holland receive their check from Heart Committee Chairman / Board Member Ken Scibetta and
Board Member Margie Arnold
Bonnie Brusk from Cradle Beach Camp accepts their check from CHC Learning Center receive their check from Women Member Lois Eilenberger, Board Member Rose DiPaola andHeart Committee Chairman/Board Member Ken Scibetta
Lisa Donato from Camp Good Days receive their check from Board Member Paul Pignatora, Heart Committee Chairman/Board Member
Ken Scibetta and
member Alvin Caverly
Representatives from CAPS, Inc. receive their check from , Heart Committee Chairman/Board Member Ken Scibetta, Board Member Mike Klein and member Paul Strauss
Sheila O'Brien from SABAH accepts their check from Heart Committee Chairman/Board Member Ken Scibetta and Variety Board Member
Don Raiser
Excalibur Leisure Skills receive their check from Variety Women Members Janet Dressler, Add Podwika, Marcia Bernas and Heart Committee Chairman/Board Member Ken Scibetta
Heart Committee Chairman/Board Member
Ken Scibetta and his wife Kay,a Variety Member accept the check on behalf of the Genesee ARC who will be buying a Freedom Concepts specially adaptive bicycle for their children to use
Representatives from the Genesee County YMCA accept their check from Heart Committee Chairman/Board Member Ken Scibetta, Variety Women Members Chrissy Semrau and Harriett Fox
Sheila Dollas and Jill Baker from Moving Miracles accept their check from Variety Board Member and Variety Women President Liz Kuciel, Heart Committee Chairman/Board Member Ken Scibetta and Board Member
Diane Kuciel
Representatives from the Children's Growth Foundation receive their check from Board Members
Charlie Smith and Laura Little
Judy Feine from Suburban Adult Services recevies their check from Variety Women Member Lauretta Szynkowski and Heart Committee Chairman/Board Member
Ken Scibetta
Michael Tritto, Jr. from Schilller Park Community Center receives their check from Heart Committee Chairman/Board Member Ken Scibetta, Board Member Ken Scibetta, Jr. and and Variety Chief Barker / President
Ed Smith
The Sisters Hospital Foundation accepts their check from Variety Women member Mary Wren, variety Board Member, 2011 Telethon Chairman Patty Somogye,and Heart Committee Chairman/Board Member
Ken Scibetta
Michael Taheri from St. Luke's receives their check from Heart Committee Chairman/Board Member
Ken Scibetta
St. Mary's School for the Deaf receives their check from HSBC Bank Representative Josh Scigaj, Heart Committee Chairman/Board Member Ken Scibetta and Variety's Financial Specialist
Roxanne Romanczak
Lisa Schmidt, Senior Director for Woman & Children's Hospital of Buffalo Ambulatory Department receives their check from Heart Committee Chairman/Board Member Ken Scibetta and Board Member Mike Benevento
Richard Goldstein, Variety's Executive Director presents the Variety Youth Hockey Funding Check to Board Members Paul Pignatora and Ray Carr
Dr. Teresa Quattrin, Pediatrician-In-Chief at Women & Children's Hospital of Buffalo accepts the check for the Buffalo Healthy Tots Research Program from Heart Committee Chairman/Board Member Ken Scibetta, and Board Member Rose DiPaola
Sue Mirabella, Child Life Specialist from Women & Children's Hospital of Buffalo accepts their check from Heart Committee Chariman/Board Member Ken Scibetta and Variety Board Member Bob Klein
Cathy Cacassi, Nurse Manager of the Epilipsy Unit, at Women & Children's Hospital of Buffalo accepts the check for the Epilepsy Department Variety Board Members Mike Klein,Ken Scibetta, Jr. and Heart Committee Chariman/Board Member Ken Scibetta
Mary O'Shea, Nurse Manager in the Women & children's Hopsital of Buffalo Kidney Dialysis Center, accepts a check from Sue Severin, Chairperson of the Joanne Severin-Cinelli Memorial Golf Tournament, Richard Goldstein, Variety Executive Director and Heart Committee Chairman/Board Member
Ken Scibetta
Linda Eschberger, NICU Nurse Manager at Women & Children's Hospital of Buffalo receives the Neo-Natal Intensive Care Unit check from Heart Committee Chairman/Board Member Ken Scibetta and Board member Laura Little
Tim Burke, Child Life Representative at Women & Children's Hospital of Buffalo accepts the check for the Golf Tournament from Variety Board Member Ray Carr, Variety Staff Member Roxanne Romanczak and Heart Committee Chairman/Board Member Ken Scibetta
Representatives from Deaf Adult Services receive their check from Member Robert Parrish, Women's Member Pat Neuland and Heart Committee Chairman/Board Member Ken Scibetta
Mary Ellen Creighton, Interim CNO accepts the Family Centered check for Women & Children's Hospital from Variety Board Member Diane Kuciel and Heart Committee Chairman/Board member
Ken Scibetta
Sr. Brenda Whelan, Director of Pastoral Care at Women & Children's Hospital accepts the chekc for Pastoral Care from Heart Committee Chairman/Board Member
Ken Scibetta
Judy Murcko, Nurse Manager in the PICU at Women & Children's Hospital of Buffalo Foundation accepts the check for the Pediatric Intensive Care Unit Heart Committee Chairman/Board Member Ken Scibetta and Variety Board Member Don Raiser
Joanne Lana, Manager of Stone's Budies at Women & Children's Hospital of Buffalo Foundation accepts the check for Stone's Buddies from Board Member Paul Pignatora, and Heart Committee Chairman/Board Member Ken Scibetta
Gail Szucs, Manager of the Ropbert Warner MD Center For Children With Special Needs and representatives receives their check from Board Members Priscilla Candiliotis,Variety Board Member and Co-Chair of the Heart Committee, Liz kuciel, Variety Women President, Variety Board Member and Co-Chair of the Heart Committee and Margie Arnold, Variety Board Member and 2011 Telethon Co-Chairman
50th Annual
Sunday March 25, 2012
Official Countdown To Telethon 2012:
Cindy Brown, Manager of the Variety Kids Telethon Pharmacy at Women & Children's Hospital of Buffalo accepts the check for the Pharmacy committment from Patty Somogye, variety Board Member and 2011 Telethon Chairman, Heart Committee Chairman/Board Member Ken Scibetta,Variety Chief Barker/President Ed Smith, Board Member and Variety Executive Director
Richard Goldstein
