| My Favorite Thing... |
 Seth, from Stephenville, is almost two-years-old and has been diagnosed with spinal muscular atrophy. Variety assisted his family in purchasing a powered chair in March. The following letter is from Seth (although we expect mom might have helped just a bit):
My new wheels are great! Thank you for all you did to help me get my first wheelchair. I am now driving around the block without any help...and fast, too! My most favorite thing to do in my wheelchair is drive into the tire swing in my front yard!
Thank you, thank you, thank you! |
| A Mother and Her New Toddler |
 Rockwall resident Grant is a two-year-old with cerebral palsy and leukemia. Variety assisted his family with the procurement of a wheelchair in January. The following is a letter from his mother:
We just wanted to send you a HUGH thank you for Grants new wheels. We got his chair a few weeks back and we all absolutely love it. Grant is doing so well in it and it makes him use his right hand which is what he needs to do. When he first got it he kept going in circles because he would only use his left hand, but within a couple of days he started using his right hand (which is his weak hand) and made it go where he wanted it to go. I have a toddler now!!! He's always been stationary, and now I'm having to keep things out of reach because he can go anywhere and get anything he wants. What a great feeling! And we owe it all to Variety. Without your help we would not have been able to give him this freedom. We thank you so much and will never forget what your organization has done for our family. Grant will never be able to thank you enough for the independence you have given him. |
| A Grandmothers Commendation |
| Dakota is two-years-old and resides in Cleburne with his grandmother. Due to his condition, Hiroyama Syndrome, and a near fatal accident; he requires a specially adaptive car seat. When notified that he would not be allowed out of the hospital after his accident, his grandparents turned to Variety for assistance. Variety was able to have the special order device delivered to the hospital the day before he was scheduled to be released in March. The following is a letter from his grandmother:
I would like to take this opportunity to express my heartfelt appreciation for your help in obtaining the car seat that my grandson needed to come home from the hospital. The unexpected tragedy of his near drowning was extremely difficult and that, along with the many decisions that had to be made at such a time, took all the strength I had.
I cannot say how much your support and willingness to go the extra mile meant to me and my family. Dakota is now home from the hospital and we hope to see progress each day. I hope that he will return to some normalcy and this will be an unpleasant memory.
Please accept my heartfelt commendation and gratitude.
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| The Stories Keep Coming |
  Since October 1, 2007 (the start of Variety's most recent fiscal year), Variety has supported 29 families just like the one's listed above. Variety's support has been meant: eight wheelchairs/adaptive strollers, seven bicycles for disabled children, two walkers, two adapted car seats, two seating devices   for ambulatory children, a standing frame for a paralyzed teenager, a vehicular modification, the installation of a wheelchair ramp, surgical assistance, an intensive reading program, a cranial helmet and various therapy sessions have been made possible.
The cost to Variety...nearly $75,000. None of which would have been possible without people like you.
many others that Variety has supported), we hope you will keep in mind the impact that Variety is having on families right here in Texas. And, the fact that none of this would be possible without supporters like you.
Any assistance you can provide would be greatly appreciated. Not just by Variety...but by the families we serve even more. |
