Our local Marketplace IGA is in the middle of their "Heart to Heart" campaign to raise money for Variety - The Children's Charity. The campaign runs from January 22 to February 18. They offer heart shaped doughnuts filled with strawberry jam which are available at all 40 Marketplace IGA locations across British Columbia. Wouldn't you just love to take a dozen home and support a good cause!!!!For over 70 years Variety - The Children's Charity has become the largest and most effective children's charity in the world. The organization has grown to 51 chapters in 13 countries, raising over $1 billion to assist the treatment and care of children with special needs including life-saving and life-enriching assistance to abused, addicted, physically-challenged, neglected, and/or underprivileged children throughout the world.
Decades ago, on Christmas Eve in 1928, a baby girl was abandoned at the Sheridan Theatre in Pittsburgh, PA. The eleven Variety Club members, who found the destitute girl, decided to underwrite the child's support and education.
Their work has exponentially grown into a worldwide network of thousands of volunteers dedicated to improving the lives of children in crisis. This Spring follow their campaign and help the kids. Children are our future!
