Program areas at Variety - The Children's Charity of Wisconsin
The freedom program improves a child's mobility, confidence, independence and community involvement by providing funding for mobility and other enabling equipment. Examples of funded equipment include adaptive bikes, wheelchairs, walkers, lifts, ramps, vehicle modifications adn more. The organization assists when families are unable to cover The expensive cost of The mobility equipment and they are denied access to insurance coverage.
Other, including discover program - Variety sponsors free, quarterly events and activities that provide children and their families a way to connect, discover new friends and scocialize through fun, casual experiences.
Chatter matters communication camp gives children a voice by teaching families how to incorporate a speech generating device into their everyday activities. Through a partnership with uw-whitewater, graduate speech pathology students and other student volunteers and instructors host this overnight camp for children with special needs who use assistive communication devices and their immediate families. Through camp activities The child improves his or her device use to become a more competent communicator. Learning occurs through fun camp activities including arts and crafts, adaptive sports, games, music, stories campfire and more.
Care program focuses on providing funding for specialized care, such as respite care, youth development programs, and more.