Variety - the Children's Charity of Eastern Tennessee

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Happening this Saturday ... all welcome ☺️🙌

We are beyond grateful to have been selected as the benefiting charity of Packs with a Purpose!

A heartfelt thank you to Luke Combs and Grand Slam Collectables for your incredible generosity and for choosing Variety of Eastern Tennessee.

Tennessee truly showed up in a big way, helping raise an incredible amount of support for children in need. Because of you, we will be able to make a meaningful impact in the lives of so many families.

We are truly honored and thankful! 💛

Come out to the Cowboy Carnival and say 👋 to Variety.

Merry Christmas from Variety of Eastern Tennessee! 🎄🎅

Grateful beyond words for our Variety community. Volunteers, members, donors, and supporters, thank you for helping us bring joy and opportunity to children and families across Eastern Tennessee this year. 💙

Variety – the Children’s Charity has partnered with Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures to create a limited-edition gold heart pin with the highly anticipated film AVATAR: FIRE AND ASH, in theatres nationwide on December 19, 2025. The collector’s pin is exclusively available through participating exhibition partners and are available starting December 12, 2025 for a minimum donation of $3.00 in movie theatres throughout the U.S. while supplies last.

The pins benefit Variety programs that provide life-changing equipment, services and experiences to children who live with special needs or who endure daily life challenges.

Variety – the Children’s Charity was started 97 years ago to help children with special needs and disadvantages. To date over 50,000,000 children have been assisted around the globe through Variety’s local Tents (chapters). Many families cannot afford the critical treatments, equipment and physical therapy sessions required for their children to enjoy an improved and inclusive quality of life. Everyone who purchases an AVATAR: FIRE AND ASH gold heart pin will directly support the children and their families served by Variety – the Children’s Charity.

About Variety - the Children’s Charity
Variety – the Children’s Charity has a 97-year legacy of caring for children across the globe when family income, insurance, and government assistance cannot. Since its founding in 1928, Variety has grown to 37 chapters throughout the world and raised more than $1 billion to assist the treatment and care of children who have a disability or are disadvantaged. Through direct grants and programs, Variety provides the gifts of independence, self-esteem, mobility and communication; survival, recovery, well-being and health; and education, confidence and achievement for children. To learn more, please visit www.variety.org.

About AVATAR: FIRE AND ASH
“Avatar: Fire and Ash,” the third film in the phenomenally successful “Avatar” franchise, opens exclusively in theaters worldwide December 19, 2025. James Cameron takes audiences back to Pandora in an immersive new adventure with Marine turned Na’vi leader Jake Sully (Sam Worthington), Na’vi warrior Neytiri (Zoe Saldaña), and the Sully family. “Avatar: Fire and Ash,” which is directed by James Cameron and produced by James Cameron, p.g.a., and Jon Landau, p.g.a., has a screenplay by James Cameron & Rick Jaffa & Amanda Silver, and a story by James Cameron & Rick Jaffa & Amanda Silver & Josh Friedman & Shane Salerno. The film also stars Sigourney Weaver, Stephen Lang, Oona Chaplin, Cliff Curtis, Joel David Moore, CCH Pounder, Edie Falco, David Thewlis, Jemaine Clement, Giovanni Ribisi, Britain Dalton, Jamie Flatters, Trinity Jo-Li Bliss, Jack Champion, Brendan Cowell, Bailey Bass, Filip Geljo, Duane Evans, Jr., and Kate Winslet.

There is still time to signup for the 2025 KTC Turkey Trot. Funds raised benefit Variety - the Children's Charity of Eastern Tennessee.

Regal Knoxville Turkey Trot 5K + Little Gobbler Kid's Run Regal Knoxville Turkey Trot 5K + Little Gobbler Kid's Run is on Thursday November 27, 2025. It includes the following events: 5K, Kids_Run, and Turkey Trot-Virtual.

We cannot get over how much FUN we had this past Friday with @varietyet at @zooknoxville!! Swipe to see our zoo-per fun day!

Come out to the Cowboy Carnival today. Great event supporting an amazing organization, Hoof and Harness Experiential Learning Inc.

Variety will be at the Disability Resource Fair hosted by Blount County Schools, Maryville, Tennessee today. There will be a wide range of vendors sharing valuable resources and support for individuals with disabilities and their families.

Stop by and say hello - we’d love to see you there!

Thank you to the Knoxville Track & Field Club (KTC) for having Variety as the Knoxville Turkey Trot benefitting charity and for the generous donation. Thank you KTC for supporting Variety and improving the health of our East TN Community!