HOW YOU CAN HELP: Radiothon
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Variety 3AW RADIOTHON
For eight years running 3AW listeners have opened their hearts and wallets to give disadvantaged children the gift of a bike in time for Christmas. The 2010 3AW Radiothon was a great success, raising funds for 1080 bikes and helmets for disadvantaged children.
Variety Victoria CEO, Norm Hutton, said, since its inception the relationship with 3AW has netted disadvantaged children more than 7,000 bikes.
"Many of these children have never owned a bike," Mr Hutton says. "Variety has long understood that disadvantage can be more than going without. It can also mean that children are disenfranchised from their peers and the social implications of this can be devastating. Since the program began we have raised more than one million dollars thanks to the wonderful support of 3AW and the generosity of its listeners."
We look forward to our bike presentations later in the year which allows donors to personally hand over a bike to a deserving child. This will take place at a series of events throughout Victoria in the lead-up to Christmas. The children concerned are identified by local welfare and support agencies and their names provided to Variety.
CHILDREN'S TESTIMONIALS
To all kinds of people who gave me the bike. Thank you very much, god bless you. Iam very happy with your present because I haven’t got one like it before. Your presentis really helping in many things like going to the market, training and visiting my friend. I really enjoy riding my bike and it make s my family very happiness because I got a gift from kindness people like you.
From Buwat Laa
My new bike, I like to ride a good bike, fun, I like bikes and thank you for giving it to me.
Anthony
To the team at Variety the Childrens Charity On behalf of the chidlren and families who received a bicycle – I would like to say THANK YOU. It was overwhelming to see the scale of the bike presentation and all of the people who dhave donated their time and money to give to children who don’t get much.
Furlong Road School for the Deaf
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