For every $25 donation between Monday, February 7, 2011 and 11:59 p.m. CT on Valentine's Day (Monday, February 14, 2011), supporters of Variety the Children's Charity will be entered in a raffle to win two St. Louis Cardinals tickets* for the upcoming 2011 baseball season!

Our goal is to sell just 100 raffle tickets to raise $2,500 for St. Louis-area children with physical and developmental disabilities. Please forward this link to your friends and family who love Variety AND Cardinals baseball!

When donating, please be sure to include your name and e-mail address so we can contact the winner!

*Prize is one 2011 Marty Pass, a voucher that can be redeemed for two tickets to any Monday-Thursday regular season Cardinals home game in 2011, excluding Opening Day and games in July. Additional blackout dates may apply.

The Marty Pass is a tribute to longtime Cardinals' Executive Marty Hendin, who was the ultimate ambassador for the Cardinals and a passionate supporter of Variety.

About Variety the Children’s Charity of St. Louis

For more than 75 years, Variety the Children’s Charity of St. Louis has helped thousands of children with disabilities say “I can” by providing them with vital medical equipment, as well as educational, therapeutic and recreational programs such as the annual Adventure Camp and Variety Children’s Theatre. An international leader in fundraising, Variety the Children’s Charity also distributes grants to more than 80 qualified partner agencies throughout the St. Louis area to provide programs and/or services that directly impact the lives of children with physical and mental disabilities. David Steward, chairman and founder of World Wide Technology, Inc., is the organization’s president. For more information on Variety, including upcoming events and volunteer opportunities, visit www.varietystl.org.

What can your donation provide, you ask?

• $50 - Books for the Variety Resource Center, providing valuable information and community connections to resolve the legal, social, therapeutic, educational, medical and counseling issues often encountered by families of children with disabilities.

• $100 - Crutches to support a child whose motor skills have been compromised by a disability such as cerebral palsy.

• $200 - Augmentative and Alternative Communication (AAC) software for an iPad, iPhone or iPod, providing a comprehensive communication solution (including natural sounding text-to-speech voices and a default vocabulary of over 7,000 items) for a child who is otherwise unable to talk.

• $300 - Transport children with disabilities to classes and venues throughout the St. Louis area.

• $500 - Modular, portable bath chair to help parents maintain a child’s proper hygiene.

• $600 - Bring third-party educational programs to Adventure Camp from such organizations as Mad Science, the Butterfly House, Missouri Botanical Gardens and more.

• $800 - Adaptive car seat to ensure a safe and comfortable travel experience for a child with special needs.

• $850 - Send a Variety Child to Adventure Camp for one week of fun, challenging activities in the areas of sports, fitness, sensory art and music. Highlights include cooking at L’ecole Culinaire, rock climbing at the The Heights Community Center and baseball at the Catch 22 Foundation’s Miracle Field. All children are provided one-on-one support by a certified counselor.

• $1,000 - Back brace for a child with curvature in the spine.

• $1,500 - Adaptive stroller for a child with autism or to aid parents who are unable to get a wheelchair in their car.

• $2,000 - Gait trainer to provide partial weight bearing support for teaching a child with motor delays how to walk.

• $2,800 - Bath lift to help a child get in and out of the tub.

• $3,000 - Hearing aid so a child can hear and better communicate in the classroom, at home, or on the playground.