Five Butler County children and one adult received adaptive equipment from Variety — the Children’s Charity at a ceremony Tuesday in the Butler County Government Center.

Variety, a nonprofit organization that covers 54 counties in Pennsylvania and West Virginia, provides adaptive bicycles, adaptive strollers and iPads equipped with communication devices to children with disabilities.

Butler County was the eighth stop on the organization’s “Holiday Express” tour this month during which it is giving equipment to 70 children.

Charlie LaVallee, Variety’s CEO, said Tuesday that the organization has recently received $750,000 in donations, which will enable it to buy about 500 pieces of equipment for qualified applicants. Leo Gerard, international president of United Steelworkers, led a drive that raised $500,000 of that money, he said.

A full story appears in Wednesday's Butler Eagle.