Variety Village is famous for its kids, but they don’t kick you out when you grow up.

They might even hire you.

I first met Cameron “Cam” Purdy at the Police Children’s Games at the Village in 2013. He was a 13-year-old boy with a wheelchair and a wry smile tackling an obstacle course.

“What’s your future, kid?” I asked him.

“Variety Village taught me to do things I didn’t realize I could do in a wheelchair. So, I want to teach, like they’ve taught me here.”

Now a 25-year-old man with a wheelchair and a wry smile, he’s doing just that. Cam joined the Variety payroll this fall as a program instructor.

“Well, look at him now,” his mom, Corinna Taylor, a realtor, tells me.

The job is mostly watching over groups of kids or adults with a dizzying array of disabilities.

For instance, in

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