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5 Years of Cheer!

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Greetings from the Land-of-Cheer!

We are filled with joy and excitement as we head into the Spring season! At the end of April, we will be returning to PNC Park to celebrate our fifth birthday as an organization!! We cannot help but take this time to reflect on what all has been done since our inception…

If you have ever been to a Beverly’s Birthday party, you know first-hand the happiness our organization is able to produce. What you might not know however, is how much your support means to us and to what extent it has made an impact! For this reason, we are going to walk you through our accomplishments, just in this PAST YEAR (2016).

Check it out!!

 

123 GROUP BIRTHDAY CELEBRATIONS!

Beverly’s Birthdays is best known for the birthday celebrations we host at our 50+ partnering agencies. There’s no question as to why either…this is truly the most fun program we run! Each month, we host anywhere from 10-15 parties throughout the Pittsburgh region. Every month is celebrated in a different theme as well! Program Managers, Martina and Kate, go into each party knowing that while there is a typical party-format, ANYTHING is fair game. We have had spontaneous dance parties, minute-to-win-it face offs, tons of crafts, face painting, special guest appearances, party games and more! Top that off with delicious food, catered by MOE’S Southwest Grill, birthday cupcakes, treat bags and gifts, and you have an unforgettable evening.

We like quote our good friend, Dr. Seuss – “You never know the true value of a moment, until it becomes a memory”. This is exactly why we do what we do…Our goal is to create positive memories that will last a lifetime.

1,557 CHEER BINS

Our Cheer Bin program takes a close second to the parties in terms of popularity. Who wouldn’t be excited to receive a physical bin filled with “CHEER”!? If you haven’t had the opportunity to assemble a cheer bin before, it is essentially our version of an amped-up birthday gift. Each bin we put together has an age appropriate reading book, coloring/activity book, crayons, tooth brush, tooth paste, snacks, candy and other miscellaneous goodies. We pair each bin with one large item requested by the child. While we don’t get the privilege of seeing every child open their birthday cheer bin package, when we do…it is PURE-JOY!

1,252 BIRTHDAY IN A BAGS

Our Birthday in a Bag program is perhaps the most popular amongst our volunteer groups. It’s a great opportunity to collect, assemble and be creative with your service work! If you are unfamiliar with this program, it is exactly what it sounds like: we create a BIRTHDAY and put it in a BAG! Each bag is centered around a gender and/or theme: Dora, Spider-Man, Frozen, Minions…YOU NAME IT…and the bag contains everything a family would need to celebrate a birthday in their own setting. Bags include cake mix, frosting, napkins, plates, forks, cups, candles, streamers etc.

Once we assemble these bags, we deliver them to our local food banks and other partnering agencies so that they are stocked up and ready for some partying!

250 BABIES!

Our Itty-Bitty program is precious to say the least. For this program, we combine the concept of our birthday parties with our Cheer Bin program. Instead of throwing a birthday party, we host Baby Showers and hand out Itty Bitty Birthday Bins as the shower gifts.

We recognize that the birth of a child is the first chance a mother gets to celebrate the child’s life! For this reason, we love getting the expecting mother’s we serve excited about the new joy they are bringing into this world. Baby Showers are hosted seasonally, and each mother that attends receives an Itty Bitty bin with size one diapers, baby wipes, bottles, binkies, board books, baby onesies and a toy. We have also partnered with our friend Jasmine at Yummyholic, who creates beautiful and delicious favor cookies for the showers. They are an absolute blast!

13,080 CLASSROOM BIRTHDAYS

We are gearing up now for our 2017-2018 Classroom Cheer Kit Program. Every child loves and deserves to be recognized amongst their peers at school. This includes being recognized on their birthday! With the help of the Education Partnership, we have been able to support our local public school teachers in recognizing their students with our “Classroom Cheer Bins”. Each bin contains 30 birthday pencils, crowns, badges, bracelets, cheer chants and more. We also pair the bin with a big calendar for the teachers to record their students’ birthdays on! This year, we are excited to include some birthday super-hero capes and birthday activity books!

1,790+ VOLUNTEERS HOURS

Each of the programs listed above would truly not function if it weren’t for the support of our volunteers! From attending birthday parties, to baking cupcakes, to assembling treat bags, to inventorying toys at our office, to assisting with our big-scale events and MORE…We are so grateful for their hours and willingness to share their talents to support our mission. Each birthday smile shared through our organization is a true reflection of the volunteers’ work and kindness. Stay tuned for some fun April news! We will be honoring our volunteers for National Volunteer Appreciation Week!

WHAT’S AHEAD?

Now that you’ve had the opportunity to read what we were able to accomplish in 2016, it thrills us to share that in the past 5 years, we have been able to recognize over 15,000 birthdays through our programming!!! If this isn’t incentive to celebrate…we truly don’t know what is!

We hope you will join us in doing just that, at our Adult-Baseball-Birthday-Bash at PNC Park on Thursday April 20th. We have so much fun in store and would love to have you there to celebrate with us. You can follow this link to learn more and secure your tickets! Until then… We wish you BIRTHDAY CHEER!

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