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One simple goal - to celebrate children and families.
Every child, regardless of personal, or financial circumstances deserves to be celebrated. Beverly’s Birthdays provides birthday cheer and critical baby care items for children experiencing homelessness and families in-need. From the “birth” to the 18th birthday, and special milestones, in-between, we spread cheer 365 days a year!
The Beginning
A life-changing question
In 2011, our founder, Megs Yunn, met a young girl named, Beverly, at a local afterschool program. Megs was helping her with her reading homework and Beverly had to use the word accustomed to in a sentence. Not knowing the meaning of the word, Ms. Megs asked, “Beverly, at birthday parties, people are accustomed to eating what?” Beverly responded that she had never had a birthday party of her own or even a slice of her own birthday cake. Inspired by this interaction, Megs decided to start the nonprofit, Beverly’s Birthdays, to provide meaningful birthday celebrations for children experiencing homelessness and families in need. Since 2012, the organization has supported thousands of birthdays, and the organization has grown to offer a variety of celebration based programming.
OUR PARTNERS
Partnerships to support families.
Beverly’s Birthday has partnerships with over 100 social service agencies, 100 low-income schools, and is a contract provider with Allegheny County DHS. We are also proud to be a program provider for all 28 Family Support Centers in Allegheny County.
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Meet our birthday cheerleaders
Each member of our energetic, dedicated, and compassionate leadership team and board believes whole heartedly in Beverly’s Birthdays mission and the inherent value in celebrating others.
Leadership
Megs Yunn
Executive Director/Founder
Kristeen Ballas
Director of Programming & Community Engagement
Christine Diamond
Accounting & Office Manager
Liz Holmes
Development Manager
Julianne Puckett
Development & Marketing Assistant
Jordan Craig
Manager of Inventory & Operations
Darla Sherlock
Director of Beverly's Babies
Paige Jones
Program Manager
Beverly's Babies
Mikayla Durkoske
Programming Assistant
Celebrations & Cheer Bins
Betsy Backus
Programming Assistant
Birthday Cheer Bins
Cheryl Robinson
Programming Assistant
Birthday Cheer Bins
Marissa Wall
Program Manager
Birthday Boutique
Jazlyn Moses
Program Assistant
Brianna Haut
Party Facilitator
Kendyl Kelly
Party Facilitator
Pat McManus
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Megs Yunn
Executive Director/Founder
Kristeen Ballas
Director of Programming & Community Engagement
Christine Diamond
Accounting & Office Manager
Liz Holmes
Development Manager
Julianne Puckett
Development & Marketing Assistant
Jordan Craig
Manager of Inventory & Operations
Darla Sherlock
Director of Beverly's Babies
Paige Jones
Program Manager
Beverly's Babies
Mikayla Durkoske
Programming Assistant
Celebrations & Cheer Bins
Betsy Backus
Programming Assistant
Birthday Cheer Bins
Cheryl Robinson
Programming Assistant
Birthday Cheer Bins
Marissa Wall
Program Manager
Birthday Boutique
Jazlyn Moses
Program Assistant
Brianna Haut
Party Facilitator
Kendyl Kelly
Party Facilitator
Pat McManus
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Board Members
President
Kristin Ash
Vice President, Executive and Strategic Communications, Highmark Health
Vice President
Kalani Palmer
Associate Vice President, Indiana University of Pennsylvania
Treasurer
Jessica Miller
Senior Manager, Risk Advisory Services, Schneider Downs & Co., Inc.
Secretary
Jaime Szoszorek
Senior Program Officer, Colcom Foundation
Miltiadis Constantine
Program Manager, Strategy and Operations, Meta
Suzanne Currier
Director, Global Brand Marketing, Strategy and Insights, Mylan
Lisa Fox
Chief Executive Office, The Bradley Center
Sara Gaal
Senior Director, Allegheny Conference
Amy Gonzalez
Senior Community Advisory, Equitrans Midstream Corporation
Kate (Bonn) Grumley
Project Engineer, FedEx Ground
Sara Holzer
National Sales Director, VisitPittsburgh
Danielle Harshman
Executive Director, Ironworker Employers Association of Western PA, Inc.
Kolleen Johnson
Vice President of Operations, Chief Operating Officer, PathWays of SWPA
Aleksandra Kocelko
Associate Attorney, Burns White LLC
John Markwell
Head of Commercial Management and Trading, Exus Management Partners
Aparna Nemlekar
Partner, Fox Rothschild LLP
Regina Vitti-Lyons
Director, KPMG
Taneshya Williams
Program Manager, Pennsylvania Women Work
Kyona White
Program Manager, Sojourner House MOMS
Kylie Zaffino
Senior Compensation Consultant, Amazon
