Beveridge Family News Volume 3, Issue 1 December 2007 Holiday Edition Area W oman Named Director of Local Non-Profit NEW BRITAIN, PA – Warminster resident Kathy Beveridge was looking for a new career challenge this past spring and, true to her character, she jumped into one feet first. After five years as Director of Devel- opment at Temple University’s Ambler College—and a fifteen-year career in non-profit fundraising— Beveridge left the world of development to accept a position as the first full-time Executive Director of the Bucks County Women’s Fund. The directorship of the BCWF, which funds and supports programs and policies that improve the lives of area women and girls, felt like a natural next step to Kathy. “I spent fifteen years raising money to help non-profits do important work,” she noted in a recent interview. “I’m looking forward to get- ting the chance to spend it for a change.” Beveridge’s husband, Mike, was excited about her new direction. “Well, I like Bucks County,” noted the life- long resident of the area. “And I like women. So it’s a win-win for me.” BCWF Board President Gayle Good- man, who recruited Beveridge for the position, was also pleased about her decision to join the organization. “I met Kathy at Temple when my husband Jim [Searing] was a student there, and I thought she would make a great Execu- tive Director,” Goodman recalled. “Plus, I figured if I got her out of de- velopment she would stop asking Jim for money.” [When told of Goodman’s ulterior motive for hiring her, Kathy pointed out that “it worked like a charm. I don’t bother Jim any more. Now I ask Gayle for money.”] Never one to do things halfway, Beveridge decided to get some training for her new position at the highest level, enrolling in a Master’s Program in Non-Profit Administration at her alma mater, the University of Notre Dame. Although the program has pro- vided Kathy with substantial informa- tion in a few short months, it has also provided major challenges; while some of the coursework is online, the pro- gram requires her to spend four weeks on the Notre Dame campus each sum- mer. Beveridge spent her first summer term in South Bend in late June and July, and while the eight hours of daily coursework was intensive, the hardest part of the experience was being away from Mike and her sons, Colin and Keenan. “I had never been away from the boys for more than two nights in a row, so that was tough to take,” Kathy recalled. “Every night on the phone it was hard to listen to the crying, the whining, the begging me to come home. Honestly, I thought Mike would hold up better than that” [ see relatedstory, page A2]. Despite his joy over seeing Kathy return home in late July, Mike admitted that his excitement over her high- profile position was tempered by a growing concern. “I worry a lot about the pressure of being married to an Ex- ecutive Director—supportin g her at all kinds of functions and being in the pub- Kathy Beveridge in her official big-shot picture. Warm wishes for a happy and healthy new year from the Beveridge Family! Kathy, Mike, Colin, and Keenan 1195 Dager Road Warminster, PA 18974 (215) 441-4827 [email protected][email protected]lic eye. It’s hard being a trophy hus- band. You wouldn’t believe how much work it takes to look fabulous all the time. I’m taking two facials a week just to stay in the game.” Kathy expressed her appreciation for her husband’s support. “Mike has helped me find the strength to take on this new position, and he’s been a great foundation. Still, as a husband, I wouldn’t say he’s a trophy. He’s more like a Certificate of Participation.”
This document is posted to help you gain knowledge. Please leave a comment to let me know what you think about it! Share it to your friends and learn new things together.
Rookie Coach Answ ers Criticsw ith “Defeated” Season
WARMINSTER, PA – When area man
Mike Beveridge signed on as head coach
of the Warminster Basketball Association
Pacers for the 2007 season, the first-time
coach had his share of doubters. Some
said he lacked the experience to handle
such a high-profile job. Others grumbled
that he was awarded the position through
the influence of his son, local superstar
Colin. But Beveridge responded to all of
the questions about his ability with a
memorable achievement—a perfect 0-14
season.
“Coaching is all about consistency,”
Beveridge noted in a press conference
after the Pacers were eliminated in the
first round of the playoffs. “No matter
what happens on the court, you have to
maintain an even keel. When you have a
streak going, even if it’s a losing streak,
you can’t let anything break it.”
Beveridge’s unique coaching philoso-
phy certainly made an impression on his
colleagues. “Mike made us rethink a lot
of our assumptions about the game,”
noted John Sweeney, Beveridge’s unfor-
tunate assistant and father of power for-
ward Kyle. “Like the assumption that
talented players can overcome mediocre
coaching. Or the one about the blind
squirrel finding a nut once in a while.”
Despite the leadership of their myopic
coach, the Pacers came close to finding
that elusive nut on several occasions.
Most notably, on back-to-back nights in
mid-February, the team lost consecutive
games by a combined three points, in-
cluding one game in which they held a
one-point lead in overtime only to see an
opposing player throw in a 14-foot prayer
with under a minute to play.
“That was a tough stretch,” said a visi-
bly shaken Beveridge. “But as I told the
kids at the end of the season, sometimes
you work hard and do everything right
and the ball still doesn’t bounce your
way. But they played like champions in
my book. An experience like this really
builds character.”
“Yeah, great. Character,” noted Colin,
when asked about his dad’s final speech.
“That’s why I worked my butt off all
season. To build character. I can’t wait to
build even more character next year.”
Local Urchins’ Sad FacesUnintentionally Hilarious to Parents
WARMINSTER, PA – Like most kids at
their ages, area brothers Colin and
Keenan Beveridge have spent yearsworking on their “sad faces,” the puppy-
dog-eyed weapon that typically overpow-
ers parents with waves of pity and bends
them to their children’s will. Unfortu-
nately for the boys, however, their poor-
waif looks have not produced the desired
effect.
“It’s the most hilarious thing I’ve ever
seen,” confessed Kathy Beveridge, the
boys’ amused mother. “They used to ask
for an extra cookie or to stay up another
10 minutes, and I would say no and brace
myself so I wouldn’t give in to their
pleading. Now it takes all of my effort just to keep from laughing in their little
faces.”
Kathy’s husband Mike confessed to
having a similar reaction. “I can’t even
look at them when they do it,” he noted,
suppressing a giggle. “They’re trying to
look like Oliver Twist, but they end up
looking like Jerry Lewis. Seriously,
Kathy and I are thinking about withhold-
ing food and birthday presents just so we
can see how much funnier the faces can
get.”
Despite their parents’ failure to appre-
ciate the piteousness of their looks, the
brothers pledged to keep working onthem. “We’re going to keep practicing
the faces,” promised Colin, “and we’re
looking into hiring a couple of violinists.
If that doesn’t work, we can always throw
a tantrum.”
S p o r t s E x t r a
Clockwise from above: Keenan asks Mom for some ice cream. Colin begs to play video gameson a school night. The Beveridge brothers’ pat-ented double-barreled puppy-dog-eye attack,which is illegal in twelve states.
Top: Mike Beveridge (far right, sporting wickedmullet) with roommates(left to right) Geoff Frank,Scott Giacobello, RalphFalbo, and Mike Sea-mands in their room(before the Erasmus
Institute ruined the décor)on Graduation Day, May1992.
Bottom: Mike Beveridge(far right, sporting 20extra pounds) with room-mates (left to right) Geoff,Ralph, Scott, and Mike,try to tailgate out of theback of a Honda Civic.