by imavexadmin | Feb 1, 2021 | Latest News, News Clips
UMPS CARE Charities is proud to announce that our All-Star College Scholarship application is now live and available for students who were adopted later in life (13 or older). UMPS CARE distributes about $40,000 annually to help adopted children defray the cost of...
by Amy Rosewater | Apr 5, 2021 | Uncategorized
UMPS CARE Charities celebrated the start of the baseball season by organizing a special Opening Day event with our longtime partners at The Children’s Hospital at Montefiore in the Bronx. Although our MLB umpires were not able to make this visit...
by Amy Rosewater | Feb 17, 2021 | Latest News, Uncategorized
Katherine Atkins did not know much about Major League Baseball umpires when she was in high school, scrambling for scholarships to cover the costs of college. Adopted by her aunt and uncle when she was 15, Katherine came across an adoption website that mentioned the...
by Amy Rosewater | Feb 4, 2021 | Event, Latest News, Uncategorized
UMPS CARE Charities is excited to join forces with Protect The Game and support military veterans with a very special Zoom call with MLB Umpires Mark Carlson and Laz Diaz. The call is set for TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 9th at 7 PM Eastern Time. GET YOUR TICKET NOW! In...
by Amy Rosewater | Jan 4, 2021 | Event, Latest News
While we all would have loved to have been on the links in Arizona as we usually are this time of year for our UMPS CARE Golf Classic, the pandemic had other ideas. Our virtual event, The Un-Classic, proved to be a big hit and brought together UMPS CARE supporters...
by Amy Rosewater | Dec 2, 2020 | Uncategorized
For years, Major League Baseball umpires have made in-person deliveries of Build-A-Bear® furry friends to hospitals across the country and in Canada. But as everyone knows, 2020 has been anything but normal. Kids undergoing treatment are more isolated than ever as...
by Amy Rosewater | Nov 12, 2020 | Uncategorized
Larry Young likes to say he’s never had a real job. He’s been an umpire since he was 13, joined the American League in 1983 and retired following the 2007 season and is currently a Major League Baseball Umpire Supervisor. But he considers umpiring his passion, not...
by Amy Rosewater | Oct 29, 2020 | Uncategorized
For years, Major League Baseball umpires have made in-person deliveries of Build-A-Bear® furry friends to hospitals across the country and in Canada. But as everyone knows, 2020 has been anything but normal. Kids undergoing treatment are more isolated than ever as...
by Amy Rosewater | Oct 27, 2020 | Uncategorized
We are rounding third and heading home with our #Coop56Challenge – join this special campaign in memory of a special man NOW! As a way to continue the legacy of MLB Umpire #56 Eric Cooper, who passed away one year ago, and with the blessing of his family, UMPS...
by Amy Rosewater | Oct 26, 2020 | Uncategorized
UMPS CARE Charities proud to introduce its 2020 All-Star College Scholarship to Marcus Lo, a 19-year-old who graduated from Carmel High School, who is now a freshman at the University of Southern California. UMPS CARE Charities will provide Lo with $10,000 per year...
