by Amy Rosewater | Jan 4, 2021 | Event, Latest News
We are excited to announce the Un-Classic, a star-studded lineup of baseball entertainment UMPS CARE has created just for you! Because of the pandemic, we could not host our traditional, in-person Golf Classic, usually held in January. Instead, we are hosting the...
by Amy Rosewater | Jul 26, 2020 | Event, Latest News
UMPS CARE Charities is hosting another edition of Steaks & Stories, but this time, we are kicking it old school! Join us THURSDAY, August 6th as we welcome retired Major League Baseball Umpires Gary Darling, Jim Joyce, Steve Rippley and Dale Scott – four...
by Amy Rosewater | May 14, 2020 | Latest News
Kris Engstrand is used to wearing a uniform, having served 23 years in the Stamford, Connecticut, police department, the last four years as union president. But the last few years, he has sported another uniform – that of a baseball uniform. And he has discovered that...
by Amy Rosewater | May 5, 2020 | Latest News
Major League Baseball umpire Greg Gibson wanted to do something for his hometown community of Boyd County in Kentucky, in the wake of the coronavirus pandemic. He knew how tough things have been for the hospital workers on the front line. But his mother, Joyce, had...
by Amy Rosewater | Apr 30, 2020 | Event, Latest News
Major League Baseball umpires Phil Cuzzi, Tom Hallion, Adam Hamari and Todd Tichenor in an exclusive UMPS CARE presentation of “Steaks and Stories.” This sold-out event will provide the rare opportunity to hear behind-the-scenes baseball stories from an MLB crew. We...
by Amy Rosewater | Apr 13, 2020 | Latest News
April is National Volunteer Month, and we thought we would take time out to spotlight two special UMPS CARE volunteers and supporters, Courtney and Chris Bonham. Courtney and Chris Bonham spent nearly four years of their lives in and out of children’s...