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I spent last weekend at the Gardens Ice House in Laurel Maryland attending the UCT Winter Hockey Festival. It was a great event and the players seemed to really enjoy every bit of it. We had 20 teams participate, and they had the opportunity to play on one of 3 indoor rinks and also an outdoor rink that was completed just a few… Continue Reading…

The UCT staff made it safely to Laurel, Maryland, and are now setting up for the 3rd annual UCT Winter Hockey Festival to benefit special hockey programs within our partnered organization, the American Special Hockey Association (ASHA). With two days left until the first puck drops at The Gardens Ice House, UCT is grateful for the volunteer support we have had along the way and… Continue Reading…

With only a few days left before the New Year, I’ve been thinking about some of the great things in store in 2014.  We have several new initiatives planned for the coming year, and I’m excited to see how everything plays out. While we have great things planned throughout the year, we have a couple of major events coming up early in… Continue Reading…

UCT was founded over 125 years ago with the goal to give back to those who are in need. Today, that goal still holds true and with some recent changes to our council structure – you can create your own alternative council with just 10 members and a passion to do good in your local community! Here are the top 6 reasons… Continue Reading…

UCT Gives Back…AGAIN is accepting video entries through December 31st – don’t delay, use the next 2 weeks to create and submit your video for a chance at $10,000! IT’S SIMPLE TO ENTER! Create a short video up to two minutes long The video doesn’t need to be professionally filmed – use a video camera or Smartphone and keep it simple! Explain how… Continue Reading…

As we get close to Thanksgiving, many people take time to think about the good things in their lives; what they have to be thankful for. At UCT we have selected Thursdays as the day to post on our facebook page various things that we are thankful for. Thankful Thursday posts have been very popular. In recent weeks we have posted about members of… Continue Reading…

  The first ever UCT Alternative Council Training Session, held at the home office in October, was a huge success! Over 18 alternative council officers and members from across the U.S. attended and walked away with valuable information about UCT including our history, traditions and structure; our insurance aspect and products; our member benefits and scholarships; and officer duties, council expectations and more! … Continue Reading…

UCT Gives Back…AGAIN and this time we’re giving away $15,000! We want YOUR school to submit a video for a chance to win. UCT Gives Back is a video contest open to schools with programs for people with intellectual disabilities, or universities with programs to train special education teachers. The first-place winner will receive $10,000 and the second-place winner will receive $5,000! … Continue Reading…

UCT members have a long history of working to improve their local communities.  Over the past 125 years, our members have volunteered to support a wide variety of charitable causes.  One long term effort of the organization has been to help young people pursue higher education. UCT has been awarding scholarships to deserving students for over 50 years.  Over that time, the… Continue Reading…

I wanted to share the recent success of one of our new Alternative Council’s last charity event.  On September 14th 2013, Families for a Cure Council #2007 hosted the first annual Charity Ride / Poker Run to benefit Families for a Cure Foundation.  The council began planning the event more than six months ago and was able to gain great partners like… Continue Reading…