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On Thursday morning, April 3, 2014, UCT’s CEO Joe Hoffman and I entered the gymnasium at Eldon High School in Eldon, Missouri with a check for $10,000 and were greeted by more than 500 students, teachers, faculty, staff, board members, and members of the community.  To say Eldon, Missouri, is a special town is an understatement. With a population of just over 4,000, what… Continue Reading…

As George Harrison so famously sang, “…it’s been a long cold lonely winter…” For most of us spring cannot come soon enough. For the homeless, it must have been unbelievably harsh. Statistics show that homelessness is poverty driven, but there are other factors that also contribute. According to the National Coalition for the Homeless: Approximately 63% of homeless women have experienced domestic violence… Continue Reading…

After weeks of voting, with two schools running neck and neck to the end, we have two winners in our video contest, UCT Gives Back . . . Again. Eldon High School in Eldon, MO, is the winner of the $10,000 prize, and Saint Raphael Catholic Elementary School in Sudbury, ON, came in second place and wins the $5,000 prize.  All 10 of… Continue Reading…

The long winter has almost reached an end, and it’s time to “think spring!” For many UCT members this means it’s time to start planning a JOIN HANDS DAY project to support a community cause.   Traditionally held on the first Saturday in May, JOIN HANDS DAY is a noted day of service throughout North America that specifically targets and develops relationships between… Continue Reading…

In just over 8 days one deserving school will win $10,000 and another will win $5,000 through the UCT Gives Back…AGAIN video contest for schools with programs for students with intellectual disabilities. While all of the participating schools are deserving of these awards, everyone has their favorite they’d like to see win. If you’re not sure what you can do to help your… Continue Reading…

In just a little over two weeks – 15 days to be exact – voting for the UCT Gives Back…AGAIN video contest will close, and UCT will award $10,000 to one deserving school and $5,000 to another. The countdown is near, and only YOU can help determine which schools win! Fifteen days might seem like a long time, but to the 10… Continue Reading…

Over the past few days the Olympics have dominated the sports news. The competition is always fun to watch, and there are always surprising results. As they used to put it on an old ABC show, the Wide World of Sports, contestants experience the “thrill of victory, and the agony of defeat.”  While we all enjoy watching the Olympics, there is another type of… Continue Reading…

This is where the voting stands: Sandpoint Middle School-592 Oakstone Academy-519 St.Raphael School-428 Ivymount School-425 Eldon High School-331 Portage Collegiate Institute-307 Wilmot Union High School-286 Jessie Mae Monroe-151 Carleton Elementary-94 Carousel School-32  

In case you didn’t hear – UCT Gives Back…Again is UCT’s second video contest for schools with programs for people with intellectual disabilities or universities with programs to train special education teachers. The contest is in full swing and today is day 4 of the voting.  For our ten finalists, this can be more than just a school event, this can be… Continue Reading…

There’s a school in Galax, VA who knows firsthand what a $10,000 windfall can do to enrich the lives of students with intellectual disabilities.  They know because they were the winners of the UCT Gives Back video contest in 2013.  Beginning February 3, 2014 we need your help deciding which of the ten schools that submitted videos for the UCT Gives Back…AGAIN contest… Continue Reading…