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UCT is in its third year as the national sponsor of ASHA to help grow special hockey programs for individuals with intellectual and developmental disabilities. Our three-year donations total more than $50,000. UCT members can support ASHA through such volunteer efforts as sponsoring ice time for games and practices, hosting post-practice lunches, helping sponsor tournaments and camps, and holding fundraisers to help… Continue Reading…

It’s a bird…it’s a plane…no, it’s the UCT Annual Convention – and it’s ALMOST HERE!   UCT members gather every year to conduct business meetings and vote on amendments and key issues. This year we will meet up in Schaumburg, Illinois from July 14 – 17 and it promises to be a great time! Not only are we excited to see familiar… Continue Reading…

As we do every year, our employees here at UCT are involved in the Operation Feed campaign here in Columbus.  Operation Feed is an effort to help the Mid Ohio Foodbank provide food for people in need throughoutCentral Ohio.  This year’s campaign is nearing the end, and we expect to achieve our goal. The need has always been there, but in recent… Continue Reading…

Hey everyone!  Jen here – Community Outreach Manager for UCT… Do you already belong to a UCT Traditional or Alternative Council? Are you looking to form a new one? If you answered “no,” then WHY NOT?!  If you answered yes, then you should already be aware of all that the UCT Home Office can provide to your council.  In fact, did you… Continue Reading…

UCT has added 11 new councils in the past year and the volunteer hours keep flowing…so much that we had to add new ways of communicating just how many great community service activities our local councils are involved in! Local Council Spotlight – UCT councils are doing so much to help their local communities that we just can’t keep the good news to… Continue Reading…

UCT, like all Fraternals, provides financial services products to our members.  As you can see on our website, we are an international member-benefit organization. Our members work to improve their local communities, and our financial services products provide benefits to help them secure their financial futures. Insurance planning is a critical part of any financial plan, and our members have a wide array… Continue Reading…

For the second year in a row, supporters of the Montgomery Cheetahs’ hosted the “Cheetah-Thon” – a fundraising skate-a-thon event to raise money for the Montgomery Cheetah’s special hockey team.  Their goal was to raise $20,000 to help fund ice expenses and programs for the Cheetahs’…the “Cheetah-Thon” raised more than $30,000!  The “Cheetah-Thon” started last year as a Bar Mitzvah project for… 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…

As the weather finally begins to get warmer, my wife and I have begun our training.  This past Saturday we did a 30 mile bicycle ride on some country roads just north of Columbus.  We are training to prepare for a ride we will be doing this summer for the third time.    The ride is called Pelotonia, and it is a… Continue Reading…

I just spent 4 days in the lovely town of Minneapolis at the Non-Profit Technology Conference (NTC) and experienced a life changing moment during the opening session led by Beth Kanter on the last day.  I learned that FAILURE IS AN OPTION! Not only is it an option, but it is inevitable, powerful, perhaps even enviable, and it can change your organization and… Continue Reading…