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…
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…
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 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…
UCT gives back…AGAIN by sponsoring a video contest to award $15,000! Helping people with intellectual disabilities has been UCT’s number one community service project for over 50 years. Following up on the success of last year’s “UCT Gives Back” video contest, we’re giving back AGAIN by sponsoring a video contest for schools with programs for people with intellectual disabilities or universities with… Continue Reading…
We welcome back guest blogger, Loretta Hoffman, who along with her husband, UCT’s CEO, Joe Hoffman, rode to raise money for cancer research. Take it away, Loretta! A couple of Saturdays ago, almost seven thousand Pelotonia bicyclists rolled out of downtown Columbus. Made up of routes ranging from 25 miles to the two day 180 mile total, the bicycling fundraiser has… Continue Reading…
Volunteering is an amazing thing…not only does it benefit the cause you are supporting, but volunteering effects the volunteer. A recent study by the Corporation for National and Community Service, Office of Research and Policy Development titled, The Health Benefits of Volunteering: A Review of Recent Research, Washington, DC 2007, showed that those who volunteer have lower mortality rates, greater functional… Continue Reading…
This week we welcome guest blogger Loretta Hoffman (wife of UCT CEO, Joe Hoffman) as she prepares for Pelotonia this weekend… This Saturday, August 10, Joe and I will be riding in Pelotonia, a bike tour to raise money for the James Cancer Institute here in Columbus. We are doing the 100 mile route and with stops for food and water, it… 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…
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