by Amy Rosewater | Jul 8, 2026 | Latest News, Uncategorized
(L to R) Major League Baseball Umpires Ramon De Jesus, Quinn Wolcott, Paul Clemons and Adrian Johnson take time out to deliver joy (and 100 Build-A-Bear furry friends) to young patients at Johns Hopkins Children’s Center, the site of UMPS CARE Charities’...
by Amy Rosewater | Jul 7, 2026 | Latest News, Uncategorized
(L to R) Major League Baseball Umpires Laz Diaz, Chris Segal and Erich Bacchus take time out to deliver joy (and 100 Build-A-Bear furry friends) to young patients at Cleveland Clinic Children’s. (Photo credit Ken Blaze) Children in hospitals have received a...
by Amy Rosewater | Jul 6, 2026 | Latest News, Uncategorized
Little League Umpires Dave Kudej and Darrin Besescheck, along with other Little League Baseball and Softball Umpires, are raising funds to support UMPS CARE Charities programs supporting children. Little League Umpires are fundraising to support UMPS CARE Charities...
by Amy Rosewater | Jun 20, 2026 | Latest News, Uncategorized
Retired MLB Umpire Mike DiMuro (second from right) with fellow umpires Mark Carlson and Tripp Gibson during an early UMPS CARE Charities hospital visit in Boston. UMPS CARE Charities is celebrating its 20th Anniversary this year. On the 20th of each month, we will...
by Amy Rosewater | Jun 17, 2026 | Uncategorized
Moments like these are why we do what we do at UMPS CARE Charities. (Photo credit Matthew Grimes) When the Atlanta Braves game against the San Francisco Giants was suspended for rain, a doubleheader was scheduled the following day. That was the day UMPS CARE Charities...
by Amy Rosewater | Jun 16, 2026 | Latest News, Uncategorized
Our limited-edition Stars & Strikes campaign baseball caps are now on sale! The best part is that when you are wearing this hat you can take pride in knowing that 100 percent of the proceeds are supporting participants from the Wounded Warrior Umpire Academy. The...
by Amy Rosewater | Jun 12, 2026 | Latest News, Uncategorized
From the moment the sun rose over the Rocky Mountains, we knew it was going to be a fantastic day. A full field of golfers migrated to the Red Hawk Ridge Golf Course for our 3rd Annual Fairway to the Rockies Golf Tournament for a day of fun on the links and to give...
by Amy Rosewater | Jun 1, 2026 | Latest News, Uncategorized
Registration is now open – at early-bird prices – for our inaugural Eastern Officials Association Golf Tournament! The event is set for Monday, October 5, 2026, at the Sleepy Hole Golf Course in Suffolk, Virginia. Prices will go up on August 1, so...
by Amy Rosewater | May 28, 2026 | Latest News, Uncategorized
(L to R) MLB Umpires Dan Merzel, Mark Ripperger and Dan Bellino hand off the 25,000th Build-A-Bear in the charity’s history to a child at UPMC Children’s Hospital in Pittsburgh. (Photo courtesy of UPMC Children’s Hospital of Pittsburgh). Children in...
by Amy Rosewater | May 21, 2026 | Latest News, Uncategorized
Major League Baseball Umpires (L to R) Carlos Torres, Bruce Dreckman and Nate Tomlinson are joined by UMPS CARE staff members and volunteers at Rady Children’s Hospital – San Diego (photo by Samantha Martinez). The following day, umpires working the...
