Put Our Wounded Marines Behind the Plate

DenverWounded Warrior Umpire Camp

$2,045

Raised of $7,000 USD

Fundraising ended on May 23, 2014
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About This Project

25 Wounded Warrior Marines Will Soon Become Ceritified Umpires


The Marine Wounded Warrior Battalion-East is dedicatd to the rehabilitation and reintedgration of ill and wounded Marines to prepare them for return to either active duty or civilian life.  One expressed segment of this mission is to provide job skills training
which may lead to a vocation or avocation.  The Colorado Collegiate Umpire Association is supporting the WWBn-E mission by providing such training and guaranteed employment for those who complete the specialized umpire course and relocate to the Denver Metro
Area.


Some of the Marines who complete the program, and who have been medically cleared for an extended stay, will remain in Denver as WWBn-E interns and work with CCUA members throughtout the summer.  Others will return to Camp LeJeune but CCUA will provide job
placement through its national contacts with other umpire associations.


CCUA and Corporate Partners


This training must be fully funded by the CCUA and its corporate partners.  The Marine Corps and WWBn-E does not endorse this fund raising carried on by the CCUA, but welcomes the involvement of CCUA and its partners in completing its mission of rehabilitation
and reintegration.


Becoming an umpire is not cheap.  While CCUA is providing umpire training free of charge (tuition is usually $200.00 per person), funds must be raised to provide for transportation, lodging, meals, uniforms and equipment.  The total cost to bring a Wounded
Marine Hero to Denver is $1,500.00.  


The CCUA and its partners have raised a fourth of the required funds.  Negotiations are on-going with uniform suppliers, hotel corporations, and car rental agencies.  While we expect that each of these entities would like to participate with us, they will
only provide reduced costs for their services and products.  


Your donation will go directly to the CCUA / Wounded Warrior Umpire Training Intensive.  You will be our partner is restoring a Marine Wounded Warrior to a productive life and providing mind, spirit, body, and familty rehabilitation.


For more information and to verify the CCUA / WWB-E partnership in this project please contact Major Greg Wilson; WWBn-E Adjutant/S-1 at 760-964-3912 or Dan Weikle; CCUA Adfministrator at 303. 919-1956.


Thanks you for your support.

Use Of Funds

$7,000 Tipping Point Goal

Once our tipping point goal is achieved, we will be able to purchase air fare and hotel accommodations for the Marine Wounded Warriors who are coming to Denver.


Other funds will be dedicated to purchasing official umpire uniforms including protective equipment and steel-toed plate shoes.  Food and other living expenses can also be provided for with these funds.


Once our ultimate goal is reached we will be able to expand our program to include Wounded Warrior veterans from other branches of the military as well as Marines from the Wounded Warrior Battalion-West headquartered at Camp Pendleton, CA.  


When our ultimate goal is reached, we will be able to sustain this program for at least three years.  Our ultimate goal is for the Wounded Warrior Umpire Intensive Camp to become a tradidtion with our Wounded Heroes.

$26,000 Stretch Goal


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Official signed Thank You letter from Wounded Warrior Battalion-East Command Headquarters

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Wounded Warrior "Still in the Fight" logo T-Shirt (specify size). Plus signed Thank You letter from Wounded Warrior-East Command Headquarters

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Signed Baseball by all Wounded Warrior Battalion-East Marine umpires

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Signed Baseball Bat by all Wounded Warrior Battalion-East Marine umpires

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DVD of the event from opening ceremony to closing, includes training activities and umpire footage. Plus signed group photograph of all Wounded Warrior Battalion-East Marine umpires.

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Picture powerpoint of the event, signed baseball bat and ball by all Wounded Warrior Battalion-East Marine umpires

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DVD of the event from opening ceremony to closing. Includes training activities and umpire footage. Plus signed Baseball and Baseball Bat by all Wounded Warrior Battalion-East Marine umpires. Plus "Still in the Fight" logo t-shirt (specify size).

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Corporate Logo displayed at all segments of the event from opening ceremony/dinner/training sites. DVD of complete training activities and powerpoint still pictures. Official Gold Star hat and "Still in the Fight" golf shirt (specify size).. Plus signed baseball and baseball bat by all Wounded Warrior Battalion-East Marine umpires.

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