Category: UPS News

Down Syndrome Alabama (DSA) has announced that the application for the Jake Pratt Scholarship Fund, sponsored by UPS, is open. In 2021, UPS awarded DSA with a $25,000 grant in honor of one of their employees in the Birmingham area, Jake Pratt. Jake happens to have Down syndrome. Jake completed the post-secondary education program at Clemson Life, and his wish is to help other young adults with Down syndrome who wish to go to a post-secondary education program with a scholarship.

The Jake Pratt Scholarship Fund-Sponsored by UPS will provide individual grants to people with Down syndrome who desire and intend to enroll or continue enrollment in a post-secondary program that will enhance their life through employment, independent living or life skills, or interests in any other areas.

South county firefighters put out an early morning blaze at a UPS facility on South River Street in Hailey on Tuesday, knocking down the fire in about 30 minutes, Wood River Fire & Rescue Chief Ron Bateman said in a statement.

Multiple agencies responded to the commercial building around 6:45 a.m. to find an “active fire” in a portion of the structure extending into nearby vehicles, Bateman said. After word that a driver was missing, firefighters entered and searched the inside of the building; the driver was found outside and unharmed, Bateman said.

UPS is a quality business that can afford to keep increasing its payout.

With the rumble from the former military buildings settling, the first walls of a massive new UPS distribution center have started to appear.

Contractors imploded once-bomb proof buildings last year to make way for the construction of a distribution center, which is expected to create more than 1,000 new jobs.

The former Military Ocean Terminal which opened as a military base beginning just before World War II – and has since been renamed Peninsula at Bayonne Harbor – once was one of the larger employers in Bayonne. It’s closing in 1996, along with those of a number of other former local employers, caused many residents to seek employment outside the city for the first time. While its closure appeared to offer the space to bring many of those jobs back to, as well as a site for future housing development, suffered a setback when the housing market collapsed in 2008, causing lawsuits over previous contracts for development there.

UPS is heading to New York Fashion Week.

The shipping and logistics company is making its debut in fashion this week as the official logistics partner of NYFW: The Shows, and is launching its first apparel and merchandise collection to commemorate the milestone, partnering with nonprofit In the Blk to present three emerging Black designers on Feb. 13.

The 14-piece collection drew inspiration from small- and medium-size businesses, which are the main focus for UPS’s Be Unstoppable initiative, a program designed to help business owners of smaller firms compete more effectively against larger companies. Pieces include apparel, backpacks and wireless speakers all ranging in price from $28 to $98.