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the WU BRIGHT SPIKES SCHOLARSHIP AND AWARDS

The WU© “Bright Spikes” Awards is a scholarship and school support initiative by GraceKennedy Money Services (GKMS) - the agent of Western Union in Jamaica, to student track and field athletes with good GPAs, who have a parent or financial supporter, legally residing in the US, Canada and/or select Caribbean countries.

Last year’s winners

Daniel meggo

Cornwall college

2019 bright spike winner

Rickea Atkins

St. Catherine high

2019 bright spike winner

J’voughnn blake

jamaica college

2019 bright spike winner

Prizes & awards

Awards will be presented to students and schools on CHAMPS Friday, March 27, 2020.

The students will get a scholarship valued at $100,000 to pay for education expenses.

The school will get $150,000 for their track programme.

There will be three winners selected, one per county.

Do I Qualify?

  • Must be a student-athlete on a team participating at the 2020 ISSA GraceKennedy Boys’ and Girls’ Athletic Championships.

  • Student must be attaining over 60 per cent average or highest GPA on team.

  • Student must have parent(s), relative(s) or financial supporter who is a legal resident in the United States of America; Canada or GKMS Caribbean territory - (Anguilla, The Bahamas, British Virgin Islands, The Cayman Islands, Guyana, St. Kitts and Nevis, Montserrat, St. Vincent and the Grenadines, Trinidad and Tobago, Turks and Caicos) - who sends money back to Jamaica via Western Union.

How to enter

  • To enter student must collect an entry form from their school’s guidance counsellor or download the form from the GKMSONLINE website – www.gkmsonline.com.

  • Student must submit an application form and a 450 to 500-word essay to the school’s guidance counselor by February 28, 2020 and their last school year’s report which will form part of the selection criteria.

  • GKMS will collect entry forms from ISSA on March 2, 2020.

  • GKMS will vet entries and a panel selects the finalists by March 6, 2020.

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A total of J 250-thousand dollars will be shared between the school and student named as the “Bright Spike”. 100-thousand dollars goes to the student-athlete and 150-thousand dollars to the school. There will be one “Bright Spike” awarded per county.

No. The prize will be given to the school and the school is to disburse 100-thousand dollars to cover the student-athlete’s expenses while at school.

The student-athlete’s portion of the prize can be used to cover tuition, exam-fees, uniform, lunch money and any other related school expense.

No. The money cannot be turned over to any related party, parent, guardian or otherwise, as the money is to be used by the school to cover the student-athlete’s expenses.

The prize award is non-transferrable. This means that the money will not be transferred, nor will it be allowed to be transferred to the new school.

Bright Spikes will be chosen based on a completed entry form, which is signed by all persons named (The Student-athlete; the Guidance Counsellor; The Coach and The Principal), has the school’s official stamp or seal affixed, has the student-athlete’s last school report and a completed essay. A panel of adjudicators will vet the entries, read the essays and choose based on merit.

To use the Direct to Bank service you have to be a registered D2B customer – registration is a quick and easy one-time activity that takes place online (for existing GKMS Western Union customers) and in-store for new customers.

There are three (3) Phases in the Direct to Bank (D2B) process:

Phase 1: Customer Registration.

New customers must register in-store at any GKMS Western Union. Existing GKMS Western Union customers can register online: Access the GraceKennedy Money Services website using your computer or mobile phone and fill out the required registration details. The online registration website is https://registration.gkmsonline.net.

GKMS customers will have the opportunity to enter demographic and banking information supported by pictorial proof that the information presented for verification is valid and current.

After confirming the validity of their email, customers will be able to access the online portal and navigate through the screens entering the relevant information to process their registration.

Customers are required to provide the following:

  1. Basic Info – Name, DOB.
  2. Employment Info– Place of employment and employment particulars i.e. occupation.
  3. Contact info – Current mailing address, Telephone, Cell numbers.
  4.  Primary Identification Info– National ID, Driver’s Permit or Passport.
  5.  Secondary identification Info– customer will provide a second ID type of the three options stated above.
  6. Security Info– Customer required to provide secret questions and answers to secure their account and future transactions.

  7. Document Upload– All the relevant documents required to process the application is uploaded into the system. The documents have to be verified in a separate phase of the process before the customer is able to access the service.

Phase 2: Customer Verification Process

The verification process consists of actions by GKMS to validate the authenticity of the  information provided at the Registration Stage (uploaded documents+ banking information + Demographic information). This involves matching uploaded details against information available in our internal databases as well as external National ID Verification Systems. You will be contacted by one of our team members when this step is completed.

Phase 3: Start using Direct to Bank!

Once you have been successfully registered you can start receiving Western Union money transfers in your bank account. Follow these quick steps:

  1.  Call our Contact Centre at 623-6000 the next time you are expecting a money transfer to initiate the bank transfer. Calls should be placed as soon as funds are available for collection.
  2. Tell the CSR you are registered for Direct to Bank transfers.
  3. Provide the related Money Transfer Control Number (MTCN).
  4. Enjoy the safety & convenience of having funds transferred directly into your bank account.

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