Applications are being accepted for the United Black Golfers Association,Inc. (UBGA) Community Service Annual Scholarship.  UBGA will offer eight $750 scholarships to New York City high school seniors graduating in June 2019.  Seniors must live and attend school in New York City.  Applicants must have achieved at least a 75% or a C grade point average and have been accepted and registered for college or trade school in the fall of 2019. Applicants must also provide proof that they were accepted to college or trade school.

 Applicants must have also performed community service in their  high school or their community.

Applicants must submit their completed application to UBGA on or before Monday, May 6th, 2019.  Each response should have no less than 150 words and no more than 250 words.  Please note that: content, punctuation, spelling and grammar will be considered in the evaluation of each application. It is recommended that each applicant type their essay answers first and carefully review them before submitting your application.  

Official transcript of grades must be submitted separately.  Transcript must be emailed by midnight on Monday, May 6th, 2019  to UBGA2014@gmail.com.  When emailing, enter Scholarship in the subject line.  Scholarship recipients will be notified by Friday, June 14th, 2019.

Applicants with the highest scores will be interviewed as part of the final selection process. These interviews will occur at the end of May.  Further details will follow regarding the location time  and date(s) for the interview.

Disclaimer
I grant United Black Golfers Association (UBGA) the unlimited right to use and/or reproduce photographs, likenesses or the voice of my child in any legal manner and for the internal or external promotional and informational activities of UBGA.  I also agree to allow my child to be interviewed and/or photographed by representatives of the external news media in relation to any and all coverage of UBGA in which he/she is involved.  I also agree to allow my child’s work and/or photograph to be published on the United Black Golfers Association website/Intranet Web pages and in UBGA publications.  I further understand that by submitting this application on my child’s behalf, I waive and release any and all present or future compensation rights to the use of the above stated material(s) including, print, electronic and online media.

Good luck with your submission!