The MoneyGram Money Transfer Company yesterday held the Grand Draw in its Back-to-School Promotion at Ruimveldt.

The contest winners pose with Neal and Massy CEO Deo Persaud (sitting second from left) and other company officials.

Entries were issued to individuals with every Money- Gram transaction over $60,000.  The promotion ended on September 9 and on September 12 eighteen names were drawn. The prizes that were offered were two LG Chocolate Cell phones, four book bags with school supplies from the CCS Book Store, four computer flash drives, four I-Pods and four $10,000 gift vouchers.

Yesterday, fifteen of the eighteen persons whose names were drawn were present at the presentation.

The draw took the form of a spin-the-wheel game where the fifteen individuals had a chance to spin to win one of the prizes.

Nine persons won the gift voucher of $10, 000 and a flash drive, while four persons won the school bags and four others the I-Pods.

A representative of the Essequibo Islands Secondary School (left) receiving the computer system from Deo Persaud, Neal and Massy (Guyana) CEO.

The CEO of the Neal and Massy Guyana Group, Deo Persaud who was also present at the presentation donated a fully equipped computer system to the Essequibo Islands Secondary computer laboratory. A representative from this school stated that in the past they had only four computers to work with, which had hampered many students from writing Information Technology as a subject at the Secondary level and that since  then many other companies had helped in donating a few of the much needed computers. “Our school can now send four more students for CSEC Information Technology next year and that is a step forward”  said the representative.  Persaud stated that this presentation was only one of the many education-related activities that the company’s continues to be involved in.