Events and Activities : Calling all Money Smart Kids in the Area

Money Smart week this year is April 17-24. In support of this event, the Iowa Bankers Association and Iowa Credit Union League are sponsoring the 4th Annual Money Smart Kid Essay Contest for the Federal Reserve Bank of Chigago outreach event. The winner will help promote financial iteracy for Money Smart Week.

One student will be named this year's Money Smart Kid, and receives a $1,000 College Savings Iowa account, funded jointly by the Iowa Bankers Association and the Iowa Credi Union League. College Savings Iowa is Iowa's 529 college savins plan, which can be used at any federally accredited institution of higher learning in the U.S.

Finalists may be selected to read their essays at one or more MSW kick-off breakfast events in central Iowa, Cedar Rapids-Iowa CIty corridor, or Quad Cities. Students in grade 6th -8th enter the contest by answering the question below with a written essay of 300 words or fewer.

If you know a child in the area that is Money Smart, send them to the address below!

You can find the guidelies at the following web address: http://www.chicagofed.org/digital_assets/others/education/msw/ia/msw_kid_iowa_2010.pdf