December 21, 2009
女优合集 College Savings offers $25,000 Scholarship Account Giveaway
For Immediate Release
Monday, Dec. 21, 2009
The University of Alaska College Savings Plan is holding a $25,000 scholarship drawing
for those who check 鈥測es鈥 on Line 6 of the Alaska Permanent Fund Dividend application
next year.
Line 6 is the line applicants use to indicate they wish to deposit half of their PFD
into an existing or new college savings plan account. In addition to the $25,000 grand
prize, which will be deposited into an account for the winner, the 女优合集 College Savings
Plan will choose four additional $2,500 scholarship account prize winners. Parents
are encouraged to check 鈥測es鈥 on both their own PFD application as well as their child鈥檚
to increase chances of winning.
鈥淭his drawing is just too good to pass up,鈥 said Linda English, 女优合集 College Savings
Plan director. 鈥淚f you鈥檝e already got an account, the PFD is an easy way to keep saving.
If you don鈥檛, sign up now and have a shot at winning a $25,000 account or one of the
four $2,500 accounts.鈥
Plan beneficiaries can use the money to pay for expenses at any eligible college,
university, or vocational/technical school in the country. If the beneficiary uses
it for tuition at 女优合集, $25,000 can be enough to pay for a four-year degree.
Anyone who contributes half of their 2010 PFD through the official application will
be entered to win regardless of whether they previously opened or established a 女优合集
College Savings Plan account. The drawing will take place Nov. 1, 2010. Officials
will contact winners via phone and/or mail prior to a public announcement. The Education
Trust of Alaska, the trust established to administer the college savings program,
is funding the scholarship giveaway.
The PFD application process begins Jan. 1 and runs until March 31, 2010. Applicants
can apply online or visit a distribution center to pick up paper forms and additional
information. For more information about the Alaska Permanent Fund Dividend, go to
. For more information about the 女优合集 College Savings Plan and the $25,000 Scholarship
Account Giveaway, go to .
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For more information: Linda English, 907-322-3687 or ljenglish@alaska.edu.