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Did you know that September is National College Savings Month? What better time to start saving to give your kids a little extra help in obtaining a college education!
I had the opportunity to learn about the CollegeAdvantage 529 Savings Plan at the Ohio State Fair last month, and I was really inspired to start a savings plan for our kids. I’ve always been adamant that I’d like for our children to have some responsibility in paying for their education so that they don’t take it for granted, but I’d definitely like to be able to assist them in their efforts, so this seems like a fantastic option for us.
Features of the CollegeAdvantage 529 Savings Plan include:
- Earnings are tax-free.
- Deduct contributions from Ohio taxable income ($2,000 annually).
- Use your funds at any college in the country.
- Pay for tuition, room and board, or books.
- Contribute as little as $25 at a time.
- Benefit from professional money management by leading financial firms.
- Save with FDIC-insured bank products.
- Pay no enrollment fee, no maintenance fee and low administrative fees.
- Transfer funds to another child.
- Withdraw funds at any time.
- Change investment options.
Those are some pretty compelling reasons to open a 529 savings plan if you ask me.
One lucky Deal Seeking Mom reader will win a $100 College Scholarship from CollegeAdvantage! Note that you do not need to be an Ohio resident to win this giveaway. CollegeAdvantage will assist you in setting up a plan that works for you.
To enter, tell me if you’ve started saving money for your kids’ college tuition yet.
Every reader has four methods available to enter this contest. Choose one each of any combination of method one, two, three, or four for up to a total of 4 entries!!!
If you are reading this in your email or feed reader, please CLICK HERE to visit the original blog post to enter. Email entries will not be counted.
Methods of entry:
1. Leave a comment. Do you have a college fund for your kids?
2. Join the CollegeAdvantage community on Facebook. Come back and leave a separate comment letting me know you’ve done so!
3. Follow @DealSeekingMom on Twitter and tweet the following. Be sure to come back and leave a separate comment with the link to your tweet!
Enter to win a $100 College Scholarship from CollegeAdvantage and @DealSeekingMom: https://bit.ly/caQEA8 #Ohio529
4. Join the Deal Seeking Mom community on Facebook for more conversation, additional deals and a peek at the freebies I receive in the mail each week. Come back and leave a separate comment letting me know you’ve done so!
Prize:
(1) $100 College Scholarship from CollegeAdvantage
This giveaway ends at 2:00 p.m. ET on Thursday, 9/9 and is open to all U.S. residents 18 years or older. I’ll use Comment Contest to select the winning comment. Winner will be notified by email and listed on my Giveaway Winners page. Winners must respond within 48 hours of notification to claim their prize. Good luck!
While you’re in a contest entering mood, don’t forget to check out the Giveaway Gathering for a variety of contests being hosted on Deal Seeking Mom readers’ blogs!


Angelina
I don’t have one yet, and this would be great to get started!
Angelina
I tweeted about the giveaway at https://twitter.com/mommybee17
ALICIA
I subscribe and follow you on twitter, I have set up a u promise account but for now it is still going to paying off my student loans and after this year it will start being for there college funds.
Dawn
It would be a great start to my 4 month old’s college savings!
deb
no, I do not…guess it is something I should look into seriously
lisa
We have a small college savings plan for each of our 2 children. We definitely need a bigger savings plan for them.
Robin L
I have a 529 for my daughter
Robin L
I like you on facebook
Julie Nguy
I’m a subscriber! This would be great starting off for my son.
lisa
I have joined the CollegeAdvantage community on facebook.
lisa
I’m a member of the DSM community on facebook.
Kim
We started a money market account for our son. I’d love to switch it over to an actual college fund.
JEN C
We haven’t started a college savings plan for our 9 month old yet. This would be a great prize to get us started :)
Yvonne
Could use it in the future and would come n very handy for the kids. Thanks again.
JEN C
I’m a fan of CollegeAdvantage on Facebook.
Connie Richardson
We do have a college fund for our three girls! Gotta help them however we can!
Yvonne
College advantage is a gate way to the future for our childern
JEN C
I follow you on twitter and I tweeted about the giveaway.
JEN C
I follow you on facebook.
Connie Richardson
I follow DSM on FB. Great website and great info. Thanks for all you do!!!
Claire
Nope, we are barely scraping by as it is unfortunately
Lisa Collins
I have not yet started a college fund for my kiddos.. :(
Connie Richardson
I joined the CollegeAdvantage community on FB.
Lisa Collins
I follow you on FB!
Lisa Collins
I follow Deal Seaking Mom on twitter.
Isel
Yikes!! Not yet but I need to!!!!
kate ruflin
We haven’t set any thing up for our 2 boys yet!
sherry
yes we have !
Jamie Yonash
Yes, we have started….small, but steady!
Margaret
I haven’t started yet, but this might be enough incentive to!