In the spirit of promoting arts education, MEFA — with support from the Massachusetts Department of Education — sponsors an annual College Savings Art Competition. Massachusetts students in grades 3, 4, and 5 at all public, private, charter, and home-based schools are invited to submit a piece of artwork illustrating "What do I want to be when I graduate from college?"
2009 Art Competition
MEFA’s Sixth Annual College Savings Art Competition is now open for submissions. Parents or teachers of 3rd, 4th, and 5th grade students entering the competition should download two documents:
A letter to the parent/guardian describing the Sixth Annual College Savings Art Competition
The Art Competition Entry Form to be signed by the student’s parent/guardian and attached to the student’s artwork (The Entry Form is also available in Spanish)
Please send the completed entry form and student’s artwork to:
MEFA
c/o 2009 College Savings Art Competition
160 Federal Street, 4th Floor
Boston, MA 02110
Entries must be postmarked by 5:00 p.m. on November 20, 2009.
Winners are awarded monetary prize made payable to a U.Fund College Investing Plan account. Prizes include:
$5,000 for first place
$2,000 for second place
$1,000 for third place
2008 Art Competition Winners
In the past years, MEFA's College Savings Art Competition has received more than 13,000 entries and awarded more than $120,000 in U.Fund College Investing Plan accounts.
MEFA would like to congratulate the following winners of the Annual College Savings Art Competition.
| Grade 3 |
| 1st Place | 2nd Place | 3rd Place |
 | Isabella X.
Newton, MA
Zervas School |
| | | Sydney B.
Hingham, MA
Foster Elementary School |
| | | Samuel G.
Norwell, MA
William G. Vinal Elementary School |
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| Grade 4 |
| 1st Place | 2nd Place | 3rd Place |
| | David S.
Newton, MA
Fessenden School |
| | | Jake M.
Shrewsbury, MA
Walter J. Paton Elementary School |
| | | Stephen R.
Attleboro, MA
Thacher Elementary School |
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