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Join the College SAVE Summer Reading Champions Campaign
Your summer reading programs just got better! A young reader from your library may be the lucky recipient of one of the 10 – $529 College SAVE contributions to be given to North Dakota children when they participate in the College SAVE Summer Reading Champions program in 2025.
The North Dakota State Library is partnering with Bank of North Dakota (BND) which administers College SAVE, the state’s 529 college savings plan, to provide one more incentive for your eager readers when they complete your summer reading program.
How contributions will be selected
- At the end of the summer, your library needs to submit the names and contact information of participants who met the reading goals to the North Dakota State Library.
- The State Library will organize the names into regions, and BND will select at least one recipient from each region.
- BND will provide a media release template for your library to announce the $529 contribution recipient if they participate in your summer reading program.
What Bank of North Dakota will provide
- 10 – $529 College SAVE contributions statewide to be used in an existing or new College SAVE accounts.
- A link to a $25 gift certificate to be used for a new College SAVE account or $10 for an existing College SAVE account for each of your readers who complete your summer reading program.
- Posters to announce the Summer Reading Champions program. They are ordered when the library registers.
- Bookmarks and parent information cards for each of your summer reading program participants at the beginning of the summer.
- Social media posts that will be shared if you have a social media presence.
What the North Dakota State Library will do
- Collect the names of your readers who met your library’s reading goals. A template is available.
- Organize them into regions and select the recipients of the 10 scholarships with BND.
- Notify local libraries of the winners’ names and provide the statewide media release which is distributed by BND.
What you need to do
- Register for College SAVE Summer Reading Champions program by Friday, May 9, 2025.
- Provide the name of your library, contact information, mailing address and approximate number of summer reading participants along with your preferred social media presence.
- Distribute the $25/$10 gift certificates to every reading champion who meets the reading goals. You will print and/or share the link BND sends to you. No worries on the library’s end to establish if it is a new or existing account! It will be one certificate, and BND will apply the correct amount.
- Submit the names of your readers who met your library’s reading goals by September 5, 2025, to the North Dakota State Library at tlkruger@nd.gov. A template is provided.
- Watch for BND’s announcement of the winners by Friday, October 24, 2025.
