The document describes a video contest called #ImSavingFor that asks participants to create a one-minute video sharing their personal savings strategies and goals. Contestants must be age 14 or older. Videos should include how, where, why, and the benefits of their savings, and end with #ImSavingFor and what they are saving for. Videos can be uploaded to YouTube between February 1st and March 4th. Three $100 Amazon gift cards will be awarded by random drawing to entries that complete the online form with their video URL.

1. #ImSavingFor Video Contest
Sponsor: The eXtension Financial Security for All Community: http://articles.extension.org/personal_finance
Use the phrase #ImSavingFor to describe your personal savings strategies and create a one-minute video that tells
your story. Your thoughts and ideas will provide inspiration, motivation, and “how-to” tips for others.
Here’s What You Need to Do:
1. Create a one-minute video by using live video/audio feed from a smart phone and/or video editing software
tools as Windows Movie Maker or Apple iMovie. Video Contest contestants must be age 14 and over.
2. In your video, include the following information:
♦ How you are saving
♦ Where you are saving (e.g., in a bank account or employer 401(k) plan)
♦ Why you are saving
♦ The benefits of saving.
End your video by saying, or holding up a sign saying, #ImSavingFor. Then describe what you are saving for
in words and/or pictures.
3. Be creative. Hold up props for “live” videos, take photos, and/or use Creative Commons graphic images and
music that are free from copyright restrictions. For more information, see https://freeimages.red/ and
http://www.makeuseof.com/tag/14-websites-to-find-free-creative-commons-music/.
4. Upload your #ImSavingFor to YouTube and get a digital link for it.
5. From February 1- March 4, share your video link on Twitter and/or Facebook using #ImSavingFor. The
sooner you complete, upload, and promote your video, the more exposure it will receive.
6. Enter your video in the #ImSavingFor contest by completing this entry form with your video URL, a short
caption, and your e-mail address: http://americasavesweek.org/extension-imsavingfor-video-contest/
7. Three $100 Amazon gift cards will be awarded in a drawing from among those who enter the Video Contest.
For instructions about make a simple video and how to use Movie Maker software, see
http://bit.ly/ImSavingForVideoTips