Hart County Library would like to announce a new and exciting addition to our summer reading activities! This year, one lucky Summer Reading Program participant will win more than $5,000 to apply toward their future education in the inaugural "Make a Splash -- Save for College Sweepstakes."



The Path2College 529 Plan (Georgia's state-sponsored 529 college savings plan), managed by TIAA-CREF Tuition Financing Inc., will sponsor the sweepstakes, which will launch May 1 and run through July 31. At its conclusion, the grand prize winner will receive $5,529 toward a Path2College 529 Plan account, and the home library of the winner will receive $1,000 to be used for its children's and teen's department. In addition, the Georgia library with the greatest number of entries and the Georgia library system with the greatest percentage of their registered users entered into the sweepstakes will each win $1,529 for their children's and teen's materials and programming.

Beginning May 1, legal residents of the state of Georgia who are at least 21 years of age and are a parent, grandparent or legal guardian of any child born after 1993 may enter the sweepstakes online at www.path2college529.com. Children may register for this year’s Summer Reading Program beginning May 24. It is not necessary to register for the Summer Reading Program before entering the sweepstakes.

Employees, directors, officers, trustees and agents, and their respective immediate household and family members (spouses and children, parents and siblings and their spouses) of the Path2College 529 Plan and employees, directors, officers, trustees and agents, and their respective immediate household and family members (spouses and children, parents and siblings and their spouses) of any Georgia public library or the Board of Regents of the University System of Georgia are not eligible.

The Path2College 529 Plan will conduct a random drawing among all sweepstakes entries for the $5,529 Path2College 529 Plan account winner in early August. The winner will be recognized at a press event in early September.