There are many fun methods we utilize to better help children understand money and finances through our "Teach Kid's to Save" program. Recently, we posed a question to the kindergarten through fifth grade students at Key Largo Schools. What would you do with $100 dollars? There was a hitch though. They couldn't just tell us their answer, we wanted to them to show us through art, and show us they did. We received over 440 art entries depicting what could be done with $100. The entries covered a wide variety of themes including donation to the homeless, Haiti relief, animal rescue and putting the money into the bank for saving.
For each grade, judges chose a Grand prize, 1st, 2nd and 3rd place winner, for a total of 24 winners. The winners received custom prize packages made up of art supplies and art work from Guy Harvey and Wyland, well known tropical and sea artists in the Keys. The winning submissions are posted in the lobby of the Key Largo Centennial Bank, and the total lot of submissions will be displayed on a rolling schedule throughout the month of February. New art will be posted each week. The public is invited to view the art in the branch at 100280 Overseas Highway, Monday through Friday 9am-4pm and Saturday 9am-12pm. Please call the branch for details – 305-676-3122.
Listed by Kindergarten up through Fifth grade, winners are as follows: Grand prize: Mackenzie Toney, Kelsea Steinmetz, Junisxa Cortes, Riley Richardson, Julie Polson, Tyler Prenesti; First place: Emily Carlisle, Ariana Juvier, Robert Valenzuela, Jennifer Avelar, Halley Lane, Daymaris Garcia; Second Place: Jennifer Marin-Perez, Karina Betancourt, Michael Cpuit, Michael Signorelli, Kiera Angelo, Amanda Midling; Third Place: Camryn Ets-Hokin, Abel Silva, Daniel Ornelas, Christopher Leiva, Adrian Arcia and Coal Doughty. Congratulations to all!
