Fed's Baltimore Branch Announces Winners of Creative Expression Contest
Fed's Baltimore Branch Announces Winners of Creative Expression Contest
Fed's Baltimore Branch Announces Winners of Creative Expression Contest
Fed's Baltimore Branch Announces Winners of Creative Expression Contest
2009-02-24
Fed's Baltimore Branch Announces Winners of Creative Expression Contest
Baltimore
MD
<p>The Federal Reserve Bank of Richmond's Baltimore Branch today honored student winners of the Bank's second annual economic-themed creative expression contest.</p>
<p>The Federal Reserve Bank of Richmond's Baltimore Branch today honored student winners of the Bank's second annual economic-themed creative expression contest.</p>
<p>Stephanie Garlock of Holton Arms School in Bethesda, Md., won first place in the short story division and received a $400 savings bond. Fellow classmate Meher Iqbal won second place and received a $300 savings bond. Emily Hatton of St. Andrew’s Episcopal School in Potomac, Md., won third place and received a $200 savings bond. In the comic book division, Holton Arms’ students Melissa Marie Range and Julia Graham won first and second respectively. Range received a $400 savings bond and Graham a $300 savings bond. Nicole Talor from Baltimore’s Beth Tfiloh Dahan Community School won third place and received a $200 savings bond. </p>
<p>This year’s high school competition drew 57 entries from the District of Columbia and Maryland – 26 short stories and 31 comic strips. Students were asked to: s<em>elect any quote, slogan, or motto related to economics or personal finance and use it as the focal point for a short story or comic strip.</em> Baltimore Fed judges included Karen Brooks, deputy regional executive, Kylie-Ann Allen, public affairs manager, and Karen Kokernak, economic education specialist.</p>
<p>The Baltimore Branch sponsors the contest to promote economic and financial education and to encourage excellence in the creative arts. For information on the Fifth District’s economic education and financial literacy programs see: <a href="http://richmondfed.org/education/">http://richmondfed.org/education/</a></p>
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<p>The Federal Reserve Bank of Richmond's Baltimore Branch today honored student winners of the Bank's second annual economic-themed creative expression contest.</p>