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August 2026
Treasurer Stacy Garrity Announces Winners of PA 529 Day Promotion
Harrisburg, PA - Pennsylvania Treasurer Stacy Garrity today announced the winners of this year’s PA 529 Day Promotion, who will be receiving a $5,529 deposit into their PA 529 accounts to help save for future education expenses. This year’s winners are Sharwan Choudhary, Erie County; Yevgeniya Updyke, Allegheny County; Craig Litchfield, Tioga County; Kara Connors, Dauphin County; Joel Heintzelman, Luzerne County; and Deepali Biswal, Delaware County.
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08/17/2026
Treasurer Stacy Garrity Announces $1,000 Bonus for Families’ Education Savings
Harrisburg, PA - Pennsylvania Treasurer Stacy Garrity is giving families with qualified PA 529 College and Career Saving Program Guaranteed Savings Plan (GSP) accounts a $1,000 bonus contribution, enhancing education savings for about 107,000 Pennsylvania families.
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Treasurer Stacy Garrity: PA 529 GSP Fees Waived for Fifth Straight Year
Harrisburg, PA - Pennsylvania Treasurer Stacy Garrity announced today that, for the fifth year in a row, asset-based fees for the PA 529 College and Career Savings Program's Guaranteed Savings Plan (GSP) will be waived – helping families save even more for their children’s future education goals.
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Treasurer Stacy Garrity: Pennsylvania Families Have Saved $10 Billion for Education with PA 529
Harrisburg, PA - Pennsylvania Treasurer Stacy Garrity announced today that the PA 529 College and Career Savings Program has surpassed $10 billion in assets. For over 30 years, the PA 529 program has helped Pennsylvania families save for a wide variety of qualifying expenses, including those for technical schools, colleges and universities, K-12 education, certain apprenticeships and credential programs.
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Treasurer Stacy Garrity: Pennsylvanians Can Now Save for Education and Disability Related Expenses with Cryptocurrency
Harrisburg, PA - Pennsylvania Treasurer Stacy Garrity announced today that Pennsylvanians saving with the PA 529 College and Career Savings Program and PA ABLE Savings Program can now contribute to their accounts using digital gift cards purchased with cryptocurrency, making Pennsylvania the first state to provide this type of modernization for a state-administered education savings program.
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Treasurer Stacy Garrity: Pennsylvania Families Have Saved $10 Billion for Education with PA 529
Harrisburg, PA - Pennsylvania Treasurer Stacy Garrity announced today that the PA 529 College and Career Savings Program has surpassed $10 billion in assets. For over 30 years, the PA 529 program has helped Pennsylvania families save for a wide variety of qualifying expenses, including those for technical schools, colleges and universities, K-12 education, certain apprenticeships and credential programs.
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Treasurer Stacy Garrity: Celebrate Graduation by Giving the Gift of Education with PA 529
Harrisburg, PA - Pennsylvania Treasurer Stacy Garrity today encouraged friends and family members to celebrate this year’s high school graduates with gift contributions to their favorite student’s PA 529 College and Career Savings Program – which is now even easier through PA 529 gift cards available for purchase at Turkey Hill stores.
Read Article05/29/2026
Treasurer Stacy Garrity Celebrates 529 Day with More Than $33,000 in Awards for Pennsylvania Families
Harrisburg, PA - Pennsylvania Treasurer Stacy Garrity today encouraged families to celebrate 529 Day by taking advantage of the Pennsylvania Treasury Department’s 529 Day promotion, which is offering more than $33,000 in awards. Families who save with the PA 529 College and Career Savings Program may be eligible to win one of six regional awards – a $5,529 deposit into their PA 529 account. The 529 Day promotion ends May 31, 2026.
Read Article05/07/2026
Treasurer Stacy Garrity: Allegheny County Families Can Get a Bigger Boost to Education Savings with Keystone Scholars & Fund My Future PGH
Harrisburg, PA - Pennsylvania Treasurer Stacy Garrity today announced that Treasury’s Keystone Scholars Program is partnering with Neighborhood Allies’ Fund My Future PGH to help further boost education savings for our youngest Pennsylvanians in Allegheny County. Eligible families can get a $25 bonus deposit when they claim their $100 scholarship from Keystone Scholars.
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Treasurer Stacy Garrity: Children of Pittsburgh Firefighters Get a Big Boost with PA 529 Education Deposits from BlackRock Foundation
Harrisburg, PA - Pennsylvania Treasurer Stacy Garrity today celebrated a big investment in the future of Pittsburgh-area children by The BlackRock Foundation. The BlackRock Foundation collaborated with the Pennsylvania Treasury Department’s PA 529 College and Career Savings Program (PA 529) to invest $586,000 for the education savings of 586 children of Pittsburgh Firefighters.
Read Article04/16/2026
Treasurer Stacy Garrity Congratulates Erie Civics Bee Winners with $500 to Boost Education Savings
Erie, PA - Pennsylvania Treasurer Stacy Garrity today congratulated the winners of the Erie Regional Chamber and Growth Partnership’s fourth annual National Civics Bee. Vihaan Koradia, Jared Kang and Fiona He were the top three finishers in the competition which was held on April 2 at Mercyhurst University. Each winner will receive a $500 deposit into a PA 529 College and Career Savings Program account to recognize their efforts.
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Treasurer Stacy Garrity Congratulates Lebanon Civics Bee Winners with $500 to Boost Education Savings
Lebanon, PA - Pennsylvania Treasurer Stacy Garrity today congratulated the winners of the Lebanon Valley Chamber of Commerce’s National Civics Bee. Blake Summers, Delaney Gawel and Owen Dixon were the top three finishers in the competition which was held on April 7 at Lebanon High School. Each winner will receive a $500 deposit into a PA 529 College and Career Savings Program account to recognize their efforts.
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Treasurer Stacy Garrity: Keystone Scholars Partners with PA One Book to Promote Early Reading and Financial Literacy
Harrisburg, PA - Pennsylvania Treasurer Stacy Garrity today announced that Treasury’s Keystone Scholars Program, which provides every Pennsylvania child born in 2019 and after a $100 scholarship to jumpstart their education savings, has partnered with Pennsylvania One Book to help promote financial literacy for our youngest Pennsylvanians.
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