Holiday Safety Campaign

Holiday Safety Contest

Click below to vote for your favorite holiday jingle!!
Voting is open Dec. 8 at 9:00am - December, 11, 2024 at 11:59pm

Click Here to Visit the Holiday Contest Landing Page and Vote for Your Favorite Jingle!

Drive with Reason this Holiday Season

YOVASO is excited to announce the 2024 Jingle Your Way to a Safe Holiday: Buckle Up and Celebrate Responsibly Contest!

The goal of this educational and fun initiative is to keep our teen drivers and passengers safe during the high-risk holiday season. The contest will focus on seat belt use and celebrating and driving safely throughout the holidays. As part of the contest, students will compete individually or in groups by creating a safe driving jingle (short song or tune) in video format that promotes a seat belt and/or safe driving message for the teen audience.

Schools and youth groups that participate may also register for posters, vinyl banners, winter driving tip cards, ugly sweater stickers, and mini ice scrapers to promote the contest and driver/passenger safety throughout the holiday season!

Read this letter for more details.

Contest Dates:

Contest Opens: November 6, 2024

Jingle Entries Due: December 5, 2024

Public Voting: December 8-11, 2024

Winner Announcement: December 12, 2024

Contest Details:

The jingle entries should be submitted in video format to YOVASO at the link below and must incorporate a creative seat belt and/or safe driving message related to the contest theme. The top six jingles in both the high and middle school division, as selected by YOVASO staff, will be shared on the Holiday Contest Page (and social media) for public voting December 8-11, 2024. The overall winning jingle in both divisions will then be shared on social media to remind students to buckle up and drive safely throughout the holiday season. For the contest overview, guidelines, and prize information, click the link below.

Jingle Contest Overview and Guidelines

Click Here to Submit Your Jingle Entry!

Prize Information:

• Prizes funded by State Farm will be awarded as follows in the High School Division:
The winning jingle will receive a $500 cash prize
The second place jingle will receive a $200 cash prize
The third place jingle will receive a $100 cash prize

*NEW THIS YEAR*
The jingle with the most votes in the high school division will be edited and produced to air statewide on audio platforms such as Pandora, iHeartRadio, SiriusXM, and Spotify during the month of December!

• Prizes funded by State Farm will be awarded as follows in the Middle School Division:
The winning jingle will receive a $200 cash prize
The second place jingle will receive a $100 cash prize
The third place jingle will receive a $50 cash prize

Resources to Promote the Contest and Safe Driving:

Banner | Poster | Winter Driving Tip Card | High School Flyer | Middle School Flyer

High School Social Graphic | Middle School Social Graphic

All Groups Graphic | All Groups Flyer

Questions?

Contact YOVASO's Program Development Coordinator, Casey Taylor, by phone at 540.739.4392 or by email at casey.taylor@vsp.virginia.gov.