YOVASO is excited to announce the 2025 Jingle Your Way to a Safe Holiday: Buckle Up and Drive Safely Contest!
The Holiday Contest is an educational and fun initiative for Virginia high and middle school-age students to promote safe and responsible driving throughout the high-risk holiday season. The goal of the contest is to encourage buckling up and celebrating and driving safely during the period from Thanksgiving through New Year’s. As part of the contest, students will compete individually or in groups by creating a safe driving jingle (short song or tune) 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 tire gauge keychains to promote the contest and driver/passenger safety throughout the holiday season!
Read this letter for more details.
Middle School Division Finalists:
Eva Contreras- Contreras Homeschool
JC McGee- Quioccasin Middle School (First Place Winner)
Montross Middle School (Third Place Winner)
Roman Pace- Chincoteague Combined School
Shineforth Group
William Byrd Middle School (Second Place Winner)
High School Division Finalists:
Abe Hall, Norah Fleming, and UHS APP committee- Union High School (Third Place Winner)
Aaliyah Minter- Cumberland Co. High School
Alyssa Wilson- Honaker High School (First Place Winner)
Elena Contreras- Contreras Homeschool
Nic Adams, Riva Maliniak, Julia Lambros- Kempsville High School (Second Place Winner)
Vikram Goudar- Cape Henry Collegiate
The jingles will be submitted in video format to YOVASO by December 12 at 11:59pm 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 social media for public voting December 16-18, 2025. Prizes funded by State Farm will be awarded to the top three winning jingles in the middle and high school divisions. For the contest overview, guidelines, and prize information, click the link below.
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
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
Contact YOVASO's Program and Curriculum Coordinator, Callie Toler, by phone at 804.914.2532 or by email at callie.toler@vsp.virginia.gov.
