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Ugift^® − Give College Savings

Ugift is an easy, free-to-use service that lets family and friends make the meaningful gift of money into your HI529 account. Saving for college can take a village, and Ugift makes it easy to get help from your network of family and friends. Instead of giving toys, clothes or other traditional gifts that a child will outgrow, gift givers get the satisfaction of knowing that their generosity can make a lasting impression.

Hassle-free: Gift contributions can be made online or by check. The contributions are coded to go into your HI529 account, so there's no extra paperwork for you.
Secure: Unlike many other gifting programs, gift givers don't have to join, register or pay a service fee.
Popular: Thousands of families in Hawaii have already received over $15 million in gift contributions through Ugift.

Open a HI529 account to start using Ugift.

How does Ugift work?

After you open a HI529 account, you will be given a unique Ugift code specific to your account's beneficiary. You can then share your Ugift code with family and friends.

You can share your code any way you want:

Log in to your account to take advantage of Ugift's email, Facebook, and Twitter invitation features
Telling family and friends by word of mouth
Include HI529's printable Ugift coupons in mailed invitations
You could even find a way to reach beyond your own personal network and harness the power of crowdsourcing

Your invitation can be tied to a specific occasion, or just a general appeal for help reaching your higher education goals. Need ideas? Find them at Ugift529.com.

Once your family and friends have your Ugift code in hand, they can use it to make their gift contribution at Ugift529.com whenever they want. The code is valid for the life of your account, but you can opt-out of Ugift at any time.

Learn more about Ugift

Ugift turns an ordinary gift into an opportunity to help a college dream come true.

If you'd like to use Ugift to receive gift contributions for your own beneficiary, open your own HI529 account.

Ugift is a registered service mark of Ascensus Broker Dealer Services, LLC.

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For more information about HI529-Hawaii's College Savings Program ("HI529"), call 1-866-529-3343 or visit www.hi529.com to obtain a Plan Disclosure Statement. Investment objectives, risks, charges, expenses, and other important information are included in the Plan Disclosure Statement; read and consider it carefully before investing.

Please Note: Before you invest, consider whether your or the beneficiary’s home state offers any state tax or other state benefits such as financial aid, scholarship funds, and protection from creditors that are only available for investments in that state’s qualified tuition program. You should consult your financial, tax, or other adviser to learn more about how state-based benefits (or any limitations) would apply to your specific circumstances. You also may wish to contact directly your home state’s 529 plan(s), or any other 529 plan, to learn more about those plan’s features, benefits and limitations. Keep in mind that state-based benefits should be one of many appropriately weighted factors to be considered when making an investment decision.

The State of Hawaii's College Savings Program Trust Fund (the "Trust") is a trust created by the State of Hawai'i. HI529 is administered by the Director of Finance of the Department of Budget and Finance on behalf of the State of Hawai'i. Ascensus College Savings Recordkeeping Services, LLC, the Program Manager, and its affiliates have overall responsibility for the day-to-day operations, including recordkeeping and administrative servicing agent. The Vanguard Group, Inc. serves as Investment Manager for the Plan. When you invest in HI529, you are purchasing units issued by the Trust. Units are municipal securities and the value of the units will vary with market conditions. HI529's portfolios are municipal securities that will vary with market conditions.

Investment returns are not guaranteed, and you could lose money by investing in HI529. Account owners assume all investment risks as well as responsibility for any federal and state tax consequences.

Ugift is a registered service mark. All other marks are the exclusive property of their respective owners.

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