And now here's Maria Bailey of NewBaby.com interviewing Amy of SelfishMom.com.

Here's Maria Bailey at Upromise's Tuition Tuesday event in NYC interviewing Kim Orlando of TravelingMom.com.

Watch as Maria Bailey of NewBaby.com interviews Amy of LIParentSource.com.

Also participating in Upromise's Tuition Tuesday event in NYC was Maria Bailey, co-founder of NewBaby.com, author of The Ultimate Mom and mother of four teens.

Bloggers attending the Tuition Tuesday event in NYC yesterday included, from left to right, Amy of SelfishMom.com, Kristen of ElmCityParent.com and Amy of LIParentsource.com.

Tuition Tuesday kicked of the Upromise Tuition Tales video contest.  For more details and to enter, visit www.tuition-tales.com.

Upromise member Esti brought her son to the Tuition Tales event in NYC yesterday.  Esti is the founder of Primetime Parenting at primetimeparenting.wordpress.com.

Here's another photo of Caleb Shreve and his mom Melissa here at the Time Warner Center in NYC this morning.  Caleb won last year's Tuition Tales contest with a music video, which he later peformed on MTV's TRL show.

This morning I had the pleasure of meeting Michael and his three-year old daughter Diana.  Michael has been a Upromise member for seven years, since the birth of his son Jeremy.

Check back again soon for a future blog post about Michael and his family.
 

This morning we unveiled what may be the world's largest piggy bank, built by inner city students shown here at the Time Warner Center in New York along with David Rochon, president of Upromise.  More details are available below the photo.

As part of the Tuition Tales launch, 75 disadvantaged inner city students, ages 5-14 years old, are building the world's largest piggy bank as a symbol of the importance of saving for college. The students participate in afterschool programs conducted by LeAp, a non-profit New York City-based educational organization.  Containing the student artists' hopes for the future, the piggy bank which aims to be in The Guinness Book of World Records, will be 14 feet tall, 22.5 feet long, and six feet wide.

Click here for Tuition Tales contest details.

Here's Maria Bailey, host of www.MomTalkRadio.com and author of the The Ultimate Mom, speaking this morning at the Upromise Tuition Tuesday event.

Tuition Tuesday kicks off the Upromise Tuition Tales video contest.  For more details visit www.tuition-tales.com.

Here's family financial planning expert Ellie Kaye speaking to the Tuition Tuesday audience at the Time Warner Center just moments ago.

Here's David Rochon, president of Upromise, speaking moments ago about the Tuition Tuesday and the Tuition Tales video contest.

I'm here at the Time Warner Center in NYC for the Upromise Tuition Tuesday event, which kicks off our Tuition Tales video contest.  Here's Caleb Shreve, the winner of last years contest, warming up to perform the song he played in his winning video.

The entries for our Messiest Room Contest were nothing less than a hot mess!  But with Kmart®, Homz®, Sears®, The Container Store® and Target® gift cards on the line for the winner, our members had good reason to put their reputations on the line and let it all hang out - literally!

From trash covered dorm rooms to empty soup cans on bathroom floors, Upromise members were more than willing to share their disaster areas for a chance at the title of "Messiest Room".

Where were contests like this when I was growing up?  Back then, the prize would have been a one way trip to my room and free stay there until the mess was clean!  Anyhow, congratulations to our winner babycat1216.  She submitted a photo of her kitchen which was, well, to put it nicely, a sure winner!

Congratulations babycat1216 and thanks to all of you Mr. and Mrs. Messes for your sloppy submissions!

Our first place winner was CassNick whose recommendations included a personalized watch case for him from personalcreations.com and bubble bath for her from QVC.com.  Both are great gifts - who doesn't like something with their name on it (unless it's a parking ticket) and bubble bath isn't just for kids!  Our second place winner, horseldr19,  suggested the Entertainment® Book (the gift that keeps on giving) and a personalized coffee mug (great for those who tend to forget our coffee mugs around the office) from personalizationmall.com.  Our third place winner, Frankie, also went with a personalized gift (leather bracelet and heart charm) from thingsremembered.com.  This store has been around for years and I always manage to find something here for every occasion.  Thees, our 4th place winner, went with an oldie but goodie and recommended fresh flowers from FTD.com or Proflowers.com.  Let's be honest here, you can't go wrong with giving flowers on Valentine's Day.  And guys, here's the important part, they are a gift that any woman would appreciate on any of the other 364 days of the year!  Trust me on this one guys!  Finally, our 5th place winner, bittersweet098, went with another old time favorite and suggested, among other things, a Godiva Valentine's Basket.  Yummmm!        

This year, I decided to give myself a gift for Valentine's Day and went skiing.  But I was able to incorporate Upromise savings in my trip when I paid for my lift ticket and rentals with my Upromise credit card! 

Congratulations to all of our winners and thanks to all of our members who participated in this contest.  We LOVE you and don't forget to keep an eye out for our next community contest. 

Enter the Tuition Tales Video Contest Here

Think you or someone you know deserves $10,000 for college? Tell us about it – in a 30-second video. Make us laugh. Make us cry. Make money for college. Three $10,000 winners will be chosen in this video contest. You could be one of them! Are you saving for college, in college now or paying back student loans? Tell us your Tuition Tales today.  

Enter the Tuition Tales Video Contest Here