Beaver Creek Student's Essay Published in Magazine

An essay by Reagan Michael Zierke of Johnston, Iowa, has been selected as a winner in the Pre-K/Kindergarten category in the first-ever Thrivent magazine Writing and Drawing Contest.

Reagan has won $100 and his essay will be featured in the Summer issue of Thrivent magazine, available online.

Zierke is the son of Kevin and Meghan Zierke. He is in 1^st grade at .

For the contest, children in grades pre-school through high school were invited to share through essays or drawings what the phrase “to be wise with money” means to them. The contest was open to children and grandchildren of Thrivent Financial members. There were five age categories. Panels of Thrivent Financial employees in Minneapolis and Appleton, Wisconsin, selected the top three drawings and top three essays in each age category.

“It was amazing to see the wisdom that children have about money,” says Thrivent magazine Editor Donna Mulder. “Their essays and drawings were straightforward, often simplifying a concept that adults try to complicate.”

Thrivent magazine is a member publication of Thrivent Financial for Lutherans, a not-for-profit Fortune 500 financial services membership organization. The magazine, which features financial, faith, volunteer and health-related topics, is mailed to more than 1.5 million Thrivent member households across the U.S.

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