Governor Mike DeWine’s latest initiative to encourage COVID-19 vaccination kicked off today, offering Ohioans aged 12 to 25 the chance to win up to $100,000 in educational scholarships.

Prizes under the Ohio Vax-2-School program include 50 scholarships worth $10,000 each and five $100,000 scholarships to an Ohio college or university for career or technical education. Starting today, Oct. 4, anyone 12 to 25 who has received at least one dose of the vaccine will be able to enter at OhioVax2School.com or by calling 1-833-4-ASK-ODH (1-833-427-5634) between 9 a.m. and 8 p.m.

Governor DeWine continues to emphasize that keeping kids in school, in-person, five days a week, remains a priority, and the best way to do that is to get students vaccinated. In addition to protecting kids from the severe effects of the virus, students who are vaccinated do not have to quarantine if exposed.

Although similar to Ohio’s Vax-A-Million campaign, individuals who entered that drawing must re-enter into Ohio’s Vax-2 School drawing. Drawing dates will be announced at a later time. Answers to frequently asked questions and other details can be found at OhioVax2School.com.

For more on COVID-19:

In-depth COVID-19 data for Ohio: coronavirus.ohio.gov. 

Ohio's central scheduling system: gettheshot.coronavirus.ohio.gov

All vaccine providers: vaccine.coronavirus.ohio.gov