Protect Me With 3+ |

Create. Educate. Vaccinate.

The 2025 Protect Me With 3+ poster and video contest is accepting submissions. New Jersey students in grades 5-12 can enter to win great prizes while promoting vaccination.

Enter Contest

We are grateful to the students, parents, teachers, nurses, and community leaders who supported last year’s contest. Thank you for sharing vital immunization information and helping to prevent diseases. Congratulations to our outstanding contest winners!

VIEW WINNERS

Looking for a vaccine?

Protect yourself and your community — find where you can get vaccinated today by using the Vaccine Finder below!

Some children may be eligible to receive vaccines at no cost through the Vaccines for Children Program. For more information, please visit VFC’s website.

Vaccine Finder

CONTEST DETAILS

LEARN MORE



WHO.

NJ students in grades 5-12 attending public and private schools



WHAT.

Create a poster or 30-second video educating New Jersey communities about the benefits of vaccination.



WHEN.

Submissions open October 1, 2024
Early bird deadline: Jan. 31, 2025
Final deadline: Feb. 28, 2025
Finalists selected: March 2025
Awards ceremony: May 2025

Be a winner!



Enhance your college application and resume! Winning art will be featured at statewide vaccine awareness events.



Become a health messenger among your peers.



Win gift cards up to $175.



Your entry could be featured on TV stations like News 12, BET, Tres, MSNBC, Cartoon Network, TLC

Learn more

What is Protect Me With 3+?

CREATE.

Designed for youth in middle and high schools, the contest aims to raise awareness about the importance of adolescent immunizations among preteens, teenagers and parents, and increase vaccination rates for several important vaccines.

EDUCATE.

Prevention is key. Vaccination is an important step in helping to prevent illnesses and potentially devastating consequences. Your poster or video must raise awareness of the importance of vaccination against one of the following vaccine-preventable diseases: Tetanus, Diphtheria, and Pertussis (Tdap), Meningococcal ACWY (MenACWY), Human Papillomavirus (HPV), Flu, or COVID-19.



Tetanus, Diphtheria, Pertussis (Tdap)



Meningococcal ACWY (MenACWY)



Human Papillomavirus (HPV)



Flu



COVID-19

VACCINATE.

Designed for youth in middle and high schools, the contest aims to raise awareness about the importance of adolescent immunizations among preteens, teenagers and parents, and increase vaccination rates for several important vaccines:

Safe and effective

Vaccines are safe and effective tools to help prevent severe symptoms and complications

Prevent diseases

Vaccine-preventable diseases can affect anyone, regardless of age or health status, including healthy teens. Young and healthy people are not immune to serious illnesses.

Timing is important

Getting all adolescent vaccines is the foundation for a healthy adulthood. The best time to vaccinate children and adolescents is before exposure to a dangerous disease. Adolescence offers a time for parents/guardians to check if childhood immunizations are up to date according to recommended immunization schedules.

Protect yourself

By getting vaccinated, you are protecting yourself and your family and friends. Not vaccinating a child on time can make someone else sick, like a friend, baby, adult, grandparent, or someone unable to be vaccinated.

Annual contest now open!