November 21st_LOT® Atlanta | Money Moves: Financial Empowerment

Turn income into impact: build a budget, understand credit, protect your money and make smarter choices for college and life.
About this Event

Can your team make the money work?

This will not be a sit-and-listen session. During LOT® Atlanta’s interactive Financial Empowerment Challenge, students will work in teams to research, build, revise and defend a realistic financial plan.

Each team will:

• Research current college, housing, transportation and everyday living costs
• Explore scholarships, grants, work-study, internships, part-time jobs and other ways to close financial gaps
• Decode a paycheck and distinguish gross pay from take-home pay
• Make decisions about budgeting, saving, credit, investing and debt
• Respond to unexpected “Life Happens” financial challenges
• Prepare and deliver a team presentation defending its decisions

Every teammate will contribute to the research, financial decisions and final presentation. The team with the strongest research, most realistic plan and clearest presentation will receive a prize!

Seniors will also examine financial-aid offers, compare free aid with borrowed or earned aid and develop a first-year college budget.

Saturday, November 21, 2026
10:00 AM–2:00 PM
Student check-in begins at 9:45 AM

Attire: LOT® Polo or T-shirt is fine. We will also have shirts on hand for those in need of a smaller size.

Students should bring a charged laptop or tablet and arrive ready to collaborate, solve problems and put their money knowledge to the test.

Make sure to arrive on-time so that you have ample time to work within your teams.

See you soon!