The theme for our 1st Annual Financial Literacy Youth Summit is, “Changing the Narrative”. Through youth education, engagement, innovation and entrepreneurial solutions, this year’s Financial Literacy Youth Summit aims to provide a platform for young people to receive valuable life changing information. This year, Financial Literacy Youth Summit will be in-person convened by Your Money Matters Mentoring (YMM) at Green River College Main Campus inside the Student Center.

Mask Wearing Is Required To Attend!

Top things you need to know

1. Youth Summit is FREE.

2. Registration launches October 4th, 2021.

3. Summit is held in-person with Opening and Closing sessions.

4. Runs 9 a.m. to 3:30 p.m.

5. Breakfast and Lunch will be served.

6. Open to any high school-aged youth or young adult ages 16-21 living in King, Pierce, Snohomish Counties.

7. $25 for everyone who registers and attends Summit. Free t-shirt, and other good stuff in your Summit packet.

8. First 50 to register receive a raffle ticket to win “Happy Vibes” mystery raffle prize valued at $150.00

9. Raffle winners must be “Present to Win”

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Event details: Our first Annual Financial Literacy Youth Summit is a day-long event that aims to give youth and young adults the confidence to be financially literate. The summit will focus primarily on introducing youth and young adults how to develop better money habits, how to implement financial goals in your life and how to address the mental, physical, and financial wellness aspects of managing your money in a healthy pro-social manner. The summit will provide interactive financial education experience for students. The summit concept is a unique opportunity for students to experience some of the financial challenges they will face when they start life on their own. It’s a hands-on experience in which students identify their career choice and starting salaries then complete a budget sheet requiring them to live within their monthly salary while paying for basics such as housing, utilities, transportation, clothing, and food. Additional expenditures such as entertainment and travel are factored in as well.

Throughout the day, there are many temptations for additional spending, and students must learn to balance their wants and needs to live on their own. After the students have visited various booths covering components of independent living, students balance their budget and evaluate their learnings through a Q&A session with adult volunteers who facilitated their breakout session.