Empower Yourself is proud to associate with the Thousandaires Club, founded from the BASE Chicago, which seeks to change and educate communities on how to build and maintain wealth through investing and financial literacy. For the second year, our students placed in the top five — in 2nd and 4th place — winning $3,000 cumulatively to invest towards their future. This program provides a valuable opportunity for not only students, but parents also, to learn how to invest and save for their future.  

Registration is now open for the 2025/2026 Investment Competition! For the first time the competition will be open to adult participation, but only students / children will be eligible for the cash prize.

The competition is available to students in middle and high school, who are provided test accounts with simulated money — but real stocks. Participants attend virtual classes where they learn the fundamentals of investing from experts, and then apply these lessons to build their own portfolio.

Registration is open until the 29th, we urge and welcome everyone to participate and take advantage of an amazing learning opportunity: https://forms.gle/KjNsXFXhDzEaLXDq8