C5 Georgia

What We Do

The mission of the C5 Youth Foundation of Georgia is to change the odds for high-potential teens from under-resourced environments, inspiring them to pursue personal success and preparing them for leadership roles in college, work and their communities. We encourage C5 Georgia teens to be:

• Character-driven
• Community-focused
• Challenge-ready
• College-bound
• Committed to a better future

Read More about C5 Georgia’s History and Promise

NEW YEAR, NEW BEGINNINGS: Katherine Navarez

Discipline. Diligence. Leadership. Three things our students learn and practice over the course of our 5 year program. For Mary Baldwin College freshman Kat Navarez these three skills have propelled her toward a career in the military through the Virginia Women’s Institute for Leadership program. Read more.

NEW YEAR, NEW BEGINNINGS: Austen Mahaffey

2013 will undoubtedly bring great things to East Hall High School senior and football, wrestling and track participant Austen Mahaffey. We are proud to announce that the senior will graduate this spring and then excitedly relocate to Texas A&M University on a Posse Scholarship in the fall for a beginning unlike any other. Read more.

365 + DAYS OF SUCCESS

They began our program young, shy, unsure of their potential and place in the world as leaders. They left triumphant—older, wiser, with big plans on the horizon. Today, they’re college veterans—one semester into the next phase of their lives. Click here to see how three more of our students continue to make us proud.

TAKING C5 TO THE STREETS

In their senior year of high school, all C5 Medallions propose, organize, and then work on a Medallion Project aimed at identifying community needs and proposing workable solutions. In 2012, our students chose “trafficking”—human, arms, sex and drugs—and he experience had a particularly strong impact on one of our students. Read what she’s done to pay it forward.