C4K Information

We believe that all youth should have a choice about their future. C4K’s mission is to help youth achieve personal confidence and academic success, start a path toward self-sustaining careers and be prepared to serve as community leaders. C4K brings our mission to life by empowering youth from low-income families with STEAM (science, technology, engineering, arts, and math) skills through evidence-based mentoring programming. In Charlottesville City Schools, the average on-time graduation rate for students of color is 84%. For economically disadvantaged students, it is 81%. However, in our 17-year history as a mentoring organization, 98% of C4K members graduate high school on time and over 92% of those went on to attend college. All our programming is FREE to eligible youth: ● One-to-one mentoring. ● Drop-in group mentoring. ● Camps, workshops, job shadowing, field trips. ● Youth leadership opportunities on our Youth Council. ● Access to industry-level software, Video & Audio Production Suites. ● Self-paced, self-guided projects. ● A free, refurbished laptop. Mentoring at C4K is a great opportunity for members of the public to serve as role models to youth while building skills and connecting with like-minded volunteers in our community. All mentoring takes place at C4K’s learning studios in the IX Building near downtown Charlottesville. - Become a volunteer mentor: https://c4kclubhouse.org/volunteer/ - Invest in changing lives: http://bit.ly/supportC4k