ATLANTA -- Giving back to the community is a key component in head coach Jonas Hayes' Georgia State men's basketball program, and Hayes and his team put that into action on the Martin Luther King Jr. Weekend.
Hayes and members of the team and staff spent several hours working with young people at the "Protecting the Dreams of our Youth" event put on by the Emerging 100, the young professional auxiliary of the 100 Black Men of Atlanta.
Giving back to the Atlanta community is especially meaningful for Hayes, an Atlanta native and a product of the Atlanta Public School system, including Douglass High School.