Our Initiatives

The Gussie Wortham Foundation Inc. initiatives include the following:

• Education Before Basketball Program: Mentoring & Tutoring through athletics and providing educational assistance.
• Families in Crisis: Information resource for families in Domestic Violence Crisis. We have donated funding and supplies to My Sister's Place and Interval House in Connecticut. 
• United In Ball & Life: Promoting the progress of student athletes through social media.
• Skills & Drills: Assisting Student/Athletes with skills to perform the correct fundamentals in athletics.
• Reading Buddies: Assisting students with literacy through tutoring.
• Adopt-A-Class: Foundation picks a classroom at one of the local public schools in Connecticut, North Carolina and South Carolina.
• Impact Without Limits- Assisting Underserved and Underprivileged Communities and Urban Schools throughout the country. We have assisted the following states and  Africa Connecticut, South Carolina, North Carolina and Georgia.  
• The Saluda Recreation Project-Restoration of the Brooks and Ruston Memorial Park in Saluda, South Carolina