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In order to realize the first and foremost objective, TTI established C.A.T.C.H. (Caring and Actively Teaching Children Hope), a youth outreach and retention program targeting at-risk students. The program concentrates on five key initiatives; character and leadership empowerment, educational and technological development, financial and economic literacy, arts and culture, and a healthy mind and body. The first season of C.A.T.C.H. kicked off in June 2009 with 19 students in Baton Rouge.

TTI's second objective is to make a significant and lasting impression in the communities it serves. This is accomplished through a number of community building initiatives. Last November, TTI collaborated with Citadel Broadcasting to host a free Thanksgiving meal for indigent residents of Baton Rouge. Over the Christmas holiday, TTI partnered with the CARA Program to "adopt" a low-income family in Chicago and present them with gifts, food, and a complete apartment renovation. In addition, TTI periodically sponsors, among other things, school supply drives and school uniform giveaways. Although Thomas no longer plays professional basketball in Chicago he still spends time and provides college scholarships to the students at his "adopted" school Crane Prep Tech High School, a public school in the Chicago public school system.

TTI's third objective is to provide funding to organizations with similar goals and initiatives. In 2009, TTI provided monetary and in-kind donations to several non-profit organizations. Some of these included; YWCA Greater Baton Rouge for the Lights on Afterschool Programs, South Baton Rouge Christmas Parade, Chicago 2016 – a bid for the 2016 Olympic and Paralympic Games, The National Down Syndrome Society Charity Event, Mothers of Professional Basketball Players (MPBP), and the Fitzgerald Batiste Benefit Event.

Battery wrote:I'm really pulling hard for this guy to succeed because so far he's said all the right things after coming over from Chicago. He wants to be coached which is a good thing and he's also praised LB.

BigSlam wrote:Here's a kid who came into the NBA young, raw and probably pretty naive which game him a suspect rep. He's transitioning from this uber athletic kid who only wanted to go into the dunk comp once he knew how much he could make which confirmed his suspect rep into a willing student of the game who is thoughtful with his new found fortune who is becoming very easy to root for.

I really hope that Crash takes him under his wing and T2 learns from the great man on and off the court.

T2 does that and the sky is the limit for him.

SWEDD523 wrote:This was actually something that came out not too long after the season ended--I think it was sometime around the time he got that new contract. Either way, it's fantastic that everyone else is catching wind of it because it really shows how much of a positive role model he is. This deserved an hour special, not LeBron's decision.