"TNA Wrestling is honored to support The Grand Kids Foundation and will be making a sizeable donation to Curtis' foundation at Slammiversary 7, and we strongly encourage all TNA fans to make a donation to The Grand Kids Foundation."

Donations to the Grand Kids Foundation will go towards purchasing school supplies for needy families/kids, books and supplies for schools which do not get the funding they always need, establishing baseball programs as well as providing equipment and facilities in some of Michigan's inner-cities and eventually a scholarship program for graduating high school seniors.

Both of Curtis' parents served as educators in the Chicago area while he was a child. Curtis is one of only a handful of MLB players with a college degree. Curtis graduated from the University of Illinois-Chicago in 2002 with degrees in Business Marketing and Business Management.