Torre said Nivea had made a significant contribution to the Safe at Home Foundation.

The rooms will give students a place to meet with counselors trained in domestic-violence intervention and prevention, the core issue of the Torres' Safe at Home Foundation.

The Yankees may be waiting to announce the 2005 staff until after Torre holds a charity dinner in Manhattan on Thursday for his Safe At Home Foundation.

The Safe at Home Foundation has made a commitment to finance the program at the four Westchester schools for three years.

He said that experience motivated him to start, with his wife, Ali, the Joe Torre Safe at Home Foundation, which will raise money to educate the public about abuse in families.

He is definitely dressed for a breakout role: founder of the Joe Torre Safe at Home Foundation (www.joetorre.net).

Gimme Shelter: Laying Concrete for a Home Foundation (02:51)

Torre grew up in an abusive home and now runs the Joe Torre Safe at Home Foundation to prevent domestic violence.

In 2007, Karatz founded the Keep Your Home Foundation to support people in California facing foreclosures as a result of the mortgage crisis.

Keep Your Home Foundation supports a clearinghouse website to provide information to homeowners facing foreclosure.