Not giving it their all - The Boston Globe

Not giving it their all - The Boston Globe: "Not giving it their all
Records reveal many local athletes aren't putting up charity numbers

By Bob Hohler, Globe Staff | October 23, 2005

The two highest-paid athletes in New England history each expressed a million-dollar vision of goodwill.
First, Pedro Martinez rolled out a line of black bean and corn salsa in 1999, saying his goal was to raise $1 million for his charitable foundation to support ''children, health care, and education in Boston and the Dominican Republic.' But the former Red Sox pitcher, who has been fabulously generous with his personal wealth in his Dominican homeland, has since maintained an average balance greater than $850,000 in his Boston-based foundation and has made only one grant to a charitable organization in Massachusetts: $5,000 last year to the Riverview School in East Sandwich"