While we all know about the millions of dollars most athletes make at a young age and the way many of them blow it, thats not always the case.  Many players use their money and celebrity for good.  Either through their own foundation, existing charities or just causes they find worthy some guys spend much of their free time and money helping.  Its always great to hear those stories so I wanted to make note of a pretty cool one that a couple Saints players from Atlanta recently helped organize.  Their donations are going to make a huge impact in the local New Orleans community!

http://www.nola.com/saints/index.ssf/2010/09/saints_have_adjusted_to_abnorm.html

GIVING BACK: A group of Saints players welcomed a group of players from the budding football program at Sojourner Truth Academy to the team’s practice facility Thursday and presented them with a $100,000 check. Brees, quarterback Chase Daniel, center Jonathan Goodwin, cornerback Jabari Greer, safety Roman Harper, safety Malcolm Jenkins, cornerback Tracy Porter, safety Chris Reis, cornerback Leigh Torrence and offensive tackle Zach Strief each donated $5,000, the total of which was matched by $50,000 from the Saints & NFL Youth Programs.

The charter high school was started in 2008 by Los Angeles transplants Channa Mae Cook and Kristin Leigh Moody, who had intended to spend a week in New Orleans helping to rebuild McDonogh 42 Elementary. Cook and Torrence were classmates at Stanford, which is how the Saints players wound up getting involved.

“All the guys standing up here are just happy to have a chance to do that, and obviously commend Channa and all the staff at Sojourner Truth for everything they’re doing for these kids,” Brees said.

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