Your Generous Contribution Will Help a Club Member Continue their Education Post High School

    Stanley Sr. was born in East Boston in 1944. He was the son of Italian immigrants who entered the country in New York City, from Naples, Italy, eventually settling down in East Boston, Massachusetts. The DeMartinis family started serving the East Boston community in the early 1900s with their family’s meat market at 645 Saratoga Street. Stanley Sr. learned early from his parents how important community was to their business. These early life experiences and lessons became the fabric of his interest in the restaurant business. Over the years, Stanley had multiple restaurants servicing the local communities. In 1993, Stanley Sr. opened the World Gym on McClellan Hwy, in East Boston, Massachusetts. The World Gym was converted to a Planet Fitness in 2007, where it still stands today as one of the first Planet Fitness locations in all of Massachusetts.

   Throughout the years, the DeMartinis family has had a strong relationship with the Salesian Boys and Girls Club of East Boston. They have constantly donated gym memberships to the local community, helped finance summer camp programs, and hosted backpack drives that have supplied students with all of their school needs for several years. In October 2022, they built a brand new Mini-Judgement Free Zone, a fully equipped gym right inside the Salesian Brothers Boys and Girls Club. 

   To honor their father, they have set up a scholarship fund for the Salesian Boys and Girls Club. The newly created "Stanley DeMartinis, Sr. Scholarship Fund" will be an annual grant to graduating members of the Salesian Boys and Girls Club, who will be continuing their education and embody Stanley Sr.’s values.

  Please click the link below to donate in Stanley's honor and help his legacy of community service and generosity continue to the next generation of East Boston community members.

For more information call 617-567-0863

Send Checks to Salesian Boys & Girls Club 150 Byron Street East Boston MA 02128

Venmo payments to @salesian-club

Use the Donate button below.

Thank you to the DeMartinis & Planet Fitness Family

for Supporting the Club