The Florida Panthers have signed Canadian singer Michael Buble for a good cause. Buble, a five-time Grammy-winning pop icon, has signed on to be part of the team\u2019s fundraising efforts for the American Cancer Society. The \u201cPanthers on the Prowl\u201d initiative combines art and philanthropy to support cancer research and patient services, and donors get the chance to sponsor life-sized panther sculptures that will be placed around South Florida.<\/p>\n
The program is the brainchild of Panthers hockey operations president and general manager Bill Zito and his wife Julie Zito. \u201c\u2019Panthers on the Prowl\u2019 is a creative and really cool and uplifting way to demonstrate and show our support for those people that are suffering, so we can generate the much-needed funding to keep this fight going,\u201d Buble said. \u201cCancer touches all of us, my family, friends, yours, neighbors, everyone. I joined my buddy Bill Zito and the Florida Panthers and all of our NHL hockey community because I want to be part of the solution.\u201d<\/p>\n
The issue is clearly one of deep personal significance to Buble. His son Noah, now 11, was diagnosed with a form of liver cancer in 2016 and was declared to be in remission about 18 months later. \u201cThe worst possible thing that you could hear as a parent, and as maybe a human being,\u201d Buble said years later.<\/p>\n
The Panthers\u2019 program formally launched in March and has been backed by famed artist Romero Britto along with NFL players \u2014 and South Florida natives \u2014 Nick Bosa and Joey Bosa, among others. Julie Zito is a cancer survivor, Bill Zito lost his mother and sister to cancer, and the Zito family recently lost a close friend to cancer as well. The couple got the inspiration for the artwork element of the initiative from the Cows on Parade public art project in Chicago; donors to the Panthers\u2019 project can decorate their panther statuette in any way they\u2019d like.<\/p>\n
The team is hoping to raise at least $1 million. \u201cIt\u2019s in all of our families and all of our friendships,\u201d said Zito, who joined the Panthers in 2020. \u201cIt makes me more determined not to achieve a goal for the goal\u2019s sake, but to achieve a goal to bring people together.\u201d<\/p>\n
Join our Newsletter for the latest news right to your inbox<\/strong><\/p>\n The Florida Panthers’ initiative to raise funds for the American Cancer Society is a commendable effort, and with the support of Michael Buble and other notable figures, it is likely to make a significant impact. The combination of art and philanthropy is a unique and engaging way to raise awareness and funds for cancer research and patient services.<\/p>\n Q: What is the purpose of the \u201cPanthers on the Prowl\u201d initiative? Introduction to the Fundraising Initiative The Florida Panthers have signed Canadian singer Michael Buble for a good cause. Buble, a five-time Grammy-winning pop icon, has signed on to be part of the team\u2019s fundraising efforts for the American Cancer Society. The \u201cPanthers on the Prowl\u201d initiative combines art and philanthropy to support cancer research and […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":15430,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"rank_math_lock_modified_date":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[25],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-15429","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-sports"},"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i3.wp.com\/wsvn.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2016\/11\/buble.jpg?quality=60&strip=color&w=590&resize=590,350&ssl=1","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/citystuff.com\/miami\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15429"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/citystuff.com\/miami\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/citystuff.com\/miami\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/citystuff.com\/miami\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/citystuff.com\/miami\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=15429"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/citystuff.com\/miami\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15429\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":15431,"href":"https:\/\/citystuff.com\/miami\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15429\/revisions\/15431"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/citystuff.com\/miami\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/15430"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/citystuff.com\/miami\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=15429"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/citystuff.com\/miami\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=15429"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/citystuff.com\/miami\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=15429"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}Conclusion<\/h2>\n
FAQs<\/h2>\n
\nA: The initiative is to raise funds for the American Cancer Society and support cancer research and patient services.
\nQ: How can donors participate in the initiative?
\nA: Donors can sponsor life-sized panther sculptures that will be placed around South Florida and decorate their panther statuette in any way they\u2019d like.
\nQ: What is the fundraising goal of the initiative?
\nA: The team is hoping to raise at least $1 million.
\nQ: Who are some of the notable figures supporting the initiative?
\nA: Michael Buble, Romero Britto, Nick Bosa, and Joey Bosa are some of the notable figures supporting the initiative.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"