Panthers MVP Sam Bennett turns ‘deep connection with animals’ into Benny’s Buddies pet adoption program

A South Florida championship hockey performer has made it his personal goal to result homes for shelter animals one puck at a time It s pucks and paws for Sam Bennett The Florida Panthers MVP is using his platform to save dogs and cats like Kitty Reinhart It s all part of a new partnership between the fierce spirit of the Florida Panthers and the soft purr of a new furry friend project Reinhart as well as multiple of these other kittens here in the Stanley Panther room or I should say the Florida Panther room here at the Humane Society of Broward County are named after our Florida Panthers players stated Cheri Wachter vice president of marketing for the Humane Society of Broward County It all started last year when Sam Bennett and his fianc e Zoe adopted a dog from Broward s Humane Society I ve constantly had a deep connection with animals announced Bennett That s when the idea for Benny s Buddies was born It really blew up even bigger than I could imagine commented Bennett Every time Sam scored a goal he would underwrite the adoption fee through Benny s Buddies for a pet here at the Humane Society of Broward County disclosed Wachter And he scored goals We got pets adopted we have six waiting and we got a couple more to pick and it will be a total of animals this year so it s really been incredible declared Bennett When he would amount a goal the comments that people would write another one for the dogs and cats It was very exciting and it brought people that might not have been aware about the Humane Socienty and our pet adoption to think about maybe adopting a pet stated Wachter You can definitely say I was motivated to get specific pets sponsored this year disclosed Bennett And when the band won the championship earlier this month Bennett brought the Stanley Cup to the Humane Society because after all it is a club sport It s a real win It s a win for Sam and it s a win for the animals noted Wachter As for the future of Benny s Buddies Just get more pets adopted It s been great this year and I think there s a lot more that we can do revealed Bennett If you d like to adopt a pet and for more information about Benny s Buddies click here