Cats & Coffee: Reading with Haley; Sweet Game Plans

Good morning and welcome to "Cats & Coffee," a weekly segment presented by Community Coffee in which we get you caffeinated with an exciting look at the week ahead for the Florida Panthers.
A few lucky campers are in for a big surprise today.
In an effort to promote JetBlue's award-winning Soar with Reading program, Florida Panthers forward Micheal Haley will read to a group of 150 campers at Osswald Park in Fort Lauderdale on Monday.

The goal of Soar with Reading, a partnership between JetBlue and Random House Children's Books, is to distribute 100,000 books to the Fort Lauderdale community, with four vending machines installed throughout the city that will dispense free age-appropriate books to children and their families all summer long.
Looking head, JetBlue plans to host a special story hour at one vending machine location each week until Aug. 31 in order to help build support for the program in the community. If you'd like to attend a future reading, local residents can sign up for mobile updates on the machines by texting SOAR to 77948.
As Soar with Reading's first guest reader this summer, Haley, who is moving to South Florida after signing a two-year deal with the Panthers this summer, is excited to show his support for his new community by helping foster a love of reading among young hockey fans.
Soar with Reading vending machines can be found at:
- Joseph C. Carter Park: 1450 W. Sunrise Blvd
- Osswald Park: 2220 NW 21st Ave.
- Edgar P. Mills Multi-Purpose Center: 900 NW 31st Ave.
- Riverland Branch Library: 2710 Davie Blvd

SWEET GAME PLANS

Is a summer job helping you rake in some extra cash?
If so, we've got the perfect way for you to spend it!
For the biggest hockey fans out there, we've currently got some pretty sweet deals available on season ticket packages for the Panthers' upcoming 2017-18 campaign. In addition to being able to catch all 41 home games at a great price, season ticket holders also get access to lots of special goodies, including meet-and-greet events and priority access to Stanley Cup Playoff tickets.
If you can't commit that much time to the Cats, we also have half-season plans and 11-game plans available, both of which also come with great benefits that are unavailable to non-season ticket holders.
For ticket prices and to learn about our flexible interest free monthly payment plans, please visit our
Ticket Central page
.
See you in October!

CATS IN THE COMMUNITY

It might be the offseason, but the Panthers are always active in the community.

COLD COFFEE (IN CASE YOU MISSED IT)

• Micheal Haley recently lent a helping hand at the
  Panthers "Learn to Play" fitting at BB&T Center
  .
  -What do Mark Pysyk, Joe Thornton and lawnmowers have in common? You can find out HERE.
  -The Panthers signed Mark Pysyk to a
  three-year contract extension
  .
  -Finnish forwards Henrik Haapala and Sebastian Repo are reading to make the
  jump from Liiga to the NHL
  .
  -How good is Aleksander Barkov at shooting?
  The numbers will impress you
  .