2011-12 community report

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#00 Stanley C. Panther

Chris Evert Childrens Hospital

Dear Foundation Supporter,

The Florida Panthers Foundation has the power to give, and thus a responsibility to do whatever

it takes to improve the lives o South Floridas less ortunate. Acting on that mantra, with a ocus

on fghting pediatric cancer, the Foundation raised more than $350,000 and donated more than

$100,000 in grants and $400,000 in kind to South Florida charities in 2011-12.

Every member o our organization including our executives, coaches, players and sta - committed

to giving back over the last 12 months and they did not disappoint. Every single member o the

Florida Panthers ull-time sta donated at least 10 hours this year, while each member o the

15-person executive team sits on a local charitable board. In addition, the Foundation organized

countless community events and three signature events the Ford Face-O Gala, IOA Ice & Dice

Casino Night and Publix Gol Classic Presented by Ford that combined raised nearly $200,000.

The Florida Panthers Foundation is not just ocused on donating unds and resources, we also ormed

strategic partnerships with organizations like Party City and Flashes o Hope, and continue to work

with the Chris Evert Childrens Hospital in Fort Lauderdale, which was the benefciary o a $400,000

Foundation grant in 2010.

Lastly, or the eorts o our sta, our board, and everyone at the Florida Panthers organization,

the Panthers Foundation was honored to be named 2012 Outstanding Philanthropic Foundation in

Broward County during the National Philanthropy Day Luncheon.

The honor has only served as a motivator or us as

we continue our mission o fghting pediatric cancer,

and helping those amilies that are aected by this

horrible disease. Please take a ew moments to

review the ollowing pages, and consider joining us

in our fght.

Regards,

Cliff Viner

Chairman, Florida Panthers Foundation

General Partner/Chairman of the Board/CEO,

Florida Panthers Hockey Club

2 Florida Panthers Foundation Mission Statement

3 Florida Panthers Foundation Pledge or Pediatric Cancer

4 Broward Health Foundation: Eighth Floor Oncology Unit

5 Florida Panthers Foundation & Party City

Leukemia & Lymphoma Society: Light The Night Walk 2011

Movember

6 Ford Face-O Gala

7 Holiday Hangout at Chris Evert Childrens Hospital

Hospital Visits

Flashes o Hope

8 IOA Ice & Dice

9 Donor Wall

10 Fourth Annual Publix Gol Classic

11 St. Baldricks Foundation

Shirts O Our Backs

Beard-A-Thon

50/50 Rafe

12 Paint The Ice

Holiday Meal & Skate at Saveology.com Iceplex

Holiday Meal at English Tap & Beer Garden

13 Suites & Treats

SOS Childrens Villages Suite Night

Kids In Distress & Designing Spaces

14 Food & Toy Drives

Jason Taylor Foundations Cool Gear For The School Year

Community Rink Practices

15 I Love Hockey Month

Panthers LIVE!

16 Try Hockey Clinics

Healthy Habits

17 Teacher o the Month

Stanleys Birthday Bash

18 Blueprint Tour

19 Support the Foundation

Contact Inormation

TABLE OFCONTENTS

Board o Directors

Cli VinerPresident [AVM,L.P.]

Randy MollerVice President [Florida Panthers Hockey Club]

Vanessa WalkerSecretary [National Beverage Corp.]

Al YoungTreasurer [South Florida Ford Dealers]

Robert PrintzDirector [AVM,L.P.]

Reid ShapiroDirector [Saveology.com]

Darren Weiner

Director [Antigen Realty,L LC]Steven ZiDirector [Florida Panthers Hockey Club]

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#60 Jose Theodore

Shirts O Our Backs

To build a better uture or the

children o South Florida. Through

philanthropic partnerships, grants,

donations and community outreach

programs, the oundation maintains

a ocus on childrens health, ftness,

education and cultural needs.

MISSIONSTATEMENT



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We pledge to fght pediatric

cancer and have partnered with

many non-profts that support

pediatric cancer including:

Broward Health Foundation

Jessica June

Childrens Cancer Foundation

Starlight Childrens Foundation

St. Baldricks Foundation

The Florida Panthers Foundation is a non-prot organization

that has donated signicant resources to charitable initiatives

since its inception in 2003.

The Foundation raises unds through signature events such as

the annual casino night and the annual gol classic.

#44 Erik Gudbranson

Hospital Visits


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Broward Health Foundation:

Eighth Floor Oncology UnitThe Foundation continues to support Broward Health and the Chris Evert Childrens

Hospitals pediatric oncology unit. The oncology unit is adorned with Florida

Panthers themed colors, designs and graphics. The players, sta and Stanley C.

Panther make special visits throughout the year to bring some joy to the children

who are staying on the foor.



#9 Stephen Weiss, #4 Keaton Ellerby, #51 Brian Camp bell


Florida PanthersFoundation & Party CityParty City teamed up with Florida Panthers Foundation to help raise unds

or the pledge to ght pediatric cancer. Nationwide, Party City asked their

customers to help ght pediatric cancer and within one month, Party City

raised $100,000.

The Florida Panthers Foundation distributed the unds to local non-prots

helping to ght pediatric cancer. The ollowing groups received unds:

St. Jude Research Hospital, Ronald McDonald House Charities,

Joe DiMaggio Childrens Hospital, Starlight Childrens Foundation,

Jessica June Childrens Cancer Foundation, St. Baldricks Foundation,

American Cancer Society, and Children Battl ing Cancer.

Leukemia & Lymphoma Society:Light The Night Walk 2011The Florida Panthers and President & COO Michael Yormark raised more

than $120,000 or the 2011 Leukemia & Lymphoma Society Light The

Night Walk in Broward County. Yormark was the Light The Night Walk Chair

and the Panthers were the top Corporate Walk Team or the second year in

a row. All told, Yormark and the Panthers have raised more than $250,000

or LLS in the past two years.

MovemberThe Panthers joined the worldwide Movember movement by growing

moustaches during the month o November to raise awareness and unds

or mens health issues, including prostate cancer. Fans were able to join

the undraising eorts or make a donation in the name o their avorite

Panthers player, raising more than $2,100 or the cause.

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Michael Yormark

Light the Night Walk 2011

#20 Sean Bergenheim, #44 Erik Gudbranson, #57 Marcel Goc

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Ford Face-O Gala

presented by the Cli Viner Family FoundationThe Florida Panthers Foundation held the Ford Face-O Gala presented by t he

Cli Viner Family Foundation to kick o the 2011-12 hockey season. The evening

event eatured the entire Florida Panthers team, coaches, and ront oce sta

to help raise awareness and unds or t he Foundations continued pledge to ght

pediatric cancer.

Owner Cli Viner, Eda Knop, #51 Brian C ampbell

Ford Face-O Gala

#9 Stephen Weiss

Ford Face-O Gala

CJ George Panthers Foundation Ambassador

Ford Face-O Gala

Holiday Hangoutat Chris Evert Childrens HospitalThe Florida Panthers continued their support o the Chris Evert

Childrens Hospitals oncology unit by bringing holiday cheer to all the

children on the eight foor, which is sponsored by the Panthers.

Panthers players Ed Jovanovski, Brian Campbell, Mike Weaver and

Jason Garrison joined mascot Stanley C. Panther and ront oce sta

members on Dec. 19, 2011. Santa Claus was on hand t o pass out

presents to all o the children and activities such as arts and crats,

ace painting and street hockey were available or patients and their

amilies to participate in.

Hospital VisitsThroughout the season, Florida Panthers players Jack Skille, Sean

Bergenheim, Stephen Weiss, Erik Gudbranson, Keaton Ellerby, and

Marcel Goc visited children at Chris Evert Childrens Hospital and

delivered Panthers goodie bags, including stued animals and hats

knitted by the Panthers Booster Club.

Flashes o HopeThe Florida Panthers Foundation has recently partnered with Flashes

o Hope as they opened their South Florida Chapter. Flashes o Hope

will be able to photograph approximately 150 children being treated in

Miami Childrens Hospital and Chris Evert Childrens Hospital.

Flashes o Hope is a non-prot organization that changes the

way children with cancer and other lie threatening illnesses see

themselves through the git o photography and raises money or

pediatric cancer research. The portraits, taken by award-winning

photographers, help children eel better about t heir changing

appearance by celebrating it. For amilies o terminally ill children,

its especially important to have a portrait that preserves orever thebeauty, grace and dignity o their child.

#43 Mike Weaver

Holiday Hangout

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IOA Ice & DiceIOA Ice & Dice Casino Night at the Marriott Resort & Spa in Fort Lauderdale was

held on Dec. 14, 2011. The Florida Panthers Foundation entertained guests in

a Las Vegas style, ve-star evening. The Marriot Harbor Beach was transormed

into an authentic casino, complete with blackjack, roulette and craps t ables.

The event allowed guests to interact with Panthers players and sta, as well as

eature dancing, great drinks and gourmet ood.

#60 Jose Theodore

IOA Ice & Dice

#14 Tomas Fleischmann, #7 Dmitry Kulikov, #57 Marcel Goc

IOA Ice & Dice

CJ George & Panthers Coach Kevin Dineen

IOA Ice & Dice

Donor WallThe Florida Panthers Foundation Donor Wall is located in

the South Florida Hockey Den o Honor at the BB&T Center.

Help us in the ght against pediatric cancer by purchasing

your plaque now and joining the Den o Honor.

Please visit our website at www.foridapanthersoundation.org

Gold Donors Cliord Viner Family Foundation

Dale Tallon

Marleen Forkas

Marc Weiss

Je Passaro

Stephen Stern

Mark Bugalski

The Siegel Family Rocque Trem

Altman Foundation or Children

County Line Chiropractic Medical & Rehab Centers

The Reid Family

Silver Donors Alex & Sandi May

Begelman Family Foundation

Bronze Donors Wayne Adkins

Skeets Friedkin

Jack Zwick

Joshua Luecht

Eric Greenberg

Matthew Schwartzseid

Roy Bruno

Darren Weiner

Constance Hokin

The Teschic Family

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Fourth Annual Publix Gol Classic

presented by FordOn Feb. 20, 2012, the Florida Panthers hosted their Fourth Annual Publix Gol

Classic, presented by Ford, at Parkland Gol & Country Club. Attendees goled

alongside their avorite Florida Panthers players, coaches and members o t he

Panthers management team. The event included one-o-a-kind contests, a silent

and live auction, and an activity stationed at every hole. This annual gol event

raised more than $60,000 or the Florida Panthers Foundation to help urther its

mission and pledge.

GM Dale Tallon, #32 Kris Versteeg, #10 John Madden


#12 Jack Skille


#51 Brian Campbell


St. Baldricks FoundationOn Feb. 13, 2012, Florida Panthers players Mike Weaver and Erik

Gudbranson raised money by shaving their heads to benet St. Baldricks

Foundation at Duys Sports Grill in Plantation. The St. Baldricks

Foundation is a volunteer-driven charity committed to unding the most

promising research to nd cures or childhood cancers and give survivors

long and healthy lives.

Shirts O Our BacksOn March 25, 2012, the Florida Panthers auctioned game worn jerseys o

each member o the team with proceeds benetting the Florida Panthers

Foundation and our pledge to support the ght against pediatric cancer.

The event raised more than $38,000 towards the Florida Panthers

Foundations Pledge For Pediatric Cancer.

Beard-A-ThonFlorida Panthers players, sta and ans participated in Beard-A-Thon

benetting the Florida Panthers Foundation and the ght against pediatric

cancer. This undraiser generated more than $9,000 or the Florida

Panthers Foundation. Beard-A-Thon is a National Hockey League-wide

initiative in which team players, sta and ans grow playo beards and

earn pledges that get donated directly to the Panthers Foundation.

50/50 RafeDuring every Florida Panthers home game during the 2011-12 regular

season, the Florida Panthers Foundation held a 50/50 Rafe and split the

proceeds between the Florida Panthers Foundation and a South Florida

non-prot. For the 2011-12 season, the Florida Panthers Foundation

distributed more than $24,000 to local non-prots through the money

raised during the 50/50 Rafes.

#43 Mike Weaver & CJ George

St. Baldricks Foundation Head Shaving

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#51 Brian Campbell & Rob Printz

Shirts O Our Backs Auction


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Paint The IceThe Florida Panthers Hockey Club invited all 1993 Season Seat

Owners out to the BB&T Center to help paint the ice or the

upcoming 2011-12 season.

Families rom Starlight Childrens Foundation were also invited

out by the Panthers to experience this once in a lie time

experience. The parents and children were able to go out onto

the ice and help paint the lines that would be there all season.

Each amily member was able to keep a commemorative paint

brush and picture o this experience.

Holiday Meal & Skateat Saveology.com IceplexScottie Upshall, Stephen Weiss and Erik Gudbranson

participated in the Florida Panthers Foundation Meal & Skate at

the Saveology.com Iceplex in Coral Springs. Children rom SOS

Childrens Villages and amilies rom Children Battling Cancer

took to the ice to skate with the Panthers players and then

enjoyed a meal by Ca Bella Sera.

Holiday Mealat English Tap & Beer GardenPanthers players Jack Skille, Jason Garrison, and Mike Santorelli

hosted a special holiday dinner or more than 60 children rom

the Boys & Girls Club o Boca Raton. The meal was graciously

provided by English Tap & Beer Garden and each child was given

a holiday git rom the players to celebrate the holidays.

#44 Erik Gudbranson, #19 Scottie Upshall

Holiday Meal & Skate

#12 Jack Skille

Holiday Meal

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Suites & TreatsThe Florida Panthers hosted Starlight Childrens Foundation Halloween

Party at the BB&T Center. Children and amilies battling cancer were

invited to a Halloween party where the children could trick or treat

rom suite to suite or candy, decorate their trick or treat bags, and

participate in a Halloween costume contest.

SOS Childrens Villages Suite NightThe Florida Panthers wives invited 20 children rom SOS Childrens

Villages to watch a Panthers game in a suite. The children were treated

to a Florida Panthers win, as well as ood and presents organized by

the Florida Panthers wives.

SOS Childrens Villages is a oster care neighborhood that houses

up to seventy-ve oster children. The Village allows or brothers andsisters, who are typically separated while in oster care, to reunite

and maintain their amily connection. SOS also provides an Ater Care

program to help our young adults transition out o oster care ater they

turn eighteen.

Kids In Distress & Designing SpacesFlorida Panthers deenseman Ed Jovanovski joined the dream team

rom Designing Spaces which airs on Lietime TV to help create a

new activity space lled with books, games and a snack station at Kids

In Distress (KID). Ed Jovanovski lent a helping hand in KIDs mission to

improve the lives o child abuse victims by helping create a beautiully

designed, sae, warm and educational environment or children to help

oster their love o learning.

Kids In Distress o Broward and Palm Beach counties is a licensed

nationally accredited agency working or prevention o child abuse,

preservation o the amily, and care and treatment o abused and

neglected children.

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#55 Ed Jovanovski

Kids In Distress & Designing Spaces

Children rom Starlights Children Foundation

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Food & Toy DrivesDuring the month o November, the Florida Panthers collected non-

perishable ood items during three home games to benet Feeding

South Florida.

For the Holidays, the Panthers invited Toys or Tots out to the JetBlue

Tarmac to collect new and unused toys or children in need beore

Panthers home games.

Jason Taylor FoundationsCool Gear For The School YearFlorida Panthers player Jason Garrison took par t in Jason Taylor

Foundations annual Cool Gear For The School Year event. Garrison,

along with other South Florida celebrities, helped disadvantage

children shop or new clothes or the upcoming school year at Old

Navy in Davie.

Community Rink PracticesThe Panthers held two community rink practices this season.

The rst took place at Pines Ice Arena on Nov. 12, 2011, and the

second at Kendall Ice Arena on Saturday, Jan. 14, 2012.

The Pines Ice Arena practice was in celebration o the NHL and

USA Hockeys Come Play Hockey Month, while the Kendall Ice Arena

practice supported the Panthers second annual I Love Hockey

Month. Fans were treated to a ull team practice, team autograph

session and Panthers Patrol activities.

Toys or Tots

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2011-12 Florida Panthers Team

Community Rink Practice

I Love Hockey Month

Rink VisitsPanthers players visited three dierent rinks as part o I Love Hockey Month

on Jan. 7, 2012. Dmitry Kulikov and Michal Repik went to Glacier Ice &

Snow Arena, Shawn Matthias was at Palm Beach SkateZone, and Mike

Santorelli at Palm Beach IceWorks. Fans and hockey enthusiasts got to

interact with their avorite players by taking photos, getting autographs and

enjoying Panthers Patrol activities.

Community Rink PracticeThe Panthers held their second community rink practice o the season at

Kendall Ice Arena on Saturday, Jan. 14, 2012. The crowd o more than

500 enthusiastic ans enjoyed an hour-long team practice, team autograph

session and Panthers Patrol activities. This was the rst time the Panthers

played in Miami since their last game in Miami Arena in April 1998.

Panthers LIVE!One o ve Panthers LIVE! sessions took place on Jan. 31, 2012 in

celebration o I Love Hockey Month. Scott Clemmensen, Mikael Samuelsson

and Sean Bergenheim joined more than 150 ans at Duys Sports Grill in

Plantation or an interactive question and answer session hosted by Fox

Sports Florida Broadcaster and Panthers alumnus, Bill Lindsay.

Panthers LIVE!The Panthers returned to Duys Sports Grill again this season or ve

installments o Panthers LIVE!. The interactive question and answer

session was a tremendous success last season, and ans came out to

hear rom their avorite players in record numbers this season. All sessions

were hosted by Fox Sports Florida Play-By-Play man Steve Goldstein or

Broadcaster and Panthers alumnus, Bill Lindsay.

Participating players included Dmitry Kulikov, Marcel Goc, Scott

Clemmensen, Mikael Samuelsson, Sean Bergenheim, Kris Versteeg, Shawn

Matthias, Brian Campbell, Jose Theodore, Mike Weaver, Jack Skille, Erik

Gudbranson and Keaton Ellerby. Each event concluded with an autographsession and rafe.

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#44 Erik Gudbranson, #12 Jack Skille, #4 Keaton Ellerby

Panthers LIVE!

#18 Shawn Matthias

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Try Hockey ClinicsRookie goalie Jacob Markstrom and Florida Panthers Goalie coach

Robb Tallas skated and played with children at Saveology.com

Iceplex during the NHL/USA Hockeys Try Hockey or Free Day on

November 5, 2011. Children in attendance received a ree t-shirt

and a one hour skating session with coaching on proper skating

techniques. Each child was also given the opportunity to try to score

on the rookie goalie, Jacob Markstrom.

A youth hockey clinic with Florida Congressman Allen West was held

at Saveology.com Iceplex on July 9, 2011. Youth rom local Boys and

Girls Clubs in Broward County were provided with lunch, a tour o the

skating acility and Florida Panthers locker room, a skating session

and special presentation rom Congressman West.

Many o the youth participants had never seen an ice rink or been

on ice skates and thoroughly enjoyed the new experience.

Healthy HabitsThroughout the Spring o

2012, the Florida Panthers

presented their Healthy

Habits Assembly show

to elementary schools

across the tri-county area (Broward, Miami-Dade, and Palm Beach).

Presented by Publix, the show is a 40-minute assembly that

educates students on the sport o hockey, the Florida Panthers, and

the importance o leading a healthy liestyle.

More than a dozen shows were perormed or a total o over 4,000

students and teachers. The show included a surprise visit by team

mascot Stanley C. Panther and each student in attendance went

home with an ocial Healthy Habits school older complete with

un acts about the sport o hockey and the Florida Panthers.

Additionally, each student received a coupon good or two

complimentary tickets to a Panthers pre-season game in September.


Healthy Habits Assembly

#35 Jacob Markstrom

Try Hockey Clinic

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Teacher o the MonthBeginning December 2011 through April

2012, the Florida Panthers held their

Teacher o the Month program presented

by Publix. Each month, students and peers

had the opportunity to nominate their

avorite teacher or Teacher o the Month

through an online nomination process.

At the beginning o each month, the winning educator was chosen

and received a surprise visit by team mascot Stanley C. Panther and

was awarded an ocial certicate, a Panthers t-shirt, two tickets to

an upcoming Panthers game where they would be eatured during the

game, and a Publix Git Card.

Additionally, each student in the class received stickers, key chains,

temporary tattoos, and pencils or having their teacher selected as

the Florida Panthers Teacher o the Month.

Stanleys Birthday BashIn honor o team mascot St anley C. Panthers birthday, seven

mascots rom around the National Hockey League came to party at

the game on Dec. 18, 2011 against the Carolina Hurricanes. Among

the mascots were Stormy rom the Carolina Hurricanes, Thunderbug

rom the Tampa Bay Lightning, N.J Devil rom the New Jersey Devils,

Gnash rom the Nashville Predators, Blades rom the Boston Bruins,

and Sparky rom the New York Islanders.

Highlights rom the bash included an exclusive Skate with the

Mascots the night beore or members o the Revolution Army (the

ocial Fan Club o the Florida Panthers), a pre-game m eet and greet

beore the game, a series o ve skits throughout the game, and two

intermission contests.

To add to the estivities, an additional mascot character was

introduced as a birthday present to Stanley.

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Teacher o the Month

#00 Stanley C. Panther & NHL Mascots

Skate with the Mascots


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Blueprint TourEight mini an estivals presented by XFINITY throughout the tri-county area were

set-up at local parks and rinks to eature infatable games and activities. Music,

ace painters, balloon artists and appearances rom Stanley C. Panther and the

Redline Lady Panthers were among the staples at each location. The local rinks

that participated were: Glacier Ice and Snow Arena, Kendall Ice Arena, Pines

Ice Arena and Palm Beach Ice Works. Stops at local parks included: Pine Trails

Park, Parkland; Weston Regional Park, Weston; Sanborn Square, Boca Raton and

Huizenga Plaza, Fort Lauderdale. WQAM radio broadcaster Randy Moller, Florida

Panthers alumnus Billy Lindsay and current Florida Panthers orward Jack Skille

made special guest appearances during the tour.

#12 Jack Skille

Blueprint Tour

There are many ways that you can

support the Florida Panthers Foundation.

Your support at any level is greatly

appreciated and recognized.

Donor WallCreate a legacy and have a plaque on

our Donor Wall located inside the Arena.

SponsorshipsThe Foundation is always looking or sponsors

(both monetary & in-kind) to support the many

initiatives throughout the year.

Make a DonationTo make a tax deductible donation to the

Florida Panthers Foundation please make

checks payable to: Florida Panthers Foundation.

To make an online donation please visit us at:

www.foridapanthersoundation.org

Pledges

Make a donation through a monthly pledgeby contacting the Foundation oce.

SUPPORTTHE FOUNDATION

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Contact Inormation

Steven ZiVice President

Marketing + Brand Strategy

954.835.7328

Andria NolanExecutive Director

Foundation + Community Development

954.835.7714

Brooke CranorManager

Grassroots Marketing + Community Development

954.835.7728

Jeannie HoltorCoordinator

Community Development + Foundation

954.835.7715


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