Lecavalier commits $3 million to hospital
I’ve said it before and I’ll say it again, hockey players really are the most down to the earth athletes in professional sports. Want an example of a hockey player making a difference? Tampa Bay star Vincent Lecavalier has committed $3 million through his charity foundation to go towards a local children’s hospital in the Tampa Bay area.
The money is going towards helping the construction of this new children’s hospital called All Children’s Hospital.
”Starting my 10th year in the NHL here in Tampa, the community has been so good to me and I wanted to do something to give back,” Lecavalier told The Canadian Press after the announcement Tuesday.
Lecavalier hosts the families of children with cancer in his VIP suite at several Lightning home games each season.
”I got to meet a lot of the kids,” said Lecavalier. ”When you meet these kids and you see what they go through, the battles they go through, I wanted to help them.”
The hospital will name half of the seventh floor the Vincent Lecavalier Pediatric Cancer and Blood Disorders Center to thank Vinny for his generous donation.
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