Via Charlotte Observer:
“Don’t leave us, man. Don’t leave us,” one Panthers fan requested. Newton’s response? “I won’t. They got to ship me off for me to leave … In order for me to leave, they got to get rid of me. It’s not up to me.”
While 2019 might not have been a year to look back on positively for Newton, he ended it by giving away over $130,000 over the course of one afternoon around Charlotte just a few days after the Panthers announced Newton as their Walter Payton Man of the Year nominee, the NFL’s award that highlights players’ work off the field.
This year’s Santa Cam donation was the largest yet from the event yet coming on the heels of his eighth annual Thanksgiving Jam feeding over 1,300 kids and families.
The day capped off Newton’s charitable week in Charlotte after he hosted 10 patients from Levine’s Children’s Hospital at the Panthers game vs. the Seahawks, where he was also honored for the Walter Payton award. Newton referred to watching the game from his suite for the first time in nine years as “disgusting” because he wanted to be playing on the field for the kids instead.
Largest 🎅 Cam to date! @CameronNewton went around town to donate over $130,000 in gifts. #WPMOYChallenge Newton pic.twitter.com/Qdd6LGaq0t
— Carolina Panthers (@Panthers) December 17, 2019
These are the kinds of things Newton haters don’t get to see. For all of the theatrics that go along with his outfits and his celebrations on the field, these are the things that really matter.
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