While the baseball team won their 7th College World Series championship, tiger fans in Omaha won their first Jell-o Shot Challenge and the real winner is LSU’s food pantry. LSU Campus Life spokesperson Alison Paz said Rocco’s Pizza and Cantina will be sending them a $60-thousand donation.
“When we look at a donation of this size, it’s really tremendous in helping us to continue our operation and to help meet the needs of our students,” said Paz.
Paz said food insecurity on college campuses can be as high as 30% and last year they distributed almost 262,000 pounds of food.
Two dollars from every $5 shot is being donated by Rocco’s Pizza to each participating school and Jevo, the company that made the shots, will also make a charitable donation. Paz said they were contacted by the owners of Rocco’s just before the first shot congealed and they explained how the contest would work. But did they ever imagine the donation would exceed $60,000?
“Oh, absolutely not, we certainly could not imagine how this would turn out,” said Paz.
Paz said the donation is among the largest they’ve ever received. The owners of Rocco’s Pizza in Omaha say they had such a great time entertaining Tiger fans they are planning a road trip to attend an LSU football game. Paz said she’d welcome the visit.
“We would definitely invite Rocco’s management to come and tour the facility and get a feel for how we may use that donation,” said Paz.
LSU fans in Omaha consumed a record 68,888 shots in the 2023 CWS Jell-O Shot Challenge.
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