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IMAGE: Delivering the Novelty Check with Gasparilla Bowl executive director Scott Glaser and representatives of the 5 charitable organizations.
When Tampa Bay has needed support, the college football community stepped up. @redditcfb presented $10K to #GasparillaBowlGiveBack charities for local causes. Proof that this game goes beyond the field.
[Since the Gasparilla Bowl is a pirate-themed event based on the Gasparilla Pirate Festival, and I already look and dress like an aging musician, I again hired a make-up artist to just close that gap between pirate and Alice Cooper.]
🏴☠️**/r/CFB x Gasparilla Bowl Collab II**🏴☠️
Adding to last year, there were more features, thanks to a boost from Reddit Community Funds:
- “Gasparilla Bowl MVP Trophy presented by /r/CFB”: We sponsored the most-valuable player trophy, leading to the remarkable moment of seeing the r/CFB Gasparilla-themed logo held aloft by a pirate as Paul Carcaterra announced the “MVP Trophy presented by r/CFB”! Here’s on-field video of some of that, as well as how it looked on the broadcast.
- Some of the best comments from the Game Thread were featured on the stadium videoboard in the 4th quarter: See the post about it!!
- Every time one of the teams entered the Red Zone, the PA and video board called it the “/r/CFB Red Zone”: Photo
- The stadium video board featured the /r/CFB logo, mentions, etc., along with a QR code to the website: Photo
- Charitable check presentation on the field (this post).
- /r/CFB media covered the game, along with social media takeover.
- “/r/CFB Fan Invasion”: /r/CFB sponsored the free fanfest outside Raymond James Stadium that began 3 hours before the game with events, food, concerts, a bunch of people dressed as pirates, etc. Here’s the banner.
- /r/CFB Member Zone: We gave out 50x Club Level tickets to be given to /r/CFB users, with pre-game On-Field experience. I got to meet a few folks, not as many as I would’ve liked due to the tight time windows.
- /r/CFB Member Zone recognition on video board, as well as recognition on video board for the /r/CFB Fan Invasion.
- We had a Discount ticket code for /r/CFB members
In addition to the above, we had a charitable community drive to donate $10,000 to the charities associated with Gasparilla Bowl Gives Back, benefiting the local community. Because Gasparilla Bowl wants it to be about the organizations, as last year, they asked us to directly donate into each of their accounts and not through them.
- $2,000 — Feeding Tampa Bay
- $2,000 — Tampa Bay Waterkeeper
- $2,000 — Bullard Family Foundation
- $2,000 — Chi Chi Rodriguez Foundation
- $2,000 — Vincent Jackson Family Foundation
This post closes this successful second year of collaboration, and we’re all glad we could do more to bring in our own members and let more people know about the best home of college football.
Most Important:
- Thanks to all of you who DONATED
- Thanks to all of you who HELPED
- Thanks for making /r/CFB a great COMMUNITY
YOU CAN STILL JOIN THE GIVING RIGHT NOW!
🧸🏥Join us in giving to the ongoing 2025 Holiday Drive!🏥🧸
100% of money received is given out: half to Toys For Tots, the other half distributed to 3 Children’s Hospitals representing the 3 most generous fanbases! We are a full-fledged 501©(3) nonprofit with zero salaries and zero overhead. You can earn your own unique awards flair!