The Homecoming Court Committee’s annual CANapalooza event, a canned good drive assisting the Greater Baton Rouge Food Bank, will follow tradition and shape the donated cans into a model of Tiger Stadium to be presented Homecoming day, Nov. 12.
Meredith Keating, Homecoming Committee Chair and communication disorders sophomore, said the Homecoming Committee hopes to receive at least 30,000 cans. The number of cans, which are measured in pounds, is estimated based on the load’s weight.
Last year, the committee collected 23,000 pounds’ worth of cans, which they estimated to be about 26,000 cans.
This is the first year that the committee has officially asked for organizations to participate in CANapalooza. Keating said several organizations were involved last year, but this year is the first the committee has documented which groups join the effort. The organizations involved span from honors societies and service organizations to Greek Life, which she noted usually gives the majority of cans.
“Usually, organizations will aim for about 100 cans, but we’ve had a few Greek organizations go as high as 1,000 cans,” she said.
Alexis Sarver, Student Government director of communications, said SG decided to become involved in CANapalooza to support the Greater Baton Rouge Food Bank, and all three SG branches will be collecting cans throughout the month.
Students, faculty and other community members are welcome to donate their cans as well.
“Anyone can participate,” she said. “No matter how little it seems, your can could feed a child. If every student brought one can, we’d have about 30,000