Syracuse, N.Y. -- Syracuse fans have put their giving spirits on display once again this bowl season, helping to send more than 300 children to the Camping World Bowl in Orlando, Fla., where Syracuse faces West Virginia on Friday night.

The Syracuse fan blog Troy Nunes is an Absolute Magician brought back an effort that it debuted during the Texas Bowl five years ago that that aimed to send locals to the game. That effort combined the wish for SU to draw a good crowd with the desire to do a good deed, with a number of under-resourced kids getting the opportunity to attend a college football game.

This year’s effort will send more than 300 children to the game, according to John Cassillo, the managing editor of the blog. He said the effort raised $16,427 from 299 donors.

Cassillo said he began fielding unsolicited inquiries about whether Syracuse fans could make donations as soon as the bowl game was announced and before he could even begin advertising the effort.

“The second the Camping World Bowl was announced I got e-mails asking, ‘Are we going to do this?’ and ‘How do I get involved?’ ” Cassillo said. “To me that’s the best part. They’ve taken it and turned it into their own tradition.”

Cassillo said he was especially pleased that fans remembered about the effort despite the four-year gap between bowl games.

Tickets will go to three Florida organizations: Sports 4 The Kids, Covenant House Florida and Seven Rivers Pop Warner.

Cassillo was especially happy that some of the donations would help Sports 4 The Kids, which attempts to provide homeless children an opportunity to participate in youth sports. The non-profit had its office broken into and vandalized over Thanksgiving, damaging multiple computers and reportedly suffering around $10,000 worth of damage.

“Obviously it doesn’t make up for that,” Cassillo said. “But hopefully it provides a little respite.”

Covenant House Florida also provides services to homeless children.

The early planning helped Cassillo find more organizations able to distribute the tickets. The effort under former managing editor Sean Keeley, dubbed #CuseTixForKids, raised $44,444 four years ago. But it also endured some struggles finding enough local organizations to distribute the tickets. Leftover money was donated to local charities.

This year’s effort built off the knowledge gained in 2013. Representatives of the blog connected with SU’s ticket office to make sure the 300 tickets were part of SU’s official allotment, which sold out its 8,000 seats. That will put the children right in the middle of the Orange excitement.

Syracuse University is donating T-shirts to the 300 children, while the bowl game sold them box lunches $15.

“I think the cool part is that it transcends the person who is running the site,” Cassillo said. “Whoever takes over the blow is going to be able to take the baton and run with it.”

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