Restaurant chain Qdoba then matched Cameron Koger’s gesture by doubling the donation.
A student who won a year’s supply of Mexican food has decided to give his prize away to a local homeless shelter.
Cameron Koger, a student at Kansas State University, bagged the prize of free food at restaurant chain Qdoba for a year after winning a fan contest at a college basketball game earlier this month.
He revealed on Twitter that, as he was not a big fan of Mexican food, he would be giving the prize away.
He wrote: “I will be selecting someone that likes this tweet and sends me why they deserve the Qdoba to give it to.. good luck!”
The student received dozens of responses with a variety of claims, including one from a certain Hope Koger which read: “I gave birth to you…………..just sayin'”
But in the end Cameron changed his mind about the best thing to do with his prize.
In a post on Twitter, he wrote: “Alright guys, over the past 3 days I have read countless messages, comments and other attempts to reach out to me for the free Qdoba I won.
“And while all of you guys (for the most part) have good reasons why you want it, there are people out there that need it a little more…
“That’s why I contacted Manhattan Homeless Shelter, who will be able to feed their entire shelter twice with the ’52 entrees’ the voucher was for.”
Matching the gesture, Qdoba than committed to doubling the amount of food they would give to the shelter.
Writing on Facebook, Manhattan Emergency Shelter thanked the student.
They wrote: “A huge thank you to Cameron Koger and Qdoba for thinking of us so selflessly!”
MOUNT HOREB, Wis. (AP) — A student who was killed by police outside a Wisconsin school pointed a pellet rifle at officers and had refused to drop the weapon, authorities said Saturday.
The state Department of Justice released few other details, three days after the shooting at Mount Horeb Middle School in Mount Horeb, 25 miles (40 kilometers) west of Madison, the Wisconsin capital.
The student, whose name and age still have not been officially released, did not get into the school. No one else was physically injured, but the school was on lockdown for hours during the incident Wednesday.
Police were called around 11 a.m. that day after a caller said someone with a backpack and long gun was moving toward the school.
“Officers directed the subject to drop the weapon, but the subject did not comply,” the Department of Justice said Saturday. “The subject pointed the weapon at the officers, after which law enforcement discharged their firearms, striking the subject. Lifesaving measures were deployed but the subject died on scene.”
The weapon was described as a Ruger .177-caliber pellet rifle. The state said police at the scene were wearing body cameras.
Schools in the Mount Horeb district did not hold classes Thursday or Friday.
Bystanders watch as law enforcement personnel respond to the report of a person armed with a rifle at Mount Horeb Middle School in Mount Horeb, Wis., Wednesday, May 1, 2024. The school district said a person it described as an active shooter was outside a middle school in Mount Horeb on Wednesday but the threat was “neutralized” and no one inside the building was injured. (John Hart/Wisconsin State Journal via AP)
Law enforcement personnel respond to a report of a person armed with a rifle at Mount Horeb Middle School in Mount Horeb, Wis., Wednesday, May 1, 2024. The school district said a person it described as an active shooter was outside a middle school in Mount Horeb on Wednesday but the threat was “neutralized” and no one inside the building was injured. (John Hart/Wisconsin State Journal via AP)
People gather at a site designated for parent and student reunifications following a report of a armed person outside Mount Horeb Middle School in Mount Horeb, Wis., Wednesday, May 1, 2024. (John Hart/Wisconsin State Journal via AP)
People wait for their children outside the Mount Horeb School District bus station in Mount Horeb, Wis., where students were taken after an active shooter situation at the middle school, Wednesday, May 1, 2024. Authorities said without giving details that the “alleged assailant” was harmed, and a witness said she had heard gunshots and saw dozens of children running. (AP Photo/Todd Richmond)
Law enforcement personnel respond to a report of a person armed with a rifle at Mount Horeb Middle School in Mount Horeb, Wis., Wednesday, May 1, 2024. The school district said a person it described as an active shooter was outside a middle school in Mount Horeb on Wednesday but the threat was “neutralized” and no one inside the building was injured. (John Hart/Wisconsin State Journal via AP)
