Jelly Roll Surprises Utah Kids with $700 Lemonade Stand Donation
During a latest cease in Salt Lake City for his Beautifully Broken tour, Nashville native Jelly Roll (actual title (actual title Jason DeFord) turned an bizarre lemonade stand go to into an unforgettable expertise for 3 younger distributors.
Instead of simply buying a drink from the trio, the nation star handed over practically $700. Wendy Gardunio, the mom of one of many kids, shared the expertise on Facebook.
“My kid and her cousins wanted to do a lemonade stand. And they had a famous singer come and buy some lemonade. Who would have thought that we would run into Jelly Roll in West Valley? And for him to be so generous with giving them almost $700,” Gardunio wrote alongside pictures of the “Need a Favor” singer.
This isn’t an remoted occasion—Jelly Roll often helps the communities he visits throughout his excursions.
The rocker introduced on Friday (Aug. 23) that Beautifully Broken, the follow-up to his hit album Whitsitt Chapel, is coming Oct. 11. All income from pre-sales by means of his web site will go to a number of charities, together with Wounded Warriors Project, Folds of Honor, the National Alliance on Mental Illness (NAMI), and Shatterproof.
Though a tracklist has not been revealed, in accordance with the press launch, his newest track, “I Am Not OK” (which he debuted on The Howard Stern Show) in addition to “Liar,” “Winning Streak” and “Get By” — which serves because the 2024 school soccer season’s anthem — will all be included on the upcoming album, which is called after his headlining tour kicking off Aug. 27.
Jelly Roll launched Whitsitt Chapel in June 2023. The album peaked at No. 3 on the all-genre Billboard 200, reached No. 2 on Top Country Albums and took the No. 1 spot on Top Rock Albums.
The star additionally nabbed 2024 Grammy nominations Best New Artist and Best Country duo/Group Performance for “Save Me,” his collaboration with Lainey Wilson, which peaked at No. 19 on the Billboard Hot 100.