ANAHEIM, Calif. — MrBeast helped deliver Halloween treats to Make-A-Wish families at Disneyland Resort. No, not a bunch of his Feastables candy bars – though he brought those, too.
The world’s most popular YouTuber partnered with Disney, Make-A-Wish America and YouTube to grant a Frightfully Fun Wish for 40 kids who’ve battled critical illnesses and wished to meet their favorite content creators.
“It's just really humbling. It's still crazy to me that if you ask a kid if they wanted anything, what would it be? And they'd say me,” MrBeast, whose real name is Jimmy Donaldson, told USA TODAY at the event on Oct. 24. “When I heard that I had a little bit of a backlog of wishes, I reached out to Disney and I was like, ‘Hey, can we do something big? I know you guys do a wish every hour.’ And they were really eager to do something.”
Disney is Make-A-Wish's largest wish-granter, having fulfilled more than 170,000 wishes since the very first one at Disneyland four decades ago.
“We are always trying to innovate and dream up exciting new ways to make wishes come true,” said Disney Experiences Chairman Josh D’Amaro, who sits on the national board of directors for Make-A-Wish America. “The demand for creator wishes has more than doubled at Make-A-Wish over the past decade, so teaming up with today’s most influential creators was the perfect way to deliver a truly one-of-a-kind Disney wish.”
