# Record breaking chicken nuggets tweet triggers $100k donation to charity - Link: https://fundraising.co.uk/2017/05/10/chicken-nuggets-tweet-triggers-100k-donation-charity/ - Published: 2017-05-10T19:32:32+01:00 - Author: Howard Lake **The record-breaking success of a US teenager’s tweet asking for a year’s supply of chicken nuggets from a fast food chain has generated a corporate donation of $100,000 to charity.**   Carter Wilkerson in Nevada tweeted to Wendy’s on 6 April, asking how many retweets he would need in order to receive a year’s free supply of chicken nuggets. ## Advertisement   > Yo [@Wendys](https://twitter.com/Wendys?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw) how many retweets > for a year of free chicken nuggets? > — Carter Wilkerson (@carterjwm) [April 6, 2017](https://twitter.com/carterjwm/status/849811828766949376?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw)   Wendy’s replied within a minute or so, with a terse and seemingly insurmountable“ 18 Million”.   That did not put Wilkerson off. “Consider it done” he replied. He took a screenshot of the Twitter conversation and posted it, asked for help from Twitter users in reaching that target. It wasn’t poetry, but it got noticed.   > HELP ME PLEASE. A MAN NEEDS HIS NUGGS [pic.twitter.com/4SrfHmEMo3](https://t.co/4SrfHmEMo3) > — Carter Wilkerson (@carterjwm) [April 6, 2017](https://twitter.com/carterjwm/status/849813577770778624?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw)   Eighteen million retweets is a tall order, given that the then record of most retweeted tweet was the 3.43m achieved by actor Ellen DeGeneres’ selfie of fellow actors at the Oscars ceremony.   Yet Wilkerson’s tweet has now passed that, and is at 3.54 million retweets.   > Congratulations to [@carterjwm](https://twitter.com/carterjwm?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw) > who just broke @TheEllenShow's record for most retweeted tweet on [@Twitter](https://twitter.com/twitter?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw) > [#NuggsForCarter](https://twitter.com/hashtag/NuggsForCarter?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw) > [pic.twitter.com/gwKyq8zmfP](https://t.co/gwKyq8zmfP) > — Guinness World Records (@GWR) [May 9, 2017](https://twitter.com/GWR/status/861939344285814784?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw)       To mark the breaking of the record, Wendy’s made a donation to charity of $100,000 or around £78,000. This was given to the [Dave Thomas Foundation for Adoption](http://t.co/1IXFUq8VQX), a nonprofit set up by the founder of Wendy’s in 1992.   > .[@carterjwm](https://twitter.com/carterjwm?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw) is now the most > retweeted tweet of all-time. That’s good for the nuggets, and $100k to [@DTFA](https://twitter.com/DTFA?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw). > Consider it done. [#nuggsforcarter](https://twitter.com/hashtag/nuggsforcarter?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw) > [pic.twitter.com/k6uhsJiP4E](https://t.co/k6uhsJiP4E) > — Wendy’s (@Wendys) [May 9, 2017](https://twitter.com/Wendys/status/861938018806095872?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw)   > Thanks to your love of nuggs, we'll be able to find more forever families for > kids in foster care! Thank you [@carterjwm](https://twitter.com/carterjwm?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw)& > [@Wendys](https://twitter.com/Wendys?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw)!!❤️ [https://t.co/GphRvusUuC](https://t.co/GphRvusUuC) > — Dave Thomas Foundation for Adoption (@DTFA) [May 9, 2017](https://twitter.com/DTFA/status/861941580692951041?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw) * **[Macmillan’s fundraising event breaks world record](https://fundraising.co.uk/2003/07/03/macmillan039s-fundraising-event-breaks-world-record/)**( 3 July 2003) * **[School children set new World Record with fundraising event](https://fundraising.co.uk/2004/06/19/school-children-set-new-world-record-fundraising-event/)**( 19 June 2004) * **[Royal Mail Group awarded Guinness World Record for payroll giving](https://fundraising.co.uk/2012/02/09/royal-mail-group-awarded-guinness-world-record-payroll-giving/)**( 9 February 2012) ![Loading](https://fundraising.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/page-views-count/ajax-loader- 2x.gif)