100 Wishes for Kids With Cancer: How MrBeast and Collaborators Turned Wishes Into a Fundraising Campaign
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The premise of this video is simple: MrBeast sets out to grant 100 wishes to children who have been through cancer treatment, and enlists celebrities, creators, companies, and wish-granting organizations to help. The video is mostly a series of wish fulfillments, but it builds toward a larger argument. Wishes, in MrBeast's framing, give kids something to hold onto during treatment. The ultimate wish, though, is for children never to face cancer at all, and the video ends with a donation toward pediatric cancer research.
Childhoods Spent Fighting for Their Lives
MrBeast opens by contrasting most viewers' childhoods, which he suggests probably looked similar to his own, with those of kids like Mac, who spent theirs "fighting for their life." To celebrate Mac finishing cancer treatment, MrBeast asks what he would choose if he could have one wish for anything in life. Mac answers: skiing.
The video then shows Mac on the slopes. Interspersed with the footage, his mother recalls the day of the diagnosis. Mac grabbed her hand and told her, "Mom, this might be hard, but I'm gonna be okay." The segment ends with Mac completing the run to cheers of "You did it!"
A Collective Effort
MrBeast describes Mac's wish as only the first of 100, and stresses that "not just I, but WE" will be granting them. He lists the kinds of people involved: "the world's biggest creators, chart-topping musicians, award-winning actors, legendary athletes," and singles out LeBron James as actually appearing in the video. Later he also names The Rock and Speed among the contributors.
The next wish shows MrBeast's habit of escalating requests. River only wanted to meet MrBeast, but he "wanted to take it up a notch." He gives River a button that sets off a massive explosion. Asked how that feels, River says "Nervous," and MrBeast admits he is too. The explosion goes off, and River calls it awesome.
Disney World to Themselves
MrBeast calls the most magical place on Earth "the most popular wish in the world," and gives a group of 30 kids Disney World to themselves. With no lines, the kids go straight onto rides. Some wanted their favorite attractions, like the carousel, and others wanted to meet favorite characters.
A few kids, as MrBeast puts it, just wanted to see his crew member Tareq "get traumatized." Tareq, who has just confessed to hating roller coasters, gives in to the kids' chants of "Do it!" and rides one, screaming the whole way.
Why Wishes Matter
In a hospital, MrBeast asks why wishes are important. The person he is speaking with answers that wishes are "part of life-saving cures." They give children "a core memory that can help push them through" and help the kids and their families. MrBeast responds that this is why they are making the video.
Wishes Around the World
Next comes a quick run of wishes in different places:
- Adison wanted to swim with a whale shark, which the video calls the biggest fish in the world. A family member says they cannot believe it is happening and are glad her wish could come true.
- In London, the team surprises Daisy, a big theatre fan, with a VIP experience and a gift.
- With Blue Origin and SpaceX, kids signed an actual Falcon 9 rocket before its launch.
- Harry and Bryant got to live out their Formula 1 dream.
- In Paris, four kids who are fans of the channel competed in a MrBeast challenge and painted the MrBeast logo. MrBeast says their paintings now hang on his walls. A running joke follows when crew member Nolan's painting turns out to be less impressive.
Meeting LeBron James
One group of kids had simply wanted to meet MrBeast. He tells them he "brought someone even taller," then introduces "the greatest basketball player to ever live," LeBron James. The kids scream his name, one says he is "about to blow up," and another says they thought they were in a dream. MrBeast suggests they try to convince LeBron to shoot. LeBron agrees, and the kids celebrate when the shot goes in. One child also makes a shot and is thrilled about it.
LeBron then hands over the keys to his foundation's house, called "Three Thirty," which is just down the street, for the kids to enjoy. According to the video, the house doubles as a community center with games and food. The narration says LeBron's foundation is committed to "redefining community and building stronger families in Akron." The house also contains LeBron's bedroom, which the kids and crew take over, joking that they are "taking good care of the place." A video call from Speed follows, and the kids greet him excitedly.
A Mall Rented Out for a Day
The next group is brought blindfolded to what MrBeast calls one of the biggest malls in the world, and told it is theirs for the entire day. He explains why he chose it: many of these kids "have barely been able to experience anything because of their cancer treatments," so he rented a place with "literally everything."
At the mall's theme park, Tareq is again pushed onto a ride, this time sitting next to a girl named Ella. MrBeast then announces that everything in a store behind the kids is free on him. Kids fill their carts, and crew members joke that it is all charged to "Jimmy's credit card." As the carts overflow, MrBeast brings in friends to help. When they ask about the budget, he says it is unlimited and the whole store is free. The helpers pile items for a boy named Santiago, whom MrBeast jokes "barely works out," until the crew declares that "Santiago got the whole store."
Consent and How Viewers Can Help
Partway through, MrBeast addresses a likely question from viewers. If a child does not want to be in the video, they do not have to be, and their wish is still granted. He points to one such child as an example.
He also asks how viewers can support someone they know with cancer. The answers include volunteering at a local hospital, reading to children going through treatment, and, most simply, visiting a friend or acquaintance with cancer in the hospital. "I'm sure that would mean the world to 'em," one person says. In another quick scene, MrBeast drops in on kids who watch the channel and gives one of them a gaming setup: a monitor and a brand-new iBUYPOWER PC.
Playing for the Steelers
Jeremiah's wish was to play for the Pittsburgh Steelers, and the team takes him to the Steelers facility. He suits up and scores a touchdown while teammates shout "Go Jerry!" and later crown him "King Jeremiah."
A family member explains why it matters so much. Because of his surgery, Jeremiah cannot play contact sports, so watching this is like "watching his dream," one "he didn't really get to have." They describe it as motivation not to let what he went through hold him down.
Favorite YouTubers, Musicians, and Personal Dreams
MrBeast says these kids "have all had their childhoods taken away from them," so he arranged for their favorite YouTubers to join and play with them. LaurenZSide surprises a girl named Abby, and KSI surprises two other kids, who also get unlimited access to MrBeast's credit card in a toy store.
Other wishes follow. The band Stray Kids surprised Ezra with a meet and greet and a live performance. Brooke cooked alongside the award-winning chef Christina Tosi and created her own dessert for the menu. Shelby explored a haunted museum in Las Vegas with Sam and Colby, and said that because Colby had cancer, "I feel like I can relate to him." Joshua received the laser engraver he had been dreaming of, and Aaliyah, who had asked for Apple products, was surprised with them.
Mini MrBeast Videos
For several kids, the team brought MrBeast videos to them by setting up miniature versions of the channel's challenges around a room. The kids work through the challenges, including one framed as catching the wind to "sail to the island." A participant receives a brand-new Xbox as a gift.
Hawaii and the Moana Premiere
In partnership with Disney, the team flew three kids to Hawaii for a week at Disney's Aulani Resort. One of the kids insists on delivering the "Aloha, and welcome to Hawaii" greeting themselves. The kids meet Mickey and his friends, swim in the ocean, and take a helicopter tour around the island. Because they are big Moana fans, Disney invites them to a party with the stars of Moana, where they meet the cast and take pictures.
MrBeast then takes the wish "one step further" and surprises them in their limo at the Moana premiere. Inside, he thanks Disney for letting them watch the film early and tells viewers that if they are seeing this video, the movie is out.
Give Kids the World and a Raffle for Cinderella's Castle
MrBeast says he had Disney, which he calls "the largest wish granter in the world," help with another wish. In a series of emotional surprise meetings, kids who are big fans of the channel meet him in person. One child's reaction leads MrBeast to say, "you're making me cry," and he later greets a boy named Emmanuel.
The narration explains that wishes like these are fulfilled daily by Disney, by wish-granting organizations, and by Give Kids the World, a nonprofit that gives children with critical illnesses and their families a week-long, cost-free vacation to create memories together. MrBeast then makes a direct appeal from Cinderella Castle Suite at the top of the castle in the middle of Disney World. He calls it "one of one" and a room "you can't buy anywhere." Viewers who donate $10 to Give Kids the World get a chance to win a night there. He explains why he backs the cause: it gives kids "at the lowest point of their life something to look forward to. It gives them joy and we should support that."
The Anonymous Wisher and a Blood Drive
MrBeast describes the project's "biggest wisher" as someone who wanted to remain anonymous and asked that the team help other cancer patients instead. They responded with a large blood drive.
Participants explain the reasoning. They are donating red and white blood cells for patients who need them, because cancer treatments can sometimes kill a patient's blood cells. One person says that 400,000 children worldwide get cancer every year, emphasizing that the figure refers to kids, not people overall, and that "no child should die of cancer." A speaker also says that only two to three percent of eligible adults actually donate blood, and that the people at this drive gave enough blood to save a thousand lives.
MrBeast tries out a line: if you can't donate money, you can donate blood. He is pleased with how it sounds. A donor describes the experience as "amazing."
Research and the Dream Team Donation
The final section turns to research. The narration states that more than 105,000 children around the world die of cancer every year. It argues that behind every saved life is "an army of doctors, researchers, volunteers," and highlights three organizations:
- St. Baldrick's, where volunteers shave their heads in solidarity with kids fighting cancer. A former patient tells one of them, "When I was going through leukemia, you made me feel great."
- Amgen, described as developing the next generation of cancer treatment. One speaker says basic research gives them "incredible hope" that children will no longer have to endure two and a half years of toxic therapy.
- Stand Up To Cancer, described as working every day to change that.
Another speaker says they were diagnosed at 21 and, thanks to research and innovation, gained access to other treatment options. They are now five years cancer free.
MrBeast closes by revisiting the premise. The video granted 100 wishes, but he believes everyone would agree that the ultimate wish for these kids is not to face cancer in the first place. According to him, Stand Up To Cancer is pursuing that by forming a "dream team" and raising money to bring together the world's top cancer researchers to try to end pediatric cancer. He announces that he and his partners at Amgen and St. Baldrick's will donate $6.5 million to kick-start the Dream Team, which he says will "change a lot of kids' lives."
He also acknowledges that this is not enough on its own. They will need more than six million dollars to solve the problem, and he asks viewers to contribute through the link in the description. His last words: "No kid should have to deal with cancer, and hopefully this helps stop it."
I'm granting one hundred kids their biggest wish! Woo!
Because for most of you watching, your childhood probably looked similar to mine. But kids like Mac spent theirs fighting for their life. However, to celebrate completing his cancer treatment…
If you could have one wish for anything in life, what would it be? Skiing.
And we're here! All right, last one down's a rotten egg.
The day that we got the diagnosis, Mac grabbed my hand. He said, "Mom, this might be hard, but I'm gonna be okay."
You did it! Yeah!
And that was just the first of 100 wishes, not just I… but we will be granting in this video. The world's biggest creators, chart-topping musicians, award-winning actors, legendary athletes like LeBron James—yes, LeBron James is literally in this video! All of us have joined together to make these wishes come true.
But for our next wish, River just wanted to meet me, but I wanted to take it up a notch.
That button is hot. When you press it, a massive explosion will go off. How does that make you feel? Nervous. Yeah? Me too! Same.
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Oh! That was awesome!
And because the most popular wish in the world is the most magical place on Earth, the 30 of you get Disney World to yourselves! Woo!
All right, you guys ready to go ride some rides? Yeah!
Is this your first time here? Aww! This is about to be so fun. It's gonna be the best day ever.
No line! Everyone just go straight on the ride. Is this a bad time to say I hate rollercoasters? Oh! Whoa! Agh!
And while some of them wanted to ride their favorite rides… Let's go! Let's go ride the carousel! Or meet their favorite characters… A few just wanted to see Tareq get traumatized.
Do it! Do it! Do it! All right, all right, okay! Put it on. Okay… Three… Two… One! Whoa! Oh! Ah! Oh my God!
This has been a ton of fun, but we still got a lot more people—oh!—to make happy!
The Rock, Speed, and so many others all came together to help make these wishes come true.
I'm here in a hospital. I want to know, why are wishes important? Well, these wishes are part of life-saving cures. Giving them a core memory that can help push them through. And that's why we're doing this video. Absolutely. Help them and their family.
For our next wish, Adison wanted to swim with a whale shark. They're the biggest fish in the world! That thing? Yeah, that one. I can't believe they're doing this. I'm so glad that we can make her wish come true.
And over in London, we're surprising Daisy, who is a massive theatre fan, with a VIP experience. We brought a little gift for you.
But our next mission was with Blue Origin and SpaceX, where the kids got to sign an actual Falcon 9 rocket ahead of its launch. Wow! While Harry and Bryant got to live out their F1 dream.
And in Paris… Take off your blindfolds. I heard you guys are big fans of the channel!
Four kids competed in a MrBeast challenge, painted the MrBeast logo… And now, it's hanging on my walls! Jimmy, what about mine? Nolan… what is that?
I heard you guys were big fans of the channel. Wah! Oh! Oh God! How's it goin'? MrBeast! What up, little man? MrBeast! You are awesome! You're like a legend! Aww, thank you.
These kids just wanted to meet me, but I brought someone even taller.
I heard that you guys are fans of basketball. You're not just meeting me today. You're also gonna be meeting the greatest basketball player to ever live… No way! Oh my God! LeBron James! Agh!
All right! Wow! Thanks for making it out. Dude, this is awesome! I'm literally just about to blow up! I'm freaking out right now!
Maybe if you're lucky, you can convince him to shoot a shot real quick. Yeah, I could do that. Oh, yeah! I'm not in a dream! I thought I was in a dream!
You hit right on that square. Oh my gosh! There we go! You actually did that! There we go. Ah! Whoa! Ah! That's crazy! Ah! I actually did it!
I got something special for you guys. I am handing over the keys to my foundation's House Three Thirty that's down the street for an unbelievable experience for you guys. This is awesome!
Not only does this foundation double as a community center with games and food… I kinda want some of that caramel fudge brownie. LeBron's foundation is committed to redefining community and building stronger families in Akron. And it has his bedroom!
Don't mind me! LeBron… Don't worry. We're taking good care of the place. Real good, LeBron!
Look who called. Speed! Wah! Yo, Speed! Let's go! What's up, Speed? Bark, bark, bark, bark!
And we're not stopping there. I brought the next kids to one of the biggest malls in the world.
Everybody, take off your blindfolds. This is yours for the entire day. You can do whatever you want. You want to go to the theme park? Yes! All right, let's go hit it!
Many of these kids have barely been able to experience anything because of their cancer treatments. So I decided to rent out and surprise them with a place that has literally everything.
Yeah! Let's have some fun! Yeah!
Tareq, Nolan, let's go to a different ride! It looks like they ran out of room, though. Yeah, you gotta go!
My name's Tareq. What's your name? Ella. Ella, nice to meet you.
Hey, Tareq! Don't be afraid. Surely this isn't scary, right? Agh!
But getting to watch Tareq be terrified wasn't all I had in store.
Everything in this store behind you is free on me. Yeah! Go have fun!
This is like a free candy store with free candy! Everything you grab is free. So that? Free!
They're expensive and that's why it's awesome, 'cause it's off Jimmy's credit card.
Here, you want a purse? It's yours. You want whatever this is? It's yours.
You think this is as high as you can go? You can't— Oh, buddy, I could go higher.
The kids were filling up their carts so much... She is jam-packing it. ...I decided to bring in some friends to help them.
So what's the budget? Unlimited. The whole store is free. Oh, my. Infinite budget.
You guys want to help Santiago grab a bunch of stuff? He barely works out, so I'm making him work out. I barely work— Okay, yeah.
This is all for Santiago, right here. Yeah, let's open up one for Santiago. Yeah, this is Santiago right here. Santiago! All this is Santiago. Santiago! That's— Hey, Santiago's, too? Yeah! Santiago got the whole store.
Look how happy they all are. This has been an amazing experience. Let's go help more people.
It was lovely meeting you, thank you.
And in case you're curious, if a kid doesn't want to be in the video, they don't have to be in the video, and we still grant their wish. Like this kid right here. Didn't want to be in the video—that's perfectly fine.
The viewers at home, how could they help support someone they might know that has cancer?
Volunteering at the local hospital. Going to read to kids in a hospital who are going through— Or honestly, if you haven't visited one of your friends or someone you know that has cancer in a hospital, just go visit them. I'm sure that would mean the world to 'em.
I heard some of you guys watch our videos, so I wanted to say hi. We've got a monitor, a brand-new iBUYPOWER PC. Everything you need to play whatever computer games you want.
Take care, man. Glad I got to meet you. Thank you. No worries.
For our next wish, we're heading to the Steelers facility to surprise Jeremiah.
All right, let's get suited up because we're just getting started. Jeremiah's dream is about to come true. To play for the Steelers is something he's always wanted to do.
Gentlemen, are you ready? Ready! Yes! Yeah!
Go deep! Come on! Go Jerry! Go, Jerry! Come on! Touchdown! You're all right.
Are you happy? Yeah. I'm happy for him. It's like watching his dream. It's a dream he didn't really get to have.
All right! Come on!
With his surgery, he can't play contact sports. It's motivation to not let what he went through hold him down.
All right! Bro! King Jeremiah, man. Got some ice in your hair! Woo! That looks awesome.
Unfortunately, these kids have all had their childhoods taken away from them, so I arranged for their favorite YouTubers to join and all play together.
What's going on? Have you seen LaurenZSide? Yes! What if I told you she's behind you? Hi, Abby! Hi!
We surprised two kids with KSI…
Maybe turn around. Oh, my gosh. Hey, guys. Hey!
And had unlimited access to my credit card in a toy store.
Oh, five?
The Stray Kids surprised Ezra with a meet and greet. And even watched them perform live. Thank you, MrBeast!
Brooke got to cook alongside Christina Tosi, an award-winning chef. This is gorgeous! And even create her own dessert on the menu. This is amazing.
Shelby explored a haunted museum in Vegas with Sam and Colby.
Colby had cancer, so I feel like I can relate to him. I really do like them.
And Joshua got the laser engraver he'd been dreaming of.
And Aaliyah asked for Apple products. Let's surprise her.
I heard you wanted some Apple products. Thank you.
For our next few wishes, we brought MrBeast videos to them.
Have any of you ever wanted to compete in a mini MrBeast video? Yay! Okay, we've got mini versions of our videos set up all around this room.
One more forward. Let's go! You did it!
Let's see if we can catch some wind and sail to the island!
You get a brand-new Xbox as a gift from us. Here you go. It's a little heavy. Congratulations! Yay!
And for our next wish, we partnered with Disney to fly three kids to Hawaii for an unforgettable week at Disney's Aulani Resort.
Aloha! And welcome to Hawaii— I want to say it. You want to say it? You should. You should hit it. I got it.
Aloha, and welcome to Hawaii. Are you ready to have the best week in your entire life? Yeah! Yay!
And after meeting Mickey and his friends… Thank you! And taking a dip in the tropical ocean, we brought them on a helicopter tour around the entire island.
And because they were such big Moana fans, Disney invited them to a party with the stars of Moana.
Aloha! Aloha!
Where they got to meet them… Say hi! And take lots of pictures.
But I had one more surprise. I wanted to take this wish one step further by surprising them at the Moana premiere. This is the kids in this limo. They have no idea I'm here.
It's MrBeast!
How's it goin'? Oh, my God. Hey! It's nice to meet you. Come on here. Nice to meet you!
You guys wanna go watch Moana? Yes! All right, let's go get our seats.
What do you guys think so far? Isn't this frickin' awesome? It is! Yeah?
Shout out to Disney for letting us watch the movie early. When you see this video, that means it's out. Go watch Moana right now.
Then I had Disney, the largest wish granter in the world, help me with this next one.
How's it goin'? Oh, my God! Yeah? Oh, my God! Oh, my God! Oh, my God!
I heard you're a big fan. Oh, my God… Oh, my God… How's it going? Tell me you're a big—
Tell me you're a big— Wow, you're making me cry. They told me you were a big fan of the channel, so I wanted to come say hi. You want to give me another hug? It's nice to meet you, Emmanuel.
Wishes like these are fulfilled every day by Disney, wish granting organizations, and Give Kids the World, a nonprofit that gives children with critical illnesses and their family a week-long, cost-free vacation to create some of their most priceless memories together.
And you can give back to them by donating for a chance to win a night in the most exclusive room in the entire world, Cinderella Castle Suite.
We are in the middle of Disney World, on top of the castle. This is a one-of-one room that you can't buy anywhere, and you at home could literally stay in this room. All you have to do is donate ten dollars to Give Kids the World, which does exactly what you saw in this video. It gives kids who are at the lowest point of their life something to look forward to. It gives them joy and we should support that. So click the link in the description for your chance to win.
And traveling all around the world, our biggest wisher wanted to be anonymous, and he asked that we help other cancer patients, which is exactly what we're doing with a massive blood drive!
Can you explain what we're doing right now?
We are giving blood, red blood cells and white blood cells, to help patients who need it.
Obviously, everyone here is giving blood to save lives, but they're probably wondering...
When they give you treatments for cancer, sometimes it kills your blood cells.
Every year, 400,000 kids worldwide get cancer. Not 400,000 people, 400,000 kids. Kids. Get cancer. Yeah. No child should die of cancer. We desperately need blood.
You're a hero. You're here and you're saving lives.
Only two to three percent of eligible adults actually donate blood. Thankfully, you brought out all these amazing people today to donate. And it's because of them we've received enough blood to save a thousand lives.
Obviously, if you can't donate money, donating blood is an amazing—
But that's a crazy line. If you can't donate money, you can donate blood. I like that.
You gave someone life quite literally.
It feels amazing.
Every year, more than 105,000 kids around the world lose their lives to cancer. But behind every life that is saved is an army of doctors, researchers, volunteers at organizations like St. Baldrick's, where heroes and volunteers shave their heads in solidarity with kids fighting cancer.
When I was going through leukemia, you made me feel great.
And companies like Amgen who are developing the next generation of cancer treatment.
No child should die of cancer. Basic research gives me incredible hope so the children don't have to go two and a half years of toxic therapy.
And like Stand Up To Cancer, who are working every day to change that. And together, every step brings us a little closer to a world without cancer.
I was diagnosed at 21 years old. With the help of research and innovation, I was able to get other treatment opportunities. Five years cancer-free, so we're good!
Heck yeah! Love it.
In this video, you saw us grant a hundred kids' wishes. I think all of us would agree the ultimate wish for them would be to not have to deal with cancer in the first place, which is what Stand Up To Cancer is doing by forming a dream team and raising money to get the top people on the planet when it comes to cancer research to try to put an end to pediatric kids' cancer, and why... I wanna support that mission. So boys, bring it on in!
Me and my friends at Amgen and St. Baldrick's are gonna be making a 6.5 million dollar donation to help kick-start the Dream Team!
This 6.5 million dollars is gonna change a lot of kids' lives. Click the link in the description. They're gonna need more than six million dollars to solve this issue. No kid should have to deal with cancer, and hopefully this helps stop it. Take care.
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