Weird Off the Wire – Charity Gone Awry!

A Washington State University student’s attempt at a charitable gesture went awry when her viral tweet left her with a promise to donate $200,000. Danni Messina, 19, said she wanted to do something charitable for Thanksgiving, so she posted on Twitter that she would donate to St. Jude’s Children’s Hospital — 50 cents for every retweet and 25 cents for every like. Messina didn’t expect the tweet to go viral, but it quickly amassed $210,000 worth of retweets and likes before she posted that she was cutting off the total. “I was originally planning on donating personally $1,000,” Messina said. The $210,000 total is a bit out of her budget, so she started a GoFundMe to help raise the money she promised to St. Jude’s. “I love the awareness part of it, and it’s been awesome talking to St. Jude more,” she said.

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