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# YouTuber Mr Beast Donates 1 Million Meals to Food Banks During Coronavirus Crisis
- URL: https://celebritykind.ghost.io/youtuber-mr-beast-donates-1-million-meals-to-food-banks-during-coronavirus-crisis/
- Published: 2020-04-18T02:27:23.000Z
- Updated: 2026-09-30T00:19:17.000Z
- Author: Celebritykind
- Tags: Kindness, coronavirus, Mr Beast, #Migrated-1790725130940, #wp, #wp-post, #Import 2026-09-29 23:39

![Jimmy Donaldson, aka Mr Beast. Photo: @mrbeast/Instagram](https://storage.ghost.io/c/cf/bb/cfbb8a7e-9a81-48ec-83e6-18e106bf4f7a/content/images/2026/09/screen-shot-2020-04-17-at-10-26-56-pm-2.png)

Jimmy Donaldson, aka Mr Beast. Photo: @mrbeast/Instagram

**Mr Beast** always goes big and this time was no exception!

The YouTube star who is known for his wild generosity and is often funded through major brand deals, has donated more than US$1 million worth of meals to food banks in America during the coronavirus crisis.

With the help of his friends and a bunch of **Smithfield** trucks, **Mr Beast** managed to distribute thousands of packs of bacon, meat, hot dogs and vegan burgers to organisations in his home state of North Carolina.

And of course, he got the whole thing on camera:

![Photo: Mr Beast on YouTube](https://storage.ghost.io/c/cf/bb/cfbb8a7e-9a81-48ec-83e6-18e106bf4f7a/content/images/2026/09/screen-shot-2020-04-17-at-9-55-07-pm-2.png)

Photo: Mr Beast / YouTube

![Photo: Mr Beast on YouTube](https://storage.ghost.io/c/cf/bb/cfbb8a7e-9a81-48ec-83e6-18e106bf4f7a/content/images/2026/09/screen-shot-2020-04-17-at-9-58-33-pm-2.png)

Photo: Mr Beast / YouTube

Why so much meat, you're wondering?

In a video chronicling the epic donation, we hear from staff members at various food banks who explain that they're often short on proteins in their storage facilities.

One staff member at the **Food Bank of Central and Eastern North Carolina** shares that there are around 600,000 people who face food insecurity in the state. Around a third of those are kids!

![Photo: @mrbeast/Instagram](https://storage.ghost.io/c/cf/bb/cfbb8a7e-9a81-48ec-83e6-18e106bf4f7a/content/images/2026/09/screen-shot-2020-04-17-at-10-26-45-pm-2.png)

Photo: @mrbeast/Instagram

**Mr Beast's** generosity doesn't stop there.

He's also teamed up with meatpackers **Smithfield** to fundraise for **Feeding America's COVID-19 Response Fund** so that for every $1 donated to the fund, Smithfield will provide a meal to a food bank in need.

**Mr Beast** has over 33.2 million subscribers so, you know....this is going to be AMAZING!