Charity World Records
Charity world records prove that there is something better than becoming a world record holder: becoming a record holder while raising a ton of cash or awareness for a greater cause. World records have been set in aid of everything from cancer research to dog rescue funds. Activities include autographing a shoe, eating dog biscuits, and, in an extraordinary display of altruism, baking a huge batch of pumpkin pies and donating them to a mission.
Charity Challenges
11 Records
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Most Money Raised For Charity By Destroying A City Made Of Cards
William Zambole led a group in raising $3,836.55 for charity by destroying a city made of cards. After the city was built, Zambole and over 200 others donated money to see the cards knocked down. The money was donated to Pajama Program, a not-for-profit that donates pajamas and books to children in need.
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Tallest Domino's Pizza Box Tower Jumped Over
Paul (Pabs) Melia jumped over 20 Domino's Pizza boxes. He set the record to raise money for Ykids children's charity.
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Most Homemade Pies Donated To A Mission
Craig Morrison and Sam Stilson, also known as The Record Collection, donated 14 homemade pumpkin pies to The Good Shepherd Centrein downtown Toronto.
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Largest Group Wearing Jellyfish Hats At Once
A group of 210 Lavallette Elementary Schoolstudents wore jellyfish hats at at once. They set the world record to raise environmental awareness forBarnegat Bay.
See more about the event here.
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At a Kiva event celebrating International Women’s Day, 54 people lined up and set a new world record for the Longest Charity Waterfall. Record participants included Kiva CEO Matt Flannery, president Premal Shah and Director of Development Bennett Grassano, who conceived the feat.
Attendees lined up and donated at least $1 to a pile of money that was passed along the line in a waterfall manner, raising $175 in less than a minute. The money was instantly processed as a Kiva microfinancing loan.
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Longest Time Using Only Social Media To Communicate
Clark Harris has used social media as his only form of communication for the past 100 days. He’s setting the record to raise awareness and money for The Leukemia and Lymphoma Society, in memory of his mother.
Read more about his experiment and donatehere.
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Most People In One Location To Make A Charitable Donation Via Text Message
On September 6, 2010, 585 fans at an anAnaheim Angelsgame made a charitable donation via text message, instantly raising $2925 for theOvarian Cancer Research Fund. Each text message made a $5 donation to the charity.
The record was set at Angel Stadium of Anaheim thanks to a sponsorship fromPower Balance. Angels pitcher Scott Kazmir announced the feat in the middle of the game.RecordSetterco-founder Corey Henderson was present to oversee the feat.
See the full text donation reporthere.
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Longest Drumming Marathon To Raise Money For Cancer Research
Steven Gaul played the drums for 121 hours (7,260 minutes). Gaul set this record to raise money for cancer research.
Read more about the event here.
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Attendees of the Inventgenuity Festival created a money chain made up of $436.32. The money was then donated to the International Rescue Committee[].
The record was set on February 21, 2010 at the 2nd Annual Brooklyn World Record Day, an event hosted by RecordSetter in conjunction with Beam Camp as part of their Inventgenuity Festival.
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Most Articles Of Clothing Worn By One Person At Once, Driven To A Clothing Bank, Removed And Donated
Greg Pettit put on 223 articles of clothing at once, drove them to a Salvation Army clothing bank in his Ford Fusion, removed them one by one and donated them to the bank.
Petit set the record as part of Fusion 41, a URDB World Record Challenge created by the Ford Motor Company.
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Most Expensive Certified Green Home
Frank McKinney designed and built a certified green mansion valued at $29 million dollars (U.S.). The house has a Silver LEED rating from the U.S Green Building Council, a Certified Florida Green Home rating from the Florida Green Building Coalition, and meets the Energy Star for Homes criteria established by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency[].
The house includes an innovative use of solar, water, and materials. Super energy efficient appliances cut down on electrical consumption by nearly 60%.
On certain days the home will be energy neutral, and can generate enough electricity to run two average-sized homes. The house used enough reclaimed and renewable wood to save over 10.5 acres of rain forest.
A system that collects runoff water from the cedar roof fills the water garden. The system collects enough reusable water to fill the average size swimming pool every 17 days.
McKinney donated money from the sale of the house to the Crush It Charity[], which builds houses and self-sufficient villages in Haiti.
Read more about the house here.
William Zambole 
Paul (Pabs) Melia 
The Record Collection 
Lavallette Elementary School 
Kiva New York 
Clark Harris 
Anaheim Angels Fans 
Steven Gaul 
Beam Camp 
George Pettit 
Frank McKinney