Charity World Records

Sara, Shayne, Tim, Kathy, Andrea and Lace made 122 sandwich meals in one hour. The meal included peanut butter, ham and turkey sandwiches, chips, water, a dessert and a fruit snack. They donated all meals to the PADS Shelter in North Chicago, Illinois.

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.

Sean Click fit 183 frozen turkeys into a Ford Fusion and delivered them to a food bank. Click set the record as part of Fusion 41, a URDB World Record Challenge created by the Ford Motor Company.

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.

Tony Mansfield auctioned 400 items nonstop for over four hours in a shopping mall in Queensland, Australia. The event was organized to raise money and local awareness for Make-A-Wish Australia. Learn more about the feat here.

To raise funds for Vickie’s Angel Walk, hundreds of people threw a total of 2,400 pies at each other in the world’s largest pie fight. The event raised $2,500 and a full pallet of canned food. The food was donated to the Bethesda Mission in Harrisburg.The money raised will be used for financial assistance for families fighting cancer in Central Pennsylvania.

Paul (Pabs) Melia completed one spin on a hand-shaped chair while dressed as a penguin. He set the record to raise money for the Ykids children’s charity.

Edwin Escobar visited San Jose in Costa Rica, Managua in Nicaragua, Tegucigalpa in Honduras, San Salvador in El Salvador and Guatemala City in Guatemala. He traveled to each city on his motorcycle, a total distance of 1,400 kilometers across Central America. Escobar performed this feat to raise funds to help overcome malnutrition of Salvadorean children.

Darryl Learie received an anonymous $35 donation to his non-commercial YouTube channel.

Doug McManaman balanced a Stanley Cup replica on his chin for 34.63 seconds. He set the record at a fundraiser event for Ronald McDonald House Charities.

City Harvest led hundreds of volunteers to set the record for Most Food Repacked for Charity in 24 Hours. A total of 214,000 pounds of food were repacked at their Food Rescue Facility in New York City. RecordSetter Official Ella Morton was present to witness the attempt. Read more about the feat here.

Delia and her kids wore 58 clothing items to a thrift store and subsequently donated them.

Radio Shack donated 100 video cameras to the Livestrong Young Adult Alliance to raise awareness for young adult cancer.

Directed by guest speaker Chris Sacca, 1006 freshmen students at Wright State University yelled the word “Livestrong!” at the same time. The record was set to raise awareness for Lance Armstrong’s cancer-related organization.

A member of Support The Melons slapped a melon 256 times in 30 seconds. They set the record to promote breast cancer awareness and raise funds for the American Cancer Society's Making Strides Against Breast Cancer campaign.

Denise S. from 101.5 FM The Hawk led 413 people in holding a food bank donation at once. They set the record during a Granville Green concert.