Kids do the darndest things, and sometimes those things end being rather costly.
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Mom Starts GoFundMe After Her Son, 4, Orders $2,600 Worth Of Spongebob Popsicles
We all had our extreme loves as a child, things we enjoyed so much we could never seem to get enough.
Four-year-old Noah Bryant's biggest passion is the cartoon show Spongebob Squarepants, and recently he decided to show his love in a rather extreme way.
He managed to learn his way around Amazon, searching through the online store until he found exactly what he needed.
What he needed were popsicles in the shape of Spongebob himself, and how many he needed was apparently 918. That's 51 cases with a price tag of $2,618.85.
From the outside, the whole situation is pretty silly and even kind of cute, but internally it caused a lot of stress.
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That order was non-refundable, and Noah's mom, Jennifer Bryant, simply couldn't afford that type of hit. As a mother to three children and currently a social work student at New York University, $2,600 worth of popsicles wasn't really in her budget.
Her friend Katie Schloss suggested a GoFundMe campaign to help offset the cost, and even organized it herself.
The fundraiser went live Monday, May 3, and met its goal within 24 hours. As of writing this, it has reached $11,648, far more than Schloss or Bryant could have expected.
Their gratitude is expressed in an update to the campaign page, where they also explain where the extra funds will go.
"Thank you SO much for your mind-blowing generosity and support. [...] As a parent to a child living with ASD (Autism Spectrum Disorder), all future donations will go towards Noah's education and additional supports," Bryant wrote. "We cannot thank you enough. Truly."
Computer security might be tightening up in that household, but at least the story has an extremely happy ending.
h/t: People
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