YouTube Gamer Jacksepticeye Helps Raise Nearly $660,000 In 12 hours For Covid-19 Relief Efforts

Seán McLoughlin aka Jacksepticeye posted on Instagram: “Words cannot express how crazy today was. I am so emotionally overwhelmed but I have nothing but love and gratitude to all of those who donated and made such a huge difference today.”

Jacksepticeye helped raise money for Coronavirus relief. He streamed for over 12 hours and raised almost $659,000 alone using the hashtag #HopeFromHome.

#HopeFromHome live stream brought together entertainers, influencers, gamers and other creators across platforms. It was facilitated by a fundraising platform Tiltify and it will be divided between three charities, United Way Worldwide; the United Nations Foundation’s Covid-19 Solidarity Response Fund for the World Health Organization; and Comic Relief US’s Red Nose Day by the CEO Michael Wasserman.

Jacksepticeye  said; “I felt like more money could be raised if we mobilized everybody and all of their communities and all of their audiences and kind of band together under one banner. And then everyone could do their own small streams within that”.