MrBeast partners with more than 600 YouTubers, including PewDiePie and MKBHD, to plant 20 million trees

More than 600 YouTubers are teaming up to take on one of the biggest fundraising challenges the platform has ever seen: raising $20 million by the end of the year to plant 20 million trees.

The fundraising effort is being organized by YouTube’s favorite stunt philanthropist, Jimmy “MrBeast” Donaldson, who’s known for giving away huge sums of money. Major YouTubers — including Mark Rober (8.7M subscribers), Rhett & Link (4.5M), Marshmello (40.2M), iJustine (6.1M), Marques Brownlee (9.5M), The Slow Mo Guys (13M), Ninja (22.4M), Simone Giertz (1.9M), Jacksepticeye (22.9M), Smarter Every Day (7.3M), and more — are all lending their channels to the cause. Donaldson has invited any other YouTuber who’s interested to join in, too. He described...

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