Quaden Bayles’ Family Donating The 500K From GoFundMe Page To Charity

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Quaden Bayles’ Family Donating The 500K From GoFundMe Page To Charity

As we previously reported, comedian Brad Williams set up a GoFundMe account to help send 9-year-old Quaden Bayles and his family to Disneyland. He made this move after Bayles’ mother posted a video which showed the little boy crying and saying he wanted to kill himself after being bullied at school due to his dwarfism.

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His mother also shared that Bayles has been bullied many times before and only wanted to post the video on social media to encourage folks to stop bullying. Now, despite social media users claiming this was all a scam and that Bayles was actually a teen, some of his family members spoke to local outlets in Australia and confirmed that he is 9-years-old, and provided old clips of news coverages on Bayles to prove it. It was also noted that the family never said they were in need of money, but still thanked the public for donating.

Nearly $500K has been raised on the GoFundme page and now many people want to know where exactly their donation is going. According to the latest update by The Blast, the Bayles family has decided to give all the money away. They also have declined the trip to Disneyland. The boy’s mother reportedly spoke to the media in Australia, telling them while they appreciate the touching gesture they are going to skip the trip to focus on the bigger issue at hand.

“What kid wouldn’t want to go to Disneyland, especially if you have lived Quaden’s life. To escape to anywhere that is fun that doesn’t remind him of his day to day challenges,” his aunt told NITV News.

She continued,

“But my sister said ‘you know what, let’s get back to the real issue’. This little fella has been bullied. How many suicides, black or white, in our society have happened due to bullying. We want the money to go to community organizations that really need it. They know what the money should be spent on, So as much as we want to go to Disneyland, I think our community would far off benefit from that,” The Blast quotes.

It was said that the family has chosen two organizations to receive the money: ‘Dwarfism Awareness Australia and Balunu Healing Foundation. “We need to come together and work out how to make sure young people like Quaden don’t have to deal with what they have been dealing with,” Ms. Bayles said.

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