Back on April 5, a young man named Carter Wilkerson asked Wendy’s a simple question.
Yo @Wendys how many retweets for a year of free chicken nuggets?
— Carter Wilkerson (@carterjwm) April 6, 2017
The official Wendy’s Twitter account responded with an unattainable number of 18 million.
It was a preposterous figure since the most RT’d tweet of all-time was the infamous Oscars selfie taken by Ellen DeGeneres with over 3.4 million retweets.
If only Bradley's arm was longer. Best photo ever. #oscars pic.twitter.com/C9U5NOtGap
— Ellen DeGeneres (@EllenDeGeneres) March 3, 2014
Carter started his campaign of #NuggsForCarter.
HELP ME PLEASE. A MAN NEEDS HIS NUGGS pic.twitter.com/4SrfHmEMo3
— Carter Wilkerson (@carterjwm) April 6, 2017
#NuggsForCarter has been a magnificent success by getting endorsements from Microsoft, Google, Amazon, Aaron Paul, and Martha Hunt.
We're in. How about you, @Amazon and @Google? #NuggsForCarter https://t.co/zi8FmD6Cf8
— Microsoft (@Microsoft) April 7, 2017
Hey @carterjwm, our Doodlers cooked up a special 6-pack to keep you going #NuggsForCarter #GoogleDoodle pic.twitter.com/aTRcIIjhIb
— Google Doodles (@GoogleDoodles) April 13, 2017
Live your best life, Carter. Follow your dreams. #NuggsForCarter https://t.co/PbHd9JMQjE
— Amazon (@amazon) April 8, 2017
https://twitter.com/aaronpaul_8/status/850560916156370944
If you get 18 mil come to NYC and the frosty's on me 🍦 https://t.co/8OTgprrNta
— Martha Hunt (@MarthaHunt) April 9, 2017
Carter now has the most RT’d tweet ever and Wendy’s decided to forget about the 18 million number and reward this man his well-deserved chicken nuggets. Plus they also donated $100,000 to the Dave Thomas Foundation in Wilkerson’s name.
.@carterjwm is now the most retweeted tweet of all-time. That’s good for the nuggets, and $100k to @DTFA. Consider it done. #nuggsforcarter pic.twitter.com/k6uhsJiP4E
— Wendy’s (@Wendys) May 9, 2017
We did it guys! Thanks to you're help and support we were able to raise $100k for @DTFA and beat @TheEllenShow record! Now let's get 18mil!
— Carter Wilkerson (@carterjwm) May 9, 2017
Twitter celebrated Carter’s success.
https://twitter.com/Twitter/status/861944109573033984
The tweet was even recognized by as a Guinness World Record.
Congratulations to @carterjwm who just broke @TheEllenShow's record for most retweeted tweet on @Twitter #NuggsForCarter pic.twitter.com/gwKyq8zmfP
— Guinness World Records (@GWR) May 9, 2017
If you dream it, you can achieve it.