thank you to everyone who helped reach this milestone as of friday king had raised 157000 were so grateful abc news laura laughead contributed to this report king told gma he intends to keep his venmo account open for donations as they continue to appear until the end of the month within hours hed received more than 2000 notifications king told gma a college football fan who made a social media plea for beer money and turned the humorous request into a fundraising effort for a childrens hospital has now reportedly reached 1 million in donations i thought it would just be a joke king told good morning america on friday we just reached a million in total contributions carson king the man who launched the fundraising effort tweeted on sunday along with lets goooo he took to social media to announce that after covering the cost of a case of busch lite he would be donating the rest of the proceeds to the university of iowa stead family childrens hospital after the gma broadcast money transfers and donations flooded his venmo account carson king when his venmo account hit 600 he spoke to his family for advice and decided to change course carson king waved a sign that read busch light supply needs replenished during espns college gameday i didnt think anyone would actually see it it all started as a joke when king 24 waved a sign that read busch light supply needs replenished under which hed scrawled his venmo handle in black sharpie on sept 14 during espns college gameday more california college athlete fair pay bill goes to governor busch beer and venmo announced on twitter that they would match kings donation we cant think our minds are blown by this tweeted an account which states is the official twitter account of university of iowa stead family childrens hospital and were not done yet more bachelor star colton underwood visits patients at a childrens hospital king said the money is being raised through his venmo account after that he will cut a check from the money in his account and present it to the hospital in person where he will go on a tour of the hospital facilities and get to meet some of the kids who will benefit from the massive donation