{"id":18693,"date":"2020-06-23T16:41:22","date_gmt":"2020-06-23T15:41:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/whatsonni.com\/news\/?p=18693"},"modified":"2020-06-23T16:41:24","modified_gmt":"2020-06-23T15:41:24","slug":"derry-youtube-star-adam-bs-20k-handout-to-community-from-an-icecream-van","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/whatsonni.com\/news\/2020\/06\/derry-youtube-star-adam-bs-20k-handout-to-community-from-an-icecream-van\/","title":{"rendered":"Derry YouTube Star Adam B’s \u00a320k Handout To Community From An IceCream Van"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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Derry YouTube sensation Adam Beales has handed out more than \u00a320k worth of gifts to children and their families following an online appeal for nominations of those deserving a treat in these difficult times.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Known as Adam B to his 2.7m YouTube followers, the 20-year-old fulfilled a lifetime dream of being an ice cream man, but instead of serving up sweet treats he was delivering life changing gifts, including a car to a family that lost a loved one in April.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Derry YouTuber Adam B visits some lucky kids in the big 20k giveaway where Adam travelled around Derry in an ice cream truck giving gifts to people he believed deserved them.\r\rPhoto (c) Adam B\rFor more info contact Tina Calder, Excalibur Press, 07305354209, tina@excaliburpress.co.uk<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

From laptops through to phones, tablets, cameras, toys and drones Adam delivered the presents after choosing from a list he and his family looked through, all to be revealed when he releases the video at 6pm on Wednesday, June 24.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cI set up an email account asking people to send emails in, nominating people who they thought deserved a gift,\u201d he explained. \u201cI received thousands!<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cMy whole family and myself sat reading through all the emails over a series of nights. Some people got lots of nominations who, most obviously, deserved a gift. Others I chose because they stuck out to me personally.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Of those chosen they range from people who have recently recovered from a serious illness, raised funds for charities, young people starting their own business, to those who have been bereaved.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

One massive surprise was for Bronagh Burke. She lost her husband and father to three-year-old twins Thomas in April. Adam surprised the twins with a mountain of toys, and left Bronagh speechless when he handed her the keys to a brand-new car.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Derry YouTuber Adam B visits Bronagh Burke and her twins Adam & Aoife where he gifted the family lots of toys and a car in the big 20k giveaway where Adam travelled around Derry in an ice cream truck giving gifts to people he believed deserved them.\r\rPhoto (c) Adam B\rFor more info contact Tina Calder, Excalibur Press, 07305354209, tina@excaliburpress.co.uk<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

\u201cTo lose a father is the most heart wrenching thing to read about,\u201d he said. \u201cThe incredible young twins tried to help Bronagh by running out to the street to call for an ambulance and remaining calm as Bronagh performed CPR.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cAdam and Aoife will be marking their fourth birthdays on June 28th<\/sup> and Bronagh wanted to make the day special even without their dad.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

I was in the fortunate position to gift Adam and Aoife with lots of toys from our local Smyths Toy Superstore – and able to gift Bronagh a new car.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Adam delivered the car, not knowing that the family car had to be returned just two weeks previously.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cI was so overwhelmed, completely blown away and then he arrived with the car,\u201d said Bronagh. \u201cIt was just amazing.”<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The choice of making the delivery via an ice cream van was something Adam had long cherished.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Derry YouTuber Adam B visits some lucky kids in the big 20k giveaway where Adam travelled around Derry in an ice cream truck giving gifts to people he believed deserved them.\r\rPhoto (c) Adam B\rFor more info contact Tina Calder, Excalibur Press, 07305354209, tina@excaliburpress.co.uk<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

\u201cI always wanted to be an ice cream man when I was younger,\u201d he explained. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cI used to look at them in the street and think to myself, \u2018Someday I want to be an ice cream man and eat all the ice cream in the world\u2019.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cI may not be eating ice cream in this video, but I’ll be in the truck, going around locally, playing the classic ice cream tune and giving people MacBooks, iPhones and cash.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Among the recipients is a remarkable young man, Shayne O\u2019Carolan, who spent the first four years of his life in hospital.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The 12-year-old has a number of special needs, but that hasn\u2019t stopped him from fundraising, including raising \u00a32k to provide two parents\u2019 beds in the children\u2019s wards at Altnagelvin Hospital.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Shayne is a fan of Adam\u2019s YouTube channel, and makes his own videos too. The family thought Adam was just visiting to give some support and meet Shayne.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cShayne was speechless when he saw Adam,\u201d explained mum Shauna. \u201cHe was so excited and then AB said to him, \u2018I hear you\u2019re a very big YouTuber. I’ve got you a camera, but you will need to edit your videos\u2019. He then handed him a Macbook as well.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Since then Shayne\u2019s YouTube views have risen and his mother said the family can\u2019t believe the positive effect his visit has had.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

For Adam inspiration to do this video came from another YouTube star, David Dobrik.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cI’m a massive fan and anyone who watches David would know that he likes to surprise people,\u201d he explained, adding: \u201cAnd I think during this climate, with bad news after bad news, people locally need someone like David. So, I too am going to do my best to try to make people smile.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

For a number of years Adam has been garnering more and more YouTube subscribers, as well as more than 500,000 followers on Twitter, Facebook, Instagram and TikTok with his witty pranks and sketches, but he is committed to continuing charity work and supporting others. Before this recent video has randomly handed out \u00a31k to people who contacted him on Twitter and bought his parents a four-bedroom dream home.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

However, choosing those that were to receive the gifts for this video has involved his entire family, from picking the successful nominees through to joining Adam on the ice cream van.
\u201cIt’s amazing to be in the position where I can make people smile, take their mind off things, or potentially make a difference in their lives,\u201d he said. \u201cThe stories really touched me. The same stories that also touched my mum whilst we were reading through the emails. It is the most I’ve ever seen my mum cry in one week.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Included in the recipients of Adam\u2019s gifts is nine-year-old Lucas Noah, who had been receiving nasty online comments about his own YouTube channel. Adam delivered a new camera and drone to help him improve his videos.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

And, 18-year-old singer Clionagh Stewart, whose laptop was no longer working. Adam popped up with a new Macbook to help her get back to recording songs.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

With his ice cream deliveries he also gave one of his long-time fans, Lucie McElwee, a Macbook, iPad and iPhone. The 14-year-old also had a box of chocolates as a bonus.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Derry YouTuber Adam B drops off hampers to staff at Altnagelvin Hospital in the big 20k giveaway where Adam travelled around Derry in an ice cream truck giving gifts to people he believed deserved them.\r\rPhoto (c) Adam B\rFor more info contact Tina Calder, Excalibur Press, 07305354209, tina@excaliburpress.co.uk<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

In addition to the many gifts Adam has dropped off hampers to staff at Altnagelvin Hospital to thank what he describes as \u201cour local superheroes\u201d.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

But the YouTube star wanted to thank those that have helped him be able to support others.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cI want to thank everyone who has supported me, watched the videos, shared, liked, commented, and subscribed. You have given back to the local community. And for that, I just want to say thank you.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

His final message is one for everyone: \u201cYou don’t have to spend money to be kind. This video was a special one because I was able to give back,\u201d he said. \u201cBut you don’t need to go to those lengths to be a nice person. Be the reason why someone smiles today. You won’t regret it.\u201dCheck out Adam\u2019s videos on his <\/em><\/strong>YouTube channel Adam B<\/em><\/strong><\/a>.<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Derry YouTube sensation Adam Beales has handed out more than \u00a320k worth of gifts to children and their families following an online appeal for nominations of those deserving a treat in these difficult times. Known as Adam B to his 2.7m YouTube followers, the 20-year-old fulfilled a lifetime dream of being an ice cream man, … Continued<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[1],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/whatsonni.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18693"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/whatsonni.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/whatsonni.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/whatsonni.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/5"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/whatsonni.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=18693"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/whatsonni.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18693\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":18699,"href":"https:\/\/whatsonni.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18693\/revisions\/18699"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/whatsonni.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=18693"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/whatsonni.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=18693"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/whatsonni.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=18693"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}