--- description: Jermaine Bell, who donated his savings to help Hurricane Dorian evacuees, was surprised with a free trip to Disney World. title: Boy, 7, Has His Disney Dream Come True After Donating Vacation Money to Help Hurricane Dorian Victims image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltde093bcdab65f2d0/6988d9b9bc6cfc69913e2a3c/time-logo.jpg?branch=production --- * [U.S.](/section/us/) ## U.S. Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close # Boy, 7, Has His Disney Dream Come True After Donating Vacation Money to Help Hurricane Dorian Victims by [Mahita Gajanan](/author/mahita-gajanan/) ## Mahita Gajanan Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Gajanan is an editor at TIME. Sep 11, 2019 2:51 PM CUT by [Mahita Gajanan](/author/mahita-gajanan/) ## Mahita Gajanan Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Gajanan is an editor at TIME. Sep 11, 2019 2:51 PM CUT A 7-year-old boy who donated the money he’d been saving for a trip to [Disney World](https://time.com/tag/walt-disney-world/ "undefined") to feed evacuees from [Hurricane Dorian](https://time.com/5668562/hurricane-dorian-bahama-memory/ "undefined") was surprised with a reward for his good deed. Jermaine Bell had saved up money for more than a year in hopes of going to Disney World for his birthday on Sept. 8\. But as he saw [Hurricane Dorian approach South Carolina](https://time.com/5661353/hurricane-dorian-track-forecast/ "undefined"), where he was [visiting his grandmother](https://www.huffpost.com/entry/jermaine-bell-dorian-disney-world%5Fl%5F5d77af23e4b0fde50c2d9a8f "undefined") earlier in September, he decided to use his savings to buy hot dogs, chips and water to give to anyone affected by the storm. Though Bell, who lives with his mother in Florida, had appeared to give up on the idea of seeing Disney’s new [Lion King](https://time.com/tag/the-lion-king/ "undefined") exhibit, Disney got wind of the boy’s generosity. He was rewarded with a free trip to the Walt Disney World Resort later in September. In a video posted by Disney Parks, Bell was surprised by Disney employees — including [Mickey Mouse](https://time.com/3119274/mickey-mouse-ub-iwerks-cartoon/ "undefined") — outside his home in Florida as they commended him for his actions and informed him of his trip. “When I saw everything, I was just super happy,” Bell said. “Mickey came out – I was just really happy.” ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/5674011/boy-donates-disney-money-dorian/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/5674011/boy-donates-disney-money-dorian/"},"headline":"Boy, 7, Has His Disney Dream Come True After Donating Vacation Money to Help Hurricane Dorian Victims","datePublished":"2019-09-11T14:51:39.000Z","dateModified":"2026-02-24T07:20:57.469Z","description":"Jermaine Bell had saved for more than a year in hopes of going to Disney World","url":"https://time.com/5674011/boy-donates-disney-money-dorian/","keywords":["viral","onetime"],"thumbnailUrl":"","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Mahita Gajanan","jobTitle":"Gajanan is an editor at TIME.","url":"https://time.com/author/mahita-gajanan/"}],"articleSection":"U.S.","image":[],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/section/us/","name":"U.S."}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/5674011/boy-donates-disney-money-dorian/","name":"Boy, 7, Has His Disney Dream Come True After Donating Vacation Money to Help Hurricane Dorian Victims"}}]},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"VideoObject","name":"Bahamians look for loved ones as 1,300 missing after Dorian","description":"They scan social media, peer under rubble, or try to follow the smell of death in an attempt to find family and friends. They search amid alarming reports that 1,300 people remain listed as missing nearly two weeks after Hurricane Dorian.","thumbnailUrl":"https://cdn.jwplayer.com/v2/media/gVYJySmF/poster.jpg?width=720","uploadDate":"2019-08-26T14:31:52.000Z","contentUrl":"https://cdn.jwplayer.com/manifests/gVYJySmF.m3u8","embedUrl":"https://time.com/5674011/boy-donates-disney-money-dorian/","duration":"PT1M47S","potentialAction":{"@type":"SeekToAction","target":"https://time.com/5674011/boy-donates-disney-money-dorian/?jw_start={seek_to_second_number}","startOffset-input":"required name=seek_to_second_number"}}] ```