‘Mean Girls’ Day: Cast Starts GoFundMe Campaign For Las Vegas Shooting Victims

Since 2004, when “Mean Girls” was first released, Oct. 3 has had a special place in people’s lives.

It’s the day Aaron Samuels (Jonathan Bennett) asked Cady Heron (Lindsay Lohan) what day it was, after all. And every year, fans and cast alike celebrate the day on social media with GIFs and memes and quotes and memories, but this year, the cast is doing something a little bit different.

Bennett, Lacey Chabert (Gretchen Wieners), Amanda Seyfried (Karen Smith) and Daniel Franzese (Damien Leigh) are asking fans to rally together on “Mean Girls” Day to help those affected by the Las Vegas mass shooting, which killed 59 people and injured hundreds, on Sunday.

Switching up the quote a little bit, Bennett posted a video of his former co-stars and himself announcing a GoFundMe campaign aiming to raise money for Las Vegas victims along with the caption: “‘On #October3rd, he asked me to help.’”

The video switches back and forth between the aforementioned cast members as they announce the opening of the donation campaign and ask for the help of fans. “We know today is a special day,” Chabert starts out the video.

“And that’s because of fans like you,” Franzese continues.

“It’s Oct. 3,” Bennett, and then Seyfried, add.

Throughout the video, the cast members say: “This year, though, we’re doing things a little differently. We want to turn the attention to those who need it. After Sunday’s tragic events in Las Vegas, let’s give back. In honor of ‘Mean Girls’ Day, we’re asking each of you, the groolest fans out there, to help. We’ve started a GoFundMe page and a hundred perfect of the proceeds will go to the National Compassion Fund. If every fan gave just $3 in honor of Oct. 3, just $3, we would hit our goal of $300,000 in no time.”

Along with the video, Bennett also posted the link to the donation page, which has its own description about what the “Mean Girls” cast is raising money for and how fans can help:

“The cast of ‘Mean Girls’ is teaming up this Oct. 3 to do some good. Were asking for just $3 to hit a $300,000 goal. We are working directly with the National Compassion Fund, a program in the National Center for Victims of Crime. This organization collected and distributed funds to victims of the Pulse Nightclub shooting, the Aurora shooting, and even 9/11. One-hundred percent of funds raised will be distributed to the victims of Las Vegas through the NCF at the completion of this campaign.”

The donation page ends by asking people to “do something grool today” and contribute.

“Let’s hit this goal together. We might not make fetch happen, but we can make this happen,” the GoFundMe page adds at the end.

This donation campaign from the “Mean Girls” cast is only the latest in celebrity responses to the Las Vegas shooting. Stars like Celine Dion, Stephen King, Brad Paisley, Elizabeth Banks, Miley Cyrus, Ruby Rose and more stars have taken to social media to share their thoughts and sympathies to the victims and their families.