(CNN) -- Potato salad is a cause worthy of charitable donations. That notion started out as a joke in early July, when Zack "Danger" Brown opened a Kickstarter campaign requesting $10 in crowdfunding to make his very first batch of it. But the joke was on him, when an Internet mob pounded him with a sum far beyond his goal -- $55,492. On Saturday, he spent it on a public party in a city park in his hometown of Columbus, Ohio, to benefit charity. He says he won't personally pocket any of the loot. The Internet storm also whisked Brown into an overnight sensation. The raging speed of donations snagged the attention of "Good Morning America" in a few days' time.
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Zack "Danger" Brown asked on Kickstarter for $10 to make his first batch of potato salad
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On the first day, he got $200 -- way too much, he thought
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He ended up with more than $55,000 and decided to use it for a charity bash
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The campaign has made Brown an overnight sensation
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