Ain’t no party, like a Twitter party (Picture: YouTube)

Odin Camus turned 13 on Friday. And it was a day he’ll never forget.

As Odin was entering his teens, mum Melissa wanted to throw an epic party for him at a local bowling alley in Peterborough, Ontario. She also planned a ‘balloon avalanche’, his favourite poutine dinner at the Whistle Stop restaurant, and, of course, presents.

Odin invited 15 classmates to the bash, but not a single person RSVP’d.

Melissa thinks it was partly due to it being the March school holidays, but she also admits he ‘struggles with bullying’ because he has Asperger’s Syndrome.


So, she took to her Facebook page so see if people could send her son birthday wishes, to ‘make today awesome for him’.



She wrote: ‘Some of you have seen me post about my son, Odin. His struggles with bullying, his difficulties with Aspergers. Well, today is his 13th birthday. And, unfortunately, not one kid rsvp’d to his birthday ‘hang out’ invite. :-(‘

She asked people to text him happy birthday, or to send through suggestions on how to make his birthday special.

People did better than that.

In the end, almost 6,000 people RSVP’d to Odin’s birthday online, after his cause was taken up by local news site PTBO Canada.

He got happy birthday wishes from Frodo Baggins himself.

Happy Birthday, Odin! — Elijah Wood (@woodelijah) March 20, 2015

Someone dropped off a cake.

A little girl made this cake and dropped it off! @Ptbo_Canada Is the best city in the world!! ❤️ #odinbirthday pic.twitter.com/iIzHLE9mu1 — Whistle Stop (@WhistleStopLife) March 20, 2015

He got his very own caricature.

The Toronto Raptors gave him a shout-out before their big game.

Oh, and Carrie Underwood sent him a message.

Heard about a sweet boy named Odin & his birthday. Really proud of Peterborough for making it special! Happy birthday, buddy! #odinbirthday — Carrie Underwood (@carrieunderwood) March 21, 2015

And Pretty in Pink’s Molly Ringwald.

Happy birthday Odin! Wish I could be there to celebrate with you! #odinbirthday — Molly Ringwald (@MollyRingwald) March 21, 2015

In the end, he arrived at the bowling alley in a stretch limo, with reporters and photographers waiting, and around 450 locals waiting to celebrate with him.

Now, that’s a birthday party.

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