Fundraising feet: Capt. Tom s legacy lives in 11-year-old Share Updated: 5:27 AM EST Feb 5, 2021 By DANICA KIRKA, Associated Press
Fundraising feet: Capt. Tom s legacy lives in 11-year-old Share Updated: 5:27 AM EST Feb 5, 2021
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Show Transcript after British World War two vet captain Tom Moore went viral for his efforts to battle the Corona virus. More than 125,000 birthday cards poured in to commemorate his 1/100 birthday. More has been doing laps in his garden to help raise money for the National Health Service. And you could say it s been pretty effective since he s brought in $36 million scored a Guinness World record for a charity walk. And with Mawr turning 100 on April 30th the goodwill messages came in nearly as fast as the cash. Thousands of letters were brought into the Bedford school in central England, where they promptly filled half the school s hall. Volunteers began reading and then displaying them, and the res