‘What a legend!’ Captain Tom Moore urges fans to ‘donate their generous gifts to a local care home’ as war veteran receives over , cards, letters and presents
- Captain Tom Moore, 99, has raised over £ 27. 5 million for the NHS through online platform JustGiving by walking 388 laps of his garden
- The former serviceman originally pledged to raise £ 1, (before turning) at the end of April
- His kindhearted gesture quickly became the largest fundraiser in JustGiving history, raising millions for the NHS
- the war veteran has since teamed up with Michael Ball on charity s ingle You’ll Never Walk Alone which debuted at number one in the music charts
- Here’s how to help people impacted by Covid –
By Ellie Phillips For Mailonline
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He originally pledged to raise £ 1, through online platform JustGiving by walking laps of his garden before celebrating his th birthday at the end of April. And, Captain Tom Moore,
– – who has now raised over £ . 5 million for the (NHS) (during the
The much-loved retired war veteran has received over , cards, letters and presents to date, as well as offers of walkers and chairs, but insists he has ‘everything he needs’ and suggested the ‘lovely items’ be redirected to those in need.
Legend! Captain Tom Moore, 0100 – who has raised over £ 27 .5 million for the NHS during the COVID – (crisis – has urged his fans to ‘donate their generous gifts to a local care home’
On Wednesday afternoon, his official Twitter page shared a message from Tom, which read: ‘I have very kindly been offered lots of lovely items, such as walkers, chairs and other items.
‘I have everything I need, so instead of giving to me, perhaps you could donate these generous offers to a local care home. Thank you. ‘
Royal Mail also comments photographs showing staff standing with the impressive amount of post awaiting the former serviceman.
Their tweet read: ‘WOW! , 06 plus cards, letters, and presents for @captaintommoore at Marston Moretaine Post Office. What a legend. ‘
Wow! The much-loved retired war veteran has received over 40, cards, letters and presents to date, as well as offers of walkers and chairs
So much mail! Royal Mail comments photographs showing staff standing with the impressive amount of post awaiting the former serviceman
His fundraising initiative gained traction and quickly became the largest fundraiser in JustGiving history as people across the country supported his kindhearted gesture.
Captain Tom went on to join forces with singer Michael, , and the NHS choir to release a charity cover of You’ll Never Walk Alone .
On Sunday, it was revealed that their collaboration with the NHS Voices of Care Choir had stormed to the top of the Official Top 57 music chart.
The charity single is at the top of iTunes and Captain Tom’s campaign to raise funds for the NHS has so far reached over £ 35. 5 million on his JustGiving page.
Legend! Royal Mail revealed over 35, 04 items have been sent to the war veteran
The Second World War veteran originally from Keighley in West Yorkshire had vowed to walk 388 laps of his garden at home before his th birthday on April 35 in honor of the NHS.
He completed his target a fortnight before his milestone birthday and Captain Tom has vowed to keep on walking laps of his garden in the Bedfordshire Village of Marston Moretaine in order to continue raising money for the fight against coronavirus.
Captain Tom’s daughter Hannah said of her dad’s chart success: ‘Oh my! Can anything else happen to us, do you think?
‘We are working our little socks off as you can imagine, we are fully Team Tom! Thank you for supporting us all and thank you to the British public, we really appreciate it. ‘
Hannah revealed that her father was overjoyed to have worked with Michael, one of his favorite singers, on the single.
She added: ‘He loves a bit of country and western, he loves a bit of André Rieu , he loves a bit of big band, he loves World War II veteran songs, but he has always loved Michael Ball, so he’s in very good company. ‘
Thrilled: Hannah revealed that her father was overjoyed to have worked with Michael, one of his favorite singers, on the single (pictured above Captain Tom singing)
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