‘Captain Tom,’ WWII Vet Who Raised $36M for Essential Workers, Gets 125K Cards on 100th Birthday

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Captain Tom Moore completed 100 laps in his backyard garden to raise money for the U.K.’s National Health Service

“The volume of cards that have been sent to granddad is just astonishing,” Moore’s 16-year-old grandson, Benjie Ingram-Moore, told BBC.

Because their local post office had been inundated with cards, Ingram-Moore turned to his school for help. Over the last few days, the school’s staff, along with parents and students, have volunteered to organize Moore’s cards on a display set up in the school’s hall.

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