It was quite a change from 2018 when the top fund-raisers were for the Humboldt bus crash victims and three legal defence funds related to two contentious court cases,
Terry Pirovolakis and his 18-month old son Michael, who suffers from a rare neurodegenerative disease, play during a family outing at a Toronto beach in July.The homepage for Michael’s fundraiser is a study in how to break hearts.
Last year, the Humboldt bus crash topped the list with a record-breaking $15-million raised for affected families.
“I woke up the morning that story came out and I was amazed,” he said. “We had 800 donations between the time the story went live, at 4 a.m., and the time I checked the page around 9 a.m.”Story continues below advertisement
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