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Captain Tom raises £30 million 04/05/2020
99 year old Captain Tom Moore decided to walk around his garden 100 times.
Captain Moore: "I'm Captain Moore. I'm walking for the NHS."
The retired soldier wanted to collect money for the National Health Service.
His children gave him £100 each. Then the public started giving Tom money for his walk.
On 30th April, it was his 100th birthday. He'd collected over £30 million. In celebration, the army made Tom a colonel.
The public also gave him 125,000 birthday cards. He didn't have space for so many cards. They put them all up in a local school.
One special card made Captain Tom very happy. It was a personal birthday message from the Queen of England.
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