100 reasons to smile
At a time when good news stories seem in short supply, British war veteran Captain Tom Moore is punching above his weight. He first won hearts around the world when he walked the 25-metre length of his garden 100 times to raise money for Britain’s National Health Service. Moore completed his walker-assisted mission on April 16 intending to raise £1000 ($1900). Instead, he amassed $60 million – and counting – and now holds the Guinness World Record for ‘most money raised by charity walk (individual)’. Celebrating his 100th birthday on April 30, Moore received well wishes from the Queen and Prime Minister Boris Johnson, and was sent more than 150,000 birthday cards from the public that were displayed in the hall of his grandson’s school. “Reaching 100 with such interest in…
