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Were inviting you, your family and friends to take part in Captain Tom 100 from Friday 30 April and for the whole of May 2021 to celebrate Captain Sir Tom Moores amazing achievements and raise vital funds for 2makeit.
Friday 30 April would have been Captain Sir Toms 101st birthday and is the one-year anniversary of the extraordinary celebrations that followed the conclusion of his fundraising walk that raised an incredible £38.9 million for the NHS.
The Captain Tom Foundation hope to encourage people to celebrate his life and support causes they care about in the process.
Following the outpouring of heartfelt messages since Captain Sir Toms death on 2 February this year, his family pledged to celebrate his life with an event that everyone around the world could get involved in to celebrate his generosity, hope and sense of fun the Captain Tom 100.
Get involved and support our work in the community and prisons
All you need to do is dream up your Captain Tom 100 an activity of your choice based around the numbers 100 and do it any time and anywhere from Friday 30 April through to the end of May 2021, we've added a few ideas below to help you out:
walking 100,000 steps in the month (it's easier than it sounds, promise)
running 100 metres
scoring 100 goals
baking 100 cakes
climbing 100 stairs
hopping, walking, jogging, jumping, sack racing, 100 laps of the garden
building 100 sandcastles
writing a 100-word poem
flipping 100 pancakes
or donating 100 pennies (or even 100 pounds if you can) - your challenge can be anything at all, inside or outside.
Fundraise or donate
Once youve decided what youre doing, you can create a fundraising page connected to this campaign fundraise or donate directly on this page to 2makeit and share your 100 on social media, using #CaptainTom100 (we're @2makeit1 on twitter!)
Why support 2makeit?
2makeit is a charity that helps rehabilitate prisoners and ex-prisoners by offering them creative expression through programmes in skills such as music, art and writing. Our creative activities help to inspire more productive and positive lives whilst in jail, and law-abiding lives on release. Read more about our work on our website.
We hope youll join the thousands of people around the world taking part in Captain Tom 100 and spread his message of hope while raising much-needed funds for 2makeit.