As a pair, Tom and I are running both the Brighton and London Marathons in the next 2 weeks to support and raise money for Tommy's ongoing rehabilitation. We are also going to try to run 7 marathons in 7 days during May half term.

For those of you who aren’t aware, we both met Tommy at our first American Summer Camp in 2024 and had the privilege of being with him again during the summer of 2025. Seeing him have such a great time across those two years, it will be sad not having him back at Camp Chipinaw for what would have been his third summer—one we know he would have loved.

Following a great summer last year whilst travelling in Tampa with others after camp, Tommy was jumping through the waves at the beach but due to recent storms, when he dived in, he hit his head on a sandbank, resulting in life changing injuries, sadly necessitating him to now be totally reliant on the use of a wheelchair.

Like us Tommy was an active outdoor loving person, so completing these runs in his name is our way of telling him and his family that he is in our thoughts and we also hope that we can raise some money to help support his ongoing rehabilitation and hopefully help support him having any devices he needs.

More information from the family's fundraising page:

https://www.gofundme.com/f/zvp9c-help-tommy-rebuild-his-life