The Fund has been launched with an initial contribution of $50,000. The official statement reads, “The Fund will distribute money on a semiannual basis to causes and charities championed and advanced by Tommy Raskin, such as Oxfam, Give Directly, the Helen Keller Institute, and Animal Outlook. Photo by Jacquelyn Martin-Pool/Getty Images Tommy Raskin Memorial Fund:įollowing Tommy’s death, the family decided to honor him by starting a memorial fund. In a statement released last week, the Maryland congressman and his wife Sarah said they were 'devastated and demolished to be without him. representative for Marylands 8th congressional district. Jamie Raskin has announced the death of his 25-year-old son Tommy, a second-year student at Harvard Law School. The fund will distribute money to causes and charities close to Tommys heart, including Oxfam, the Helen Keller Institute, Give. Thomas Raskin, aka Tommy Raskin, is the son of an American lawyer and politician, serving as the U.S. On New Years Eve 2020, his son Tommy, 25, died by suicide after years of fighting mental. Tommy was pure magic, the family said in a statement.
31, 2020, at the age of 25 after struggling with mental illness. Jamie Raskin, D-Md., experienced two unimaginable traumas in the span of a single week. Raskin (D-Md.) and his wife, former deputy Treasury secretary Sarah Bloom Raskin, announced Thursday evening that their 25-year-old son, Thomas Bloom Raskin, a student at Harvard Law School, has died. Raskin’s son, Tommy, died by suicide on Dec. Over the weekend, Raskin announced the establishment of the Tommy Raskin Memorial Fund for People and Animals through the Greater Washington Community Foundation. Jamie Raskin goes through some family photos with a visitor, focusing on the memory of his son, Tommy. Jamie Raskin, D-Md., announced the loss of his 25-year-old son, Thomas Bloom Raskin, in a statement on Thursday, and said they are 'demolished to be without him. FIND OUT: Wy was Vogue criticized for Kamala Harris cover? Jamie Raskin (RepRaskin) January 4, 2021.representative for Marylands 8th congressional. They further wrote, “On the last hellish brutal day of that godawful miserable year of 2020, when hundreds of thousands of Americans and millions of people all over the world died alone in bed in the darkness from an invisible killer disease ravaging their bodies and minds, we also lost our dear, dear, beloved son, Hannah and Tabitha’s beloved irreplaceable brother, a radiant light in this broken world.” Jamin Ben Raskin (born December 13, 1962) is an American attorney and politician serving as the U.S. The stories of his love and compassion are absolutely astounding.”Īfter Tommy’s death, Jamie and his family had released a statement in which he remembered his son as someone who had a “perfect heart, a perfect soul, a riotously outrageous and relentless sense of humor, and a dazzling radiant mind.”
But it wasn’t his mind that marked him as so extraordinary. He continued, “He had a photographic memory and, like some other kids in our family, knew all the presidents and vice presidents in order.
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