"The family has been profoundly moved by communications from Tommy's friends, classmates and teachers from Takoma Park Elementary School, Pine Crest Elementary, Eastern Middle School, Montgomery Blair High School, Amherst College, and Harvard Law School, as well as his own students from his "Justice" section at Harvard College," the Raskin family said Saturday. The family also announced plans to hold a private funeral service on Tuesday while following COVID-19 guidelines and a public virtual memorial service later this month. The Raskins launched the fund with a $50,000 contribution. Tommy was pure magic, the family said in a statement. The fund will distribute money to causes and charities close to Tommy's heart, including Oxfam, the Helen Keller Institute, Give Directly, and Animal Outlook. 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. 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. Over the weekend, Raskin announced the establishment of the Tommy Raskin Memorial Fund for People and Animals through the Greater Washington Community Foundation. Statement of Congressman Jamie Raskin and Sarah Bloom Raskin on the Remarkable Life of Tommy Raskin:
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