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Tony walked longer and faster with each trek, ending with a celebration on June 30.

\"Our community really rallied behind him,\" Paula Hudgell said. \"The last day some of the doctors and nurses who took care of him at the hospital came to cheer for him, all while trying to be careful with social distancing. It was a very emotional day.\"

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Courtesy Paula Hudgell
PHOTO: Tony Hudgell, 5, raised more than £1 million for Evelina London Children's Hospital by walking around his neighborhood in Kings Hill, England.
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Tony started out with a goal of walking 6 miles and raising a few hundred pounds. Instead he shattered that number, raising £1.1 million -- or $1.4 million -- in a month.

But Tony wasn't done yet; his mom said he's kept on walking every day and the donations have kept flooding in. As of Tuesday, he had strolled over 8 miles and raised £1.2 million or about $1.6 million.

\"Tony is a true inspiration,\" said Caroline Gormley, associate director of fundraising at Evelina London. \"We really can't thank Tony, as well as everyone who has supported him, enough.\"

Gormley said that the money raised will go toward supporting children with \"complex needs\" in the region, including \"funding research, new facilities and cutting edge technology.\"

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