Friends of David Torrence, the 31-year-old Olympian from Malibu who died unexpectedly on Aug. 29, have set up an online donation drive to benefit Torrence’s family.
Alysia Montano, a friend of Torrance, set up a GoFundMe donation page on Sept. 3 to help offset costs related to the middle distance runner’s funeral. The memorial fund has garnered $9,870 of its $11,000 goal in three days. Sixty-six people had donated to the cause by early Thursday afternoon, Sept. 7.
Those who wish to support are encouraged to donate and share the page on social media.
“David was a man with big ideas and many of us have the desire to honor David’s mission and memory with ideas of our own,” Montano wrote in the GoFundMe description, “but for now, you can help with this fund that has been created eliminate all costs the Torrence family will incur related to David’s Passing.”