The Local Nepali associations in Oregon and Seattle have been informed of the need to have a fundraiser. The Nepal Seattle Society has had fundraisers in the past for two members both of whom had cancer. One is a young student (age 19) she has bone cancer and is undergoing treatment at the Ronald McDonald house in Seattle. Seattle I believe had a dinner fundariser at a local Nepali restaurant...they sent out an e-mail to the community saying they were going to have a dinner fundraiser and the I think the restaurant donated the proceeds from the dinner to the fund....that might be something that Houston and other cities with Nepali restaurants can consider. If anyone knows the status in terms of funds recieved vs. how much we need --could you post that so we can try and get creative in terms of fund raising. Also, I don't know if he was a member of any student clubs at the university, but normally students are able to get a huge grassroots movement going to raise funds...alternately, if the university has a Greek system, the fraternities and sororities normally have money that they may be willing to donate --especially if they know it is for a student of the university...someone in Houston may want to look into that as well. All the very best.