Initially there were prayer meetings and fund raisings at the Hindu Temple on December 28th 2004.
The contribution from pongal celebration function held at Hindu Temple on January 15th 2005 was also donated to Red Cross for Tsunami Victims.
Friday January 21st 2005, Indian Association of Nebraska (IAN) and Indian Students Association (ISA) at University of Nebraska (UNO) organized a dinner ($100 per plate) for the Tsunami victims at Milo Bail Student Center, University of Nebraska. The special guest was Mr. Mike Fahey, Mayor of Omaha. The cricket club of Omaha got 20 tickets. Gopi got the tickets for us (Sethu, Sam, Shiva, Shankar and Viswanathan). The entire amount collected was given by Mayor to Jim Brown, the local American Red Cross president. Mr.Balaji, ex-president of IAN was in Chennai during the Tsunami, he explained the worst affected areas with his motion pictures.
There is one more Tsunami lunch at Hindu Temple on Sunday Jan 23rd 2005.
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