Celebrate Raj's Life, Help His Family

Hello Loved ones,

I come today to try to create a fundraiser for the celebration of Raj’s life, and sending money to Raj's father who lives in Fiji. As we know, that was one of the most important things for Raj to be able to do. Raj passed very suddenly on the 7th of January, filled with a room full of his loved ones.

Raj was the purest version of a man with a heart of gold. Raj would give anyone the shirt off his back. Raj said, “I decided a long time ago if somebody's gonna have a bad day, it’s not gonna be me. I don’t have bad days anymore. God bless everybody and everybody shall be happy,” and that is truly how he lived. Raj sent his family back home in Fiji money to help them since he’s been away from them. He recently lost his mom, and now with the passing of Raj, we know his father is going to need support through these heart-wrenching times.

Because we wanted to do things the way Raj would have wanted, and how they do them in his culture, his funeral will be this Friday. Thankfully, because of his close family and friends, that is taken care of. But Raj had many more family and friends than anyone could imagine, and we’d like to have a celebration of life gathering for anyone who would like to come or couldn’t make it on such short notice.

I wanna do all I can to help Raj's family, or anything I know Raj would have wanted. Raj chose to be my father 17 years ago; he chose to take on me and my 4 siblings by choice. He gave us a better childhood than we ever could have imagined, and even as adults, he never stopped loving us. He even loved his grandchildren the same. Raj will be missed deeply. The impact he made in my life and many others is not even comparable to anything. We’d love to be able to get together and remember him with every heart he tugged over the past 20+ years. “God bless and be happy” - Raj