A benefit fund for Bill Feltt has been set up at First Mid-Illinois Bank and Trust in Charleston to help offset Feltt’s medical expenses.

Feltt, an English instructor, was attacked Aug. 27 at 1:50 a.m. by six to eight unknown men on the southwest corner of Martin Luther King Jr. University Union. He is now in stable condition at Good Samaritan Hospital in Vincennes, Ind., still suffering a skull fracture, recovering from a sinus infection and a small brain hemorrhage.

Dana Ringuette, chair of the English department, said the fund was set up by an anonymous family member of Feltt’s. The fund was established in response to a number of people who came forward wanting to add to an existing reward.

Judicial Affairs is offering a $2,500 reward for any information leading to the arrest and conviction of the offenders.

Ringuette said Feltt is expecting substantial hospital bills, despite health insurance coverage.

The family member who established the fund said Feltt will have trouble paying his bills, because teaching at the university was his first job after graduate school, and he had not saved up much money.

“It’s going to be a while before he can get on his feet,” the family member said.

Ringuette said anyone wanting to make a donation can give cash or a check to the First Mid-Illinois Bank at 500 W. Lincoln Ave. in Charleston, care of the Bill Feltt benefit fund.

The family member said donations of any amount would be greatly appreciated, because Feltt is unsure when he will be released from Good Samaritan, and his bills are adding up.