University of Florida sophomore David Nassau continues charitable work with How I Met Your Mother inspired charity 'Hopping 4 A Cure'

David Nassau runs a charity called Hopping 4 A Cure to support those with multiple sclerosis. The University of Florida sophomore is a devoted fan of How I Met Your Mother, which just wrapped up its nine-season run and which inspired him to create the charity.

MStars spoke to Nassau last month, and you can read the full interview here. Now that the show has ended and Nassau has some more projects in the works, we spoke to him again to get his thoughts on the finale and his upcoming ventures.

On Wednesday through Sunday, for example, Nassau will represent Hopping 4 A Cure at One Spark, a crowdsourcing event in Jacksonville. Picture Kickstarter or Indiegogo but in a festival atmosphere with tables representing each project.

As he readied himself for an early-morning trip on Wednesday, Nassau took the time to speak to us on Tuesday night:

So the first, and perhaps most important question. What did you think of the polarizing How I Met Your Mother finale?

I've been thinking about this a lot and initially I was with the group that was a little bit disappointed. But then the later it got and the more I had time to think about it, the more I thought about why and I realized that was the way they should have ended it, but I didn't like the way they did it. They spent a lot of time with Barney and Robin and there were other stories they sped through.

That would have been the perfect ending maybe a few years ago when everybody was still rooting for Robin and Ted. If you think about the seeds that they've been planting over time...Ted and Robin had the "if we're both 40 and single" deal.

Even though the kids were there at the end, and even though it was edited very well, maybe I just can't relate...that was a little off tempo. But overall, I ended up liking it, and I'm interested in seeing the alternate ending on the DVD.

What's changed for you and Hopping 4 A Cure since the last time we spoke?

We've been hosting hopscotch tourneys since 2011, but since then I've never thought about reaching out and contacting [HIMYM]. But the show was coming to an end, so I started doing the big social media push. As we were coming to this point and the hashtag got more attention, it progressed and I was interviewed by yourself and other news stations. The more interviews I was getting, the more feedback I was getting. During one of the interviews specifically, the interviewer actually talked to a high schooler who had MS and she is a cheerleader. Through the hashtag, I was able to reach out to her and she's going to hopefully be working with us now.

I've been in contact with somebody from The Associated Press. One thing led to another and I was given the number to the [HIMYM] production office, which I ended up calling. I was extremely nervous, which I haven't been in a long time, but they ended up asking me to fax over a letter to see what they can do with it. I don't know exactly what, but it was addressed to [series co-creators] Craig [Thomas], Carter [Bays] and [director] Pamela Fryman basically telling them the whole story and what I would like to do if they respond to the message. It was within the past week, but it's pilot season at 20^th Century Fox, so there's a lot of activity going on in these production offices. So it might not be overnight, but they told me to be patient.

What events do you have coming up?

The official date will be set probably a little bit later once we get our official Hopping 4 A Cure together. But at the summary event, we're going to attempt to break the world record for most people hopscotching at the same time. It should hopefully be in the beginning of July at the University of Florida. We've been doing big things all year, so why stop?

Just [Monday], Hopping 4 A Cure won an award for Outstanding New Student Organization [Note: this is for organizations younger than three years]. This is our first semester and it's definitely a cool plaque. And that was a sponsored award, so we also get a $500 grant from that. I'm still excited about that.

Last time we spoke about your ultimate plan for Hopping 4 A Cure. Now that it's grown so much in such a short span, where do you see the future of your charity headed?

There are a lot of things in the works. I'm kind of using this as a test to see how Hopping 4 A Cure will be run at a university level with students doing everything. I've been in contact with a friend at Florida State University about starting it there. Hopefully by next fall, we'll be at two universities and potentially a third at University of Central Florida.

And that brings up the possibility of creating an intercollegiate hopscotch event at universities within two years and hopefully, instead of a 5K, there would be a hopscotch tournament going on every weekend or every other weekend.

Now that the show is over, how much of that HIMYM spirit do you plan to keep in Hopping 4 A Cure? Will it always be there, or is it just something that helped you get started?

Being around a lot of entrepreneurs in Gainesville, I realized that having a culture is very important within a startup. As I learn about that, I'm going to try to keep HIMYM a part of our identity. Maybe that's just using some jokes, similar language and lingo like "legendary" and "suit up." If you look at our sponsor page, we have the "have you met our sponsor?," "suit up sponsor" and "legendary sponsor." There's subliminal messages that if you're a fan of the TV show you're going to understand, and even if you're not you'll still have an interest. Even though HIMYM is officially over, Hopping 4 A Cure will live on.