Help HOPE Live for Stephen Nicholls

December 24, 2022

Dear Friends,

Thanks for all the love and generosity that so many friends and family of Steve and Kate have shown over the last few months in support of their efforts to create a new life in the face of such unimaginable challenges. This amazing initial group effort has helped raise nearly $30,000 toward their goal of reaching $100,000 to help pay for ongoing expenses for essential daily one-on-one direct care and towards the eventual purchase of a vehicle to help them with access to medical support and with transportation for work and life.

Each day, Steve requires assistance to get in and out of bed, to get dressed and undressed, to bathe, to shave, to brush his teeth, to comb his hair, to eat, and to perform almost all daily activities of living that we all take for granted. Unfortunately, the costs associated with providing this daily care is not covered by insurance.

The challenges of daily life are emotionally, medically, and financially taxing. Personally, I don’t think I fully comprehended the struggle - just to get through each day, week, let alone each month and year. I am in awe, but not surprised, by Steve’s strength, resilience and his positive attitude. Kate’s devotion, sense of humor, ability to see through the fog and just find the joy of being together is truly a lesson for us all.

I think, like most of us, I originally thought that insurance, work and medical support groups would all provide enough for Steve and Kate, and then we could all pitch in what we could and help them buy a very basic handicapped accessible vehicle to make a big daily difference for them. However, the increasing costs of daily care, in addition to mounting medical and physical therapy expenses that are essential for Steve’s continuing recovery and to sustain his ability to work, has to be their first priority. All this is to say that the initial funds must be devoted to these medical expenses before we are able to devote funds to the purchase of a vehicle.

I know that there are all sorts of worthy causes to support and that these times are becoming increasingly more challenging with the economy and just about everything else in the world, but as amazing as these two are, and as generous as so many people have been,

STEVE AND KATE STILL REALLY NEED OUR HELP.

Please consider making a contribution to help Steve rebuild his life. Even the humblest donation will communicate that we recognize the bravery of Steve’s journey and support the efforts of our good friend.

We also need your help to share this email and the link to the donor site with Steve’s larger circle of friends and family - from Denver to Portland, from his legal colleagues to climbing community, to anyone willing to help a courageous stranger in need, we need to increase the circle of support to help Steve and Kate create a new life together. Please consider posting on your Facebook, Instagram pages and other social media to help us reach his L&C college lacrosse team buddies, Sig Ep brothers, other depressed fellow Bronco fans and more.

I know the goal is a significant one, and I know it’s going to be a hard one to climb, but if Steve can already make it this far, I am hopeful we can help him make it even farther. We were really hoping to raise $50,000 by the end of the year, just to pay for Steve’s daily care on top of all his other medical expenses, with the rest eventually going to purchase of a car, but with the expenses climbing every dollar is going directly to help him work, rehabilitate and do all the things he needs to not covered by insurance.

Please consider making a tax deductible gift this year either on this site our contact Steve and Kate directly to let them know how you could help.

With love, gratitude and hope,

Friends of Steve Nichols

September 25, 2022

Dear Friends of Steve,

Thank you to all the people who have contributed to helping Steve in so many different ways during these challenging times. One of the greatest things we can do is to support Steve and Kate right now is to help them get an ADA / Mobility Works van, so that they can have the ability to get to work, get around Denver, and have some fun and eventually get back into the mountains again. These vans are not cheap; just the accessibility kit costs nearly $40,000. As we try to find a used, safe and good value van, we are probably looking at $50,000 total for a nearly 10 year old van with +/- 70,000 miles. (Check the photo album to see Steve's potential new ride!)

Please help us push towards $50,000 so a van can be purchased as soon as possible and pass this link around to let people know what an impact these funds will have for Steve, Kate and his family.

With love, gratitude and hope,

Brian

August 29, 2022

Your support will help Steve with many of his uninsured expenses like this amazing rehabilitation gym and program.

Check out this video!