WELCOME TO THE VIC GULAS COMMUNITY OF HOPE WEBSITE 

For the last 10 months, our good friend Vic Gulas has been on a brave and challenging new journey, not one of his choosing, but one whose yoke he has accepted. If you would like to support Vic and others on a similar journey, please READ ON and give serious consideration to making a donation in Vic's honor.  Donation instructions follow.

WEBSITE INDEX 

• Vic's Story
• Donate
• Team Gulas
• What is ALS?
• What is The ALS Association?
• How does the ALS Association Provide Direct Support through its Chapters?
• ALS Association Stewardship

VIC'S STORY

“You have ALS.” Those were the last words I wanted or expected to hear from my doctor at the Anschutz hospital on a beautiful October day in 2018. But it began to make sense after a year of back procedures and surgeries to address a problem with my walking. The initial fog created by those three words has now cleared and I am now preparing for a journey that will surely test me in unexpected and powerful ways. One thing I have learned in the short time of knowing the diagnosis is that family and friends have been a source of joy and positive energy for me. Even though I am a very private person, I realize that I need family and friends to walk with me on this journey. So to those who have tuned in, thanks from the bottom of my heart. God bless!

DONATE

The ALS Association is recognized as exempt from federal income tax under section 501 (c) (3) of the Internal Revenue Code and is registered under statutory laws throughout the U.S. Gifts to The ALS Association are fully tax-deductible to the extent allowed under the Internal Revenue Code.

Note: In considering a donation, you may wish to seek the advice of your tax advisor, accountant or attorney regarding how your particular circumstances may best align with one of the following donation options.

Here are the options in which you can financially support the "Vic Gulas Hope Fund":

1. Website Credit Card Donation
2. Donor Advised Fund
3. IRA
4. Stock and Appreciated Assets
5. Check
6. Multi-Year Pledge
7. Questions

1. Website Credit Card Donation

To make a credit card donation to the "Vic Gulas Hope Fund," please click the red donate button on the right-hand side.

2. Donor Advised Fund

If you have a donor advised fund, you can direct a gift from your fund to the Community of Hope "Vic Gulas Hope Fund."

Please ask your donor advised fund administrator to direct your gift to:

The ALS Association Rocky Mountain Chapter
Community of Hope "Vic Gulas Hope Fund"
10855 Dover St.
Suite 500
Westminster, CO 80021
Tax ID: 84-1337868

Please be sure to provide the Community of Hope "Vic Gulas Hope Fund" name to your administrator to be included with the distribution check.

3. IRA

If you are 70½ or older, you can make a qualified charitable distribution (QCD) from your IRA to the Community of Hope "Vic Gulas Hope Fund." To make this gift, please contact your administrator and have them make your QCD directly to:

The ALS Association Rocky Mountain Chapter
Community of Hope "Vic Gulas Hope Fund"
10855 Dover St.
Suite 500
Westminster, CO 80021
Tax ID: 84-1337868

4. Gift of Stock and Appreciated Assets

If you hold stock or appreciated assets, you can make a gift to the Community of Hope "Vic Gulas Hope Fund" by contacting the Association at info@alsaco.org or by telephoning (303) 832-2322 for information needed to initiate such a gift.

5. Check

Please mail your check payable to the "ALS Association Rocky Mountain Chapter" to the above address. Please use the printable form below. 

6. Multi-Year Pledge

You can also redeem your donation over a two- or three-year pledge period by contacting Ms. Jessica Chapman (ALS Association Director of Planned Giving) -- email jchapman@alsa-national.org or telephone her toll-free at (888) 226-5185.

7. Questions

If you have any questions, please contact Ms. Jessica Chapman.

TEAM GULAS

When we learned of Victor's journey, we approached Maureen and Vic with a suggestion to raise funds for the ALS Association in Vic's name. Following thoughtful consideration, Vic and Mo approved this effort with the only stipulation that any funds raised be equally divided between national research and patient services and support for the Rocky Mountain Chapter. "Team Gulas" members responsible for this website and fund-raising effort include: Nariman Ghafoori, John Moutes, Murli Tolaney, Bob Uhler and Ed Wetzel who are all former professional colleagues and good friends of Vic at MWH Global, Inc. (now Stantec, Inc.)

WHAT IS ALS?

To learn more about ALS, click here.

WHAT IS THE ALS ASSOCIATION?

To learn more about The ALS Association, click here.

HOW THE ASSOCIATION PROVIDES DIRECT SUPPORT THROUGH ITS CHAPTERS

The Rocky Mountain Chapter assists families by guiding and supporting each of them while living with ALS:

• A mother caring for her 24-year-old daughter, who has been living with ALS since she was diagnosed on her 20th birthday, appreciated the ability to bathe her daughter under running water for the first time in years after we delivered a special tub-slide rolling shower chair.
• A husband, having to learn how to care for and move his wife from the hospital bed to a power wheelchair came into our Learning Lab (equipment demo room) to learn how to use a patient lift and dress his wife while in bed both safely and carefully, so as not to hurt her or himself.
• The wife of a person with ALS and their daughter came to their first support group and felt enormous relief in knowing that they were not alone in this journey and that answers to their questions on how they move forward and live with ALS were only a phone call away to their Care Coordinator at the Association. The family was able to connect with others that are not only dealing with the devastating physical changes, but dementia, as well, and the compounding effect.

As people with ALS access better treatments, they are living longer, fuller lives, providing an opportunity for programming to grow and evolve at the Chapter. The Association aspires to offer $1,000 Quality of Life Grant for each person with ALS every year to help offset a wide range of expenses associated with the disease. Your gift can help make this aspiration a reality.

ALS ASSOCIATION STEWARDSHIP

Committed to being excellent stewards of gifts entrusted to our organization, please click here to view The ALS Association's financial statements and 990.

Prefer to make a donation by check? Print and submit this form with your gift.