The Ice Bucket Challenge, sometimes called the ALS Ice Bucket Challenge, is an activity involving dumping a bucket of ice water on someone’s head to promote awareness of the disease amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS) and encourage donations to research.
It went viral on social media and became a pop culture phenomenon, particularly in the United Sates, with numerous celebrities, politicians, athletes, and everyday Americans posting videos of themselves online and on TV participating in the event during July-August 2014.
In the US, many people participate for the ALS Association, and in the UK, many people participate for the Motor Neurone Disease Association, although some individuals have opted to donate their money from the Ice Bucket Challenge to other organizations.
The challenge encourages nominated participants to be filmed having a bucket of ice water poured on their heads and then nominating others to do the same. A common stipulation is that nominated participants have 24 hours to comply or forfeit by way of a charitable financial donation.
Currently, roughly 30,000 people in the United States are suffering from ALS in various stages.
The average life expectancy of a person with ALS is two to five years after diagnosis.
The obstacles facing ALS researchers and fundraisers are formidable because the understanding of the disease and the fundraising are limited in a small scope.
However, after the former Boston College baseball star Pete Frates, 29, who has ALS, began posting about the challenge on Twitter, there was more and more awareness of this devastating disease that was posted to Facebook, YouTube, Twitter or dozens of other websites. Frates is a patient advocate who was awarded the Stephen Heywood Patients Today Award in 2012 for his fundraising and advocacy work.
He is the inspiration behind the ALS Ice Bucket Challenge.
A number of criticisms have arisen relating to the campaign, accusing it of being selfcongratulatory focusing primarily on fun rather than donating money to charity.
Many people also declined the challenge stating that most of the money that is donated to ALS Association “is going into the pockets of Big Pharma”, which is already doing ALS research.
It would be better to actually help someone with ALS and donate money directly to ALS patients.
Some people refused to take part in the challenge because of the use of animal experimentation in ALS research which uses embryonic stem cells in its ALS research.
Some people have also targeted the waste of water, especially in California, due to that region’s ongoing drought.
However, some celebrities including Justin Timberlake and Oprah Winfrey and billionaires like Bill Gates believe in the challenge and the contribution.
They think that it is not only fun but also practical because it is beneficial to ALS researchers.
Though the viral nature of the Ice Bucket Challenge isn’t sustainable, it has succeeded in promoting an understanding of the full scope of ALS.
The Ice Bucket Challenge, sometimes called the ALS Ice Bucket Challenge, is an activity involving dumping a bucket of ice water on someone’s head to promote awareness of the disease amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS) and encourage donations to research.
It went viral on social media and became a pop culture phenomenon, particularly in the United Sates, with numerous celebrities, politicians, athletes, and everyday Americans posting videos of themselves online and on TV participating in the event during July-August 2014.
In the US, many people participate for the ALS Association, and in the UK, many people participate for the Motor Neurone Disease Association, although some individuals have opted to donate their money from the Ice Bucket Challenge to other organizations.
The challenge encourages nominated participants to be filmed having a bucket of ice water poured on their heads and then nominating others to do the same. A common stipulation is that nominated participants have 24 hours to comply or forfeit by way of a charitable financial donation.
Currently, roughly 30,000 people in the United States are suffering from ALS in various stages.
The average life expectancy of a person with ALS is two to five years after diagnosis.
The obstacles facing ALS researchers and fundraisers are formidable because the understanding of the disease and the fundraising are limited in a small scope.
However, after the former Boston College baseball star Pete Frates, 29, who has ALS, began posting about the challenge on Twitter, there was more and more awareness of this devastating disease that was posted to Facebook, YouTube, Twitter or dozens of other websites. Frates is a patient advocate who was awarded the Stephen Heywood Patients Today Award in 2012 for his fundraising and advocacy work.
He is the inspiration behind the ALS Ice Bucket Challenge.
A number of criticisms have arisen relating to the campaign, accusing it of being selfcongratulatory focusing primarily on fun rather than donating money to charity.
Many people also declined the challenge stating that most of the money that is donated to ALS Association “is going into the pockets of Big Pharma”, which is already doing ALS research.
It would be better to actually help someone with ALS and donate money directly to ALS patients.
Some people refused to take part in the challenge because of the use of animal experimentation in ALS research which uses embryonic stem cells in its ALS research.
Some people have also targeted the waste of water, especially in California, due to that region’s ongoing drought.
However, some celebrities including Justin Timberlake and Oprah Winfrey and billionaires like Bill Gates believe in the challenge and the contribution.
They think that it is not only fun but also practical because it is beneficial to ALS researchers.
Though the viral nature of the Ice Bucket Challenge isn’t sustainable, it has succeeded in promoting an understanding of the full scope of ALS.
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