3. #ALSICEBUCKETCHALLENGE
INVOLVES DUMPING A BUCKET OF
ICE WATER OVER YOUR HEAD TO
RAISE AWARENESS AND PROMOTE
DONATIONS FOR AMYOTROPHIC
LATERAL SCLEROSIS (ALS).
MATT LAUER
MARK ZUCKERBERG BILL GATES PATRIOTS NFL TEAM
4. RULES
1. BE CHALLENGED
1. RECORD A VIDEO
a. ACCEPT CHALLENGE
b. POUR BUCKET OF WATER
ON HEAD (PREFERABLY
COLD)
c. CHALLENGE OTHERS
3. SHARE
4. DONATE
– $10 IF ACCEPTED
– $100 IF CHALLENGE NOT
ACCEPTED
CHALLENGE MUST BE
COMPLETED WITHIN 24 HOURS
5. WHAT IS ALS?
STEPHEN HAWKING
• AMYOTROPHIC LATERAL SCLEROSIS OR ALS IS A DISEASE IN WHICH CERTAIN NERVE
CELLS IN THE BRAIN AND SPINAL CORD SLOWLY DIE.
• EVERYDAY, AN AVERAGE OF 15 PEOPLE ARE NEWLY DIAGNOSED WITH ALS. AS
MANY AS 30,000 AMERICANS MAY CURRENTY BE LIVING WITH ALS.
• ALSO CALLED LOU GEHRIG’S DISEASE.
• AVERAGE LIFE EXPECTENCY OF A PERSON WITH ALS IS 2 TO 5 YEARS.
6. HOW IT BEGAN…
petefrates.com
THE CHALLENGE WAS STARTED BY PETE
FRATES, A FORMER DIVISION 1 BASEBALL
PLAYER FOR BOSTON COLLEGE AND HAS
LIVED WITH ALS SINCE 2012.