Als Ice Bucket Challenge Research Paper
Kristian Swiney
August 25, 2014
Period 5
Financial event
ALS Ice Bucket Challenge
The ALS ice bucket challenge is a fund raiser for ALS research that involves having ice water poured over you. Comes with the risk of a heart attack though, and may not happen right away. ALS is amyotrophic lateral sclerosis, called Lou Gehrig's disease after the baseball player who died of it. Similar to multiple sclerosis. ALS is a chronic progressive degenerative and fatal disease where the brain stops sending messages to the nerves and muscles.
The ALS Ice Bucket Challenge affects the world by raising awareness for the disease Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis and by people donating money to help the cause. Same goes for your country, state, even your own city.
It spreads awareness to people who have no idea what it is by having a challenge of pouring a bucket of ice, and water, on you. The idea was that you get nominated by a person and you have to nominate three other people after you do it. If you don’t do it then you’re supposed to donate any amount of money to the organization. As of today, the ALS foundation has raised $22.9 million dollars. That's up from $13.1 million Sunday and blasts through last year's total of $1.9 million. My opinion on this challenge is that it is a good way to get the word out about this disease because they figured out a way so that it’s fun and that all ages can do it. It is a positive way to get people to donate by having fun with the challenge and by being able to challenge their friends after they are done.
August 25, 2014
Period 5
Financial event
ALS Ice Bucket Challenge
The ALS ice bucket challenge is a fund raiser for ALS research that involves having ice water poured over you. Comes with the risk of a heart attack though, and may not happen right away. ALS is amyotrophic lateral sclerosis, called Lou Gehrig's disease after the baseball player who died of it. Similar to multiple sclerosis. ALS is a chronic progressive degenerative and fatal disease where the brain stops sending messages to the nerves and muscles.
The ALS Ice Bucket Challenge affects the world by raising awareness for the disease Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis and by people donating money to help the cause. Same goes for your country, state, even your own city.
It spreads awareness to people who have no idea what it is by having a challenge of pouring a bucket of ice, and water, on you. The idea was that you get nominated by a person and you have to nominate three other people after you do it. If you don’t do it then you’re supposed to donate any amount of money to the organization. As of today, the ALS foundation has raised $22.9 million dollars. That's up from $13.1 million Sunday and blasts through last year's total of $1.9 million. My opinion on this challenge is that it is a good way to get the word out about this disease because they figured out a way so that it’s fun and that all ages can do it. It is a positive way to get people to donate by having fun with the challenge and by being able to challenge their friends after they are done.