24 Aug 2014

Challenge


It is all funny game. Not only that Awareness also behind in this,And leads every one in to exciting movement.i.e `The Ice Bucket Challenge`, sometimes called the ALS Ice Bucket Challenge. Is an activity involving dumping a bucket of ice water on one's head to promote awareness of the disease amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS) and encourage donations to research.It went viral throughout social media during mid 2014.In the United Kingdom, people also participate in the challenge for the Motor Neurone Disease Association.The challenge dares nominated participants to be filmed having a bucket of ice water poured on their heads and challenging others to do the same. A common stipulation is that nominated people have 24 hours to comply or forfeit by way of a charitable financial donation.
Corey Griffin: Co-founder of the ice bucket challenge, Corey Griffin, died on Wednesday, in a diving accident hours after raising $100,000 for ALS, say reports.
Inspired by Pete Frates, a friend who was diagnosed with ALS,a neurodegenerative disease, Griffin launched the ice bucket challenge to raise awareness and funds for the disease.On the night of August 15, after making a call to his father from Nantucket Island Griffin drowned after diving from the roof of the Juice Guys building into Nantucket Harbor. Griffin was in town to do more fundraising for ALS research.
Challenge Rules: The ice bucket challenge that involves participants to accept a previous participant's challenge within 24 hours or donate $100 to the ALS Association proved to be an instant hit. Celebrities from David Beckham and Taylor Swift, to former US presidents like George Bush also participated in the challenge. So far, the ALS Association has received $31.5 million in donations from July 29 to August 20, compared to $1.9 million in the same period last year.`He was so happy to be able to help [Frates],` Corey Griffin's father said.

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