The Ice Bucket Problem

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The Ice Bucket started in Sarasota, Florida with a student named Chris Kennedy. He was nominated by a friend of his to participate, which in that time had nothing to do with the ALS Association. Participants on that time were choosing their own charity donations. Chris friend decided and choice a charity that was going to benefit a young child with cancer closed to the area. From there Kennedy passed the challenge along, he selected the ALS charity because he knew a relative was passing through this disease. From there he later nominated his wife’s cousin whose husband Anthony was suffering from ALS.
The first video that was posted on July 15 appears to be Kennedys in which it was linked by the Ice Bucket Challenge and also ALS. They raised
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Maybe you know someone who accepted this challenge or someone who has donated for this cause? Maybe you don’t really know the purpose of the Ice Bucket Challenge starts as a game people nominate their own friends or relatives for the purpose to donate money to the ALS Association. You dumped a bucket of ice water on you and you dare other to also follow the challenge. If people don’t accept the challenge they would donate money instead. To get an idea what the Ice Bucket Challenge looks like take a look at some videos from YouTube or the social media of celebrities dumping ice of buckets of water in their heads. This Challenge has rules to follow anyone can participate. If you don’t want to record or post a video in the moment that you’re about do the challenge there is a ALS website you can donate and its more easy. You have a timeless of 24 hours to accept the challenge and complete …show more content…
Human beings starts to lose control of his or her muscles and eventually end not speaking, eating or even breathing. By donating money you’re saving a life to end living a couple of years more. The Bucket Challenge started last year during July-August 2014 became a successful campaign. After a week the Ice Bucket Challenge went on viral they were still people dumping ice buckets on their heads, and the ALS Association still continues collecting money. The organization received $5.5 million for the Lou Gehrig disease research since July 29, comparing to $32,000 in the same period from last

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