Ice Bucket Challenges

Ceventa · August 2014

Have you all been seeing the ice bucket challenges going around to raise awareness and money for ALS? I really love watching them, they are too funny. I have a couple favorites, but I have to say Dave Grohl's video where he made it Carrie themed tops them all so far! Nothing like seeing Dave Grohl ugly cry to make you laugh out loud.

I was nominated yesterday to do it, time to get the ice water ready!

Here's the video: Foo Fighters Ice Bucket Challenge

tsmith312 · August 2014

We are doing it as a company. My department goes tomorrow .

CruiseGirl28 · August 2014

It is huge around here. DH and I did it together, but almost everyone I know has done it. It was all over my newsfeed like 2 weeks ago. Everyone is trying to one-up each other with it too

Ceventa · August 2014

@babycaps So sorry for your loss :-(

mfarmer0811 · August 2014

I love watching them and the awareness it's raising for such a cruel and heart wrenching disease.

I loved Alison Sweeney's and George W. Bush's!

BTBergstrom · August 2014

I find it annoying all over my fb news feed...just donate and move on

mfarmer0811 · August 2014

lovethatdirtywater said:
@mfarmer0811 I'm no fan of GWB, but I really liked his too.

@lovethatdirtywater‌ yeah, I figured that could have been an UO!

fish8412 · August 2014

I did the challenge but can't afford to donate. I wish I could!

cdnmomma · August 2014

Mh and I did it and we donated. It's a great cause.

amdecker1016 · August 2014

CANADIANGIRL2987 said:
Here are the fails I was laughing so hard I had tears in my eyes!

https://theconcourse.deadspin.com/a-compilation-of-people-fucking-up-the-ice-bucket-chall-1623806797/+barryap

I was just about to share this!!

mfarmer0811 · August 2014

So freaking funny!!!!!

linzerd · August 2014

It was started in Boston by Pete Frates, he was a BC baseball star, is only 29, and his wife is pregnant. It's pretty sad. People have totally tweeked the challenge though. If you are nominated you are supposed to do it within 24 hours and donate $10, if you don't do it then you are supposed to donate $100. Simple as that. Such a horrible disease. https://petefrates.com
https://espn.go.com/video/clip?id=11366483&ex_cid=espnapi_internal

dancer7889 · August 2014

It's all over my newsfeed. I think it's a great idea, but I feel like some people are doing it because its "the cool thing to do" but have no idea what ALS actually is.

DH was nominated so I'm sure ill be nominated soon.

mfarmer0811 · August 2014

@dancer7889‌ this blog really puts things in perspective.

https://www.bostern.com/blog/2014/08/15/what-an-als-family-really-thinks-about-the-ice-bucket-challenge/

MA&CB · August 2014

We just did it tonight. I had mixed feelings about it because my dad died of ALS in 2005, but I'm so overwhelmed and overjoyed by the money and awareness it's raised, that I've been converted

And honestly, my dad would have loved it and not hesitated to do it himself.

Aliki · August 2014

bsouls said:

It actually didn't start with Pete Frates - he was just the first to request people to donate to ALS and then it took off. I actually thought it was pretty stupid when I saw Matt Lauer do it on the Today Show after he was nominated by a golfer. At that point people just had to donate to any charity, if they refused the challenge. But, since it was a game amongst people who were well to do - they seemed to be doing it and donating money to charities.

Actually Matt Lauer's ice bucket thing predates the whole ALS thing, and had nothing to do with ALS, that's why they were just donating to charities of their choice. People misconstrued it and assume it's related to ALS but it's actually not.

DTNZ4Ever · August 2014

DH and I did it. DS1 did it too we all made donations. The way we have been passing it along was take the challenge and donate $10 if you don't do the ice bucket then donate $100.