The ice bucket challenge sometimes called the als ice bucket challenge was an activity involving the dumping of a bucket of ice water over a person s head either by another person or self administered to promote awareness of the disease amyotrophic lateral sclerosis als also known as motor neuron disease and in the us as lou gehrig s disease and encourage donations to research.
Als ice bucket challenge logo.
And anthony senerchia played a significant role in getting.
Lou gehrig used with permission of the rip van winkle foundation.
The als ice bucket challenge went viral and raised 115 million during two months in 2014 money that went largely to fund research.
During this time als researchers made scientific advances care for people living with als expanded and investment in disease research from the federal government grew.
The als ice bucket challenge raised awareness of the disease and record contributions of more than 100 million dollars for research.
See the als ice bucket challenge progress.
That success is sending supporters of other causes behind.