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Speed2K 08-16-2014 03:41 PM

ALS Ice Bucket Challenge
 
Someone posted a video from the ALS Ice Bucket Challenge on the Canuck thread; I didn't know much about ALS so I googled it.

So what is ALS?

From ALS Canada website:

Quote:

Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (also known as Lou Gehrig's disease) is a fatal neurodegenerative disease. People living with the disease become progressively paralyzed due to degeneration of the upper and lower motor neurons in the brain and spinal cord. Eighty per cent of people with ALS die within two to five years of diagnosis– unable to breathe or swallow. Ten per cent of those affected may live for 10 years or longer.

Other neurodegenerative diseases include Alzheimer's disease, Huntington's disease and Parkinson's disease. According to the World Health Organization, neurodegenerative diseases are predicted to surpass cancer as the second leading cause of death in Canada by 2040.

ALS has no known cure or effective treatment yet. For every person diagnosed with ALS, a person living with ALS dies. Approximately 2,500 - 3,000 Canadians currently live with this fatal disease.
The ALS Ice Bucket Challenge is being used to raise awareness and funds for ALS.

Here are my favorite, top 10, challenges that I thought were quite creative and fun to watch.

BizNasty (aka:Paul Bissonnette)

Bill Gates:

New England Patriots:

Some random dude named DJ.

NY Jets:

PK Subban:

Jimmy Fallon:

Marian Gaborik:

Ronda Roussey:

Conan O'brien (this one is hilarious)

trip 08-16-2014 04:36 PM

started one and sent out a few challenges a few hours ago

should have chose a warmer day lol

RRxtar 08-16-2014 04:46 PM

this is a pretty sweet idea! awesome how many rich/celebrity people are getting involved as well! havent seen any regular folk on my facebook get challenged yet tho

boatcaptain 08-16-2014 06:02 PM

my previous boss pass away from ALS :(

SupraMan604 08-16-2014 08:44 PM

My father currently has ALS....:(
Glad all those celebrities are helping to do something about it.

parm104 08-16-2014 09:34 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by SupraMan604 (Post 8517592)
My father currently has ALS....:(
Glad all those celebrities are helping to do something about it.

May God give your father the strength to fight through this difficult time. Thoughts and prayers are with you and your family.

sam0m0 08-16-2014 11:05 PM





blkgsr 08-17-2014 01:14 AM

are any other these pros/celebrities doing any donations or are they just making videos??

because unless they're doing something more than making a 2 min video and challenging others to do the same it's not really doing much more than getting the name out there....while i understand that is a good thing on it's own, the money can actually be used for research

asian_XL 08-17-2014 02:02 AM


rsx 08-17-2014 05:35 AM

Prepare for girls to be taking this "challenge" so they can wear skimpy clothing and get wet...

dangonay 08-17-2014 06:17 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by blkgsr (Post 8517653)
are any other these pros/celebrities doing any donations or are they just making videos??

because unless they're doing something more than making a 2 min video and challenging others to do the same it's not really doing much more than getting the name out there....while i understand that is a good thing on it's own, the money can actually be used for research

The donations this year are already millions ahead of last year for the same time period, so it appears this challenge is doing what it should: bringing awareness to ALS and raising money. How is any of this bad?

Everyone knows about HIV, cancer, diabetes and even Parkinson's (Michael J Fox). How many people really know anything about ALS?

jeedee 08-17-2014 07:06 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by rsx (Post 8517674)
Prepare for girls to be taking this "challenge" so they can wear skimpy clothing and get wet...

that sounds pretty awesome to me

Tim Budong 08-17-2014 09:32 AM


dangonay 08-17-2014 10:23 AM

^ YES. Finally someone called out Trump. I wanna see if his hair holds up. :)

And Kermit The Frog? Epic choice.

nah 08-17-2014 01:35 PM

The story of how this started...

http://espn.go.com/video/clip?id=espn:11366483

pinn3r 08-17-2014 02:06 PM


frozen 08-17-2014 03:20 PM

Ya, eventually this ALS ice bucket challenge crap will spread like cancer with morons just promoting themselves rather than donating $.

tiger_handheld 08-17-2014 05:42 PM

https://secure.e2rm.com/registrant/d...%2fen%2fdonate

I don't know much about ALS or what it does, so these videos did increase my awareness of it. If you guys wanna actually donate some money....

flawless 08-17-2014 05:53 PM

Here are some more:

The best Ice Bucket Challenge videos from the rich and famous | The Verge

blkgsr 08-17-2014 06:19 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by dangonay (Post 8517676)
The donations this year are already millions ahead of last year for the same time period, so it appears this challenge is doing what it should: bringing awareness to ALS and raising money. How is any of this bad?

Everyone knows about HIV, cancer, diabetes and even Parkinson's (Michael J Fox). How many people really know anything about ALS?


if the money is coming in the i guess it's doing exactly what i hoped it was....reread what i wrote

murd0c 08-17-2014 08:14 PM

I just find it so cool that the richest and most powerful people in the world are doing this challenge.. It's kinda neat seeing them act like regular people on this rare ocassion

FerrariEnzo 08-18-2014 06:42 AM

People whos wearing suits and other heavy type clothing wouldnt really feel the coldness... lol

underscore 08-18-2014 02:02 PM

Charlie Sheen did it, with a twist:

http://i.imgur.com/Bnqy9Lx.gif

Weird Al got in on it too:

http://i.imgur.com/K4EwLeM.gif

http://i.imgur.com/mpys6IZ.gif

http://i.imgur.com/ZmsqWLJ.gif

http://i.imgur.com/bb3EU2u.gif

http://i.imgur.com/WTri1zX.gif

murd0c 08-18-2014 02:27 PM

If the pope did it the ice/water would evaporate before it touched him

Ch28 08-18-2014 02:31 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by underscore (Post 8518230)
Charlie Sheen did it, with a twist:

http://i.imgur.com/Bnqy9Lx.gif

That's actually really cool of him.

Not like 10k is going to matter since he makes like 1+ mill per episode lol


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