Warm Ice Water, “ALS Ice Bucket Challenge”

Do you know the world-wide syndrome “Ice Bucket Challenge”?
Today, I’d like to introduce this campaign.

 

 < 빌게이츠 Bill Gates>

 

Ice Bucket Challenge or ALS Ice Bucket Challenge is a social campaign to help the people who have ALS which is known for Lou Gehrig's disease.
A person pours ice water on himself or donates money to association of ALS in America.


This movement which was started from summer in 2014 spread quickly and now it became a worldwide syndrome.
It has increased its fundraising from $50,000 to $15600,000 just for 1 year.

Then, why do people pour "ice water" on themselves?


Because ice water can make people feel the similar pain of Lou Gehrig's disease which contracts muscle as body is paralyzed with the cold ice water.


This campaign starts with taking a video. First, the participant designates next 3 people whom he wants to join this challenge, and let the them pour the ice water on themselves, or donate $100 to the association of ALS within 24 hours.

And then, the next participants just pour the ice water on themselves. However, pouring ice water becomes a sort of trend so that many people both pour ice water and donate.


Actually, this campaign comes from this.


“Cold Water Challenge” which people enter cold water instead of ice water became a trend in 2013, but it was criticized for the reason that it has a health risk. However, the “Cold Water Challenge” became a trend again because a man whose names is Amado Huizar challenged with a suggestion of completing the challenge by entering water or donating to the others. This movement has become a trend also in New Zealand, encouraging donation to Cancer Society.


Then a golf channel in America started this challenge with ice water instead of cold water on June 30, 2014. After then, a golfer Chris Kennedy challenged to his niece, Jeanette Senerchia whose husband is Lou Gehrig's disease patient. And Senerchia posted an “Ice Bucket Challenge” video which was taken by her daughter on a social network. Pat Quinn, a Lou Gehrig's disease patient who watched this video posted that on his facebook, and it seemed to be a growing trend.

I’d like to briefly introduce some celebrities who got the “ALS Ice Bucket Challenge.”

<조인성 Inseong Cho>

                                                         <양동근 Dongeun Yang>


I can feel cool and funny just by looking at these photos.


As celebrities participate in this donation, I’m giving my attention to Lou Gehrig's disease and I also want to participate in this campaign too although I’m just an ordinary person.

As far as I know, there is not clear remedy for the disease, I hope long-stay hospitals for Lou Gehrig's disease could be constructed and research in the treatment will be developed continually.


And I really hope that donations from many people all over the world can be used for curing all the patients who are suffering from Lou Gehrig's disease as soon as possible.

Warm Ice Water, “ALS Ice Bucket Challenge” keeps going on~!!