Why als ice bucket challenge?
To simulate how it feels to have als. For a split second when you dump the water it feels like your paralyzed. Basically to put yourself in the position of a person who has als.
I don't want to do the ice bucket challenge?
Does that make me a bad person? I support the als association.but the thought of pouring ice on myself seems ridiculous.also I'm jobless considering on a tight college schedule so I can't donate $100.does this make me a bad person lol?
Why was it called the "Ice Bucket Challenge"?
The Ice Bucket Challenge is an activity involving dumping a bucket of ice water on one's head. The challenge is to dump a bucket of ice on your head. Ice is cold, and hard. So it hurts and freezes you at the same time.Watch this video to see Justin Bieber taking Ice Bucket Challenge.Justin Bieber was challenged by his manager Scooter Braun, and he then nominated U.S President Barack Obama and comedians Ellen DeGeneres and Chris D'Elia.
How did the ice bucket challenge raise money?
How does the Ice Bucket Challenge raise money?It doesn't anymore.It was a one-time in history event that, like all other such social media phenomena, caught fire in an inscrutable way. It was simple, the rules were somewhat fluid, and it appealed to people's personal vanity while also allowing involvement in Slacktivism - Wikipedia. As a Person(s) with ALS (PALS - Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis or ALS, aka Lou Gehrig's Disease, was the disease for which the IBC raised money) I don't really mind the last as long as it raised awareness and funds for research. It did raise an unprecedented amount of money in one year (actually just a few months over the summer of 2014) and "ALS" is now a familiar term to much of the general public. I have been in the ALS awareness and activism game since I was diagnosed in 2005 and the landscape is very much changed since the IBC.There's a lot of discussion still going on regarding the largest recipient of funding from the IBC and the use of the funds, but that's a totally separate discussion. I will say that it was a completely misguided and lazy idea to try to artificially re-do the IBC the following year and, exactly as I predicted, was a major failure. I was on "the Internet" before it was public and made my career of building and maintaining the systems on which it lives, so I think I have a clear idea of what thrives or dives there.The IBC "went viral" because it allowed people to express personal creativity in a wide variety of ways and pose a challenge to friends to do better while supporting a very good and quite-underserved cause - even if most people didn't know the "Foundation" they were supporting. The organization is called "the ALS Association" (ALSA), not "the ALS Foundation" as the majority of videos called it. Another great organization, which I personally support, the ALS Therapy Development Institute (ALS-TDI), also received a large boost in funds. Even my own very small research organization, SciOpen Research Group, received a small amount due to the IBC.It will never be repeated. Such phenomena are ethereal in existence - here for a moment and then gone forever like a cloud on a summer day.
ALS ice bucket challenge question?
You are not obligated to do the challenge or donate but donations are appreciated. Nominations are not monitored and it's really just a trend for a "good cause." (I put that in quotes because everybody is doing the challenge and almost nobody is donating so in reality it makes almost no money for the cause.) Basically they're telling you that you should but again, nobody is forcing you, especially if you're on a tight financial budget like I am. I myself didn't do the challenge or donate because I don't have money or the desire to dump ice water on my head. I hope this helps!
Is the rice bucket challenge better than the ALS ice bucket challenge?
I think Rice Bucket Challenge is far much better than Ice Bucket Challenge at least in India. I personally think the [Ice Bucket Challenge] is ideal for the American demographic. But in India, we have loads of other causes to promote. Till now the ALS has raised around 89 million and i think we should give a desi twist to ice bucket challenge. A third of India's 1.2 billion people live on less than 50 INR a day, and a kilogram of rice, costs between 25 INR. A family of four would go through roughly 20kg of rice a month. So, its wise to give food to needy rather than pouring water where more than 100 million people lack access to clean drinking water.thanks for a2a Arthi Arun
What is the relationship between ALS and the ice bucket challenge?
Thanks for A2A. :) okay, the most simple answer is :ALS is a brain disease in which brains neurons die and the ice bucket challenge was made to spread awareness for it and to hopefully get funding on a cure(till this day "theres no cure").That's about it.
How is the Ice Bucket Challenge related to ALS disease?
The Ice Bucket Challenge financially supports and brings greater awareness of ALS.