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2014 ALS ICE BUCKET CHALLENGE A brief history of the summer that changed the ﬁght against this disease forever The ALS Association is incredibly grateful for the tremendous outpouring of support we received. This timeline demonstrates how the challenge unfolded and the incredible impact of social influence in the age of social media. Thanks to you, the world witnessed the generosity of the human spirit on a grander scale than ever before.

July 15 July 16 Pro golfer Chris Kennedy, challenges his wife’s cousin, challenge and posts her video to Facebook. The challenge husband Anthony has ALS. spreads throughout their hometown, Pelham, New York, “What started out as a small and then to Pat Quinn, also gesture to put a smile on living with ALS, in Yonkers. Anthony’s face and bring some awareness to this terrible

something we never could have dreamed of,” Kennedy said.

-Time Magazine, July 31 August 18, 2015 $50K Pat Quinn’s friends and family embrace the challenge, and it spreads Aug. 5 to Pete Frates in Boston. Pete is the former captain of the Boston College baseball team. The ALS Ice fundraising over what it Bucket Challenge picks up raised the previous year during steam and soon all of Boston is doing it. $4M

Aug. 12 Aug. 7 “ We have never seen anything like this in the history of Hundreds of people take out ﬁrst press release the disease,” said the ALS Ice Bucket about the ALS Ice Bucket Barbara Newhouse, Challenge in Copely Challenge, having raised President and CEO of The ALS Association. Square in Boston. (since July 29) a total of “We couldn’t be more Boston.com openly $4 million compared to thrilled with the Aug. 6 level of compassion, $1.1 million during the generosity and sense New York and Los of humor that people are exhibiting Lynn Aaronson takes the challenge on live Angeles to do the same. previous year. as they take part in TV with the NBC aﬃliate in Boston. this impactful viral initiative.”

Aug. 15

Bill Gates accepts Mark Zuckerberg’s ALS Ice Bucket Challenge and nomi- Aug. 17 nates Elon Musk, Ryan Seacrest and - pate and raise awareness for ALS. a total of $13.3 million in

the ALS Ice Bucket Challenge. $13.3M Aug. 19 Aug. 18 New York Yankees team captain Tonight Show host Derek Jeter takes the challenge. Jimmy Fallon takes Jeter acknowledges the legendary the ALS Ice Bucket Yankee, Lou Gehrig, who suﬀered Challenge and nominates the at age 36. July 4, 2014, marked the New York Jets. 75th anniversary of Gehrig’s famous speech at Yankee Stadium.

Aug. 21 Aug. 20 Actor and Comedian David Spade, whose uncle overnight. Unique website visitors to ALSA.org also peak at died of ALS, donates $100,000 4.5 million (compared with about 20,000 on a typical day before the ALS Ice Bucket Challenge).

Aug. 25

Actor Leonardo DiCaprio Aug.27 takes the challenge and donates $100,000 to The Homer Simpson takes the ALS Ice Bucket Challenge.

$100M Aug. 29 Aug. 31

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