ALS Ice Bucket Challenge: Every August Until a Cure!

Twelve years after the Ice Bucket Challenge captured the world’s attention, people living with ALS are still waiting for a cure. Help us keep our promise, support ALS research and provide hope to families affected by this devastating disease.

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A Promise We Continue To Keep

In August 2014, millions of people around the world poured buckets of ice water over their heads and helped bring unprecedented attention and funding to ALS.

For our family, the challenge was deeply personal. My brother, Christopher, was living with ALS. For the first time, it felt as though the whole world was paying attention to the disease that had changed every part of our lives.

That summer, we made a promise.

We would take the ALS Ice Bucket Challenge every August until there is a cure.

Christopher died from ALS in 2016, but our promise did not end.

Every August, we take the challenge in his memory, in support of everyone living with ALS today and with hope for a future without this devastating disease.

Watch Us Keep Our Promise

Every August, we take the Ice Bucket Challenge in memory of Christopher and in solidarity with every person and family affected by ALS.

Watch us keep the promise we made in 2014.

Then help us continue the challenge by donating, sharing our message or taking the Ice Bucket Challenge yourself.

The Challenge Is Not Over

The Ice Bucket Challenge changed the future of ALS research by bringing extraordinary awareness and support to the disease.

There has been meaningful progress since 2014, but people are still being diagnosed with ALS. Families are still facing enormous physical, emotional and financial challenges. There is still no cure.

We cannot allow the attention that began with the Ice Bucket Challenge to disappear while families continue to wait.

Your donation helps ALS Double Play continue turning awareness into meaningful action.

Your donation helps ALS Double Play:

• Advance ALS research through the Christopher Chiu Fellowship at the University of Toronto

• Provide meaningful support to individuals and families affected by ALS

• Raise awareness so that ALS and the people living with it are never forgotten

• Bring our community together to help make ALS history

Every contribution, regardless of its size, helps us continue this important work.

Your Donation Creates Hope

Donate to Make ALS History

ALS Ice Bucket Challenge Origin Story

In summer 2014, the ALS Ice Bucket Challenge spread around the world as people posted videos, donated, and nominated friends to keep the chain going. The challenge became closely associated with people living with ALS and advocates who helped amplify it — including Anthony Senerchia, Pete Frates, and Pat Quinn — turning a simple idea into a global movement.

What 2014 donations helped make possible

The original 2014 Ice Bucket Challenge sparked worldwide participation and raised major funding for ALS organizations. Those donations helped accelerate research efforts, expand collaboration, and support work that improved understanding of ALS biology — pushing the field forward faster than it would have otherwise.