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Strikeout ALS: Every August Until a Cure

On August 3, 2019August 20, 2020
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Strikeout ALS

Five years ago, the fight to find a cure for ALS reached new heights through the Ice Bucket Challenge and continues today. Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS) has long been associated with baseball since New York Yankees’ Hall of Famer Lou Gehrig was diagnosed in 1939. The disease has hit home at Boston College too often and the BC baseball team’s mission to combat the disease began with the diagnosis of former captain Pete Frates (’07), who was diagnosed in 2012 at the age of 27.

The Ice Bucket Challenge was started in the summer of 2014 and began to go viral through the effort of its participants to shine a light on various charities. Frates, Anthony Senerchia Jr. of Pelham, N.Y. and Pat Quinn of Yonkers, N.Y., all ALS patients, brought the campaign into the ALS world and put into motion the most impactful fundraising effort in the 145 years since ALS was discovered.

In 2014 alone, $115 million was raised by the ALS Association, through the Ice Bucket Challenge, for research. In less than two years, the money raised in 2014 helped scientists discover a new gene tied to ALS.

The initial Ice Bucket Challenge captured the attention of the country and spread overseas. That momentum is responsible for new developments in research toward finding a cure, but the fight is not over. The ALS Association is committed to continuing advanced research through fundraising and keeping the Ice Bucket Challenge as an annual tradition; “Every August Until A Cure”.


TURN BACK THE CLOCK: ICE BUCKET CHALLENGE 2014

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NCIS LA

✔@NCISLA

ALS #IceBucketChallenge continues as @ChrisODonnell challenges the cast of #NCISLA

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5:35 PM – Aug 14, 2014
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BC Eagles ????

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Baldwin’s #icebucketchallenge. Calling @GoNUathletics, @GatorZoneNews, @Hokiesports, @ICGaels & @NHLBruins mascots… http://youtu.be/g1sihk5151M 

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4:44 PM – Aug 5, 2014
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✔@BCFootball

.@BCFootballNews‘ Steve Addazio takes the #IceBucketChallenge & challenges @SportsCenter‘s @espnSteveLevy #kALS https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gsPGBjErVB4 …

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11:15 AM – Aug 7, 2014
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Hollywood Stars Accept the Challenge

Water.org

✔@Water

Matt Damon did your #IceBucketChallenge @BenAffleck + @jimmykimmel and it involves a toilet: http://bit.ly/1BVuOos 

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12:14 PM – Aug 25, 2014
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Mark Hamill

✔@HamillHimself

Challenge accepted. Thanks a lot @ridley_daisy http://youtu.be/TfnqppqUBOI  #StrikeOutALS #IceBucketChallenge

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8:20 PM – Aug 24, 2014
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olivia wilde

✔@oliviawilde

Can’t say no to Mitt Romney… except, ya know, when we did. http://m.youtube.com/watch?v=CVjnf1trik8 … @jasonsudeikis #IceBucketChallenge

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7:50 PM – Aug 23, 2014
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Ian McKellen

✔@IanMcKellen

I accept #IceBucketChallenge @GeorgeTakei + @TheRealLukevans,& challenge Laura Linney, Derek Jacobi, Anthony Hopkins! http://bit.ly/XG9J21 

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4:18 PM – Aug 22, 2014
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John Krasinski

✔@johnkrasinski

Emily’s #IceBucketChallenge … kind of.

Emily: “That’s not how it works!”
John: “Mmm… I’m pretty sure it is.”http://youtu.be/uFx13CfJrBA 

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8:19 PM – Aug 19, 2014
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Sports Spreads the ALS Message

The World’s Most Influential People Take The Challenge

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Stefan Lessard accepted the #IceBucketChallenge from Pearl Jam’s Mike McCready! Watch it now: http://youtu.be/sj658p28zgw  #StrikeOutALS

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6:00 PM – Aug 24, 2014
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Boyz II Men

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@shawnstockman crushing the #icebucketchallenge – You’re on the clock @Jumpman23 @BrunoMars and @billyjoel ! — http://youtu.be/HPSyIDIkqbA 

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2:54 PM – Aug 20, 2014
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Faith Hill

✔@FaithHill

I was challenged by @Reba to do the #ALS #IceBucketChallenge! I nominate #NicoleKidman @RitaWilson & @AdamSandler http://bit.ly/XyyywG 

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3:17 PM – Aug 19, 2014
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Carrie Underwood

✔@carrieunderwood

We did it! Me and @mikefisher1212 took the #IceBucketChallenge your turn @JenniferNettles @TFKTrevor and #SheaWeber http://youtu.be/oKbw6sUeqUk 

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2:46 PM – Aug 16, 2014
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Pearl Jam

✔@PearlJam

Eddie accepts @MikeMcCreadyPJ‘s #IceBucketChallenge & nominates @TimRobbins1, @springsteen & @NiallOfficial. http://youtu.be/HOe12kVXauQ 

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Zac Brown Band

✔@zacbrownband

#IceBucketChallenge accepted! This one’s for you @HunterHayes & @vineyardvines. See who we challenge to #StrikeOutALS http://youtu.be/MbeU4L2OXm0 

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  1. selena jacque says:
    August 9, 2019 at 8:35 pm

    My mother was diagnosed with ALS in May 2014. Her doctor put her on riluzole, letting her know there was no cure but the medication might provide her a few more months of delayed symptoms. ALS progresses at different rates and affects different body parts first. My mother, being 80 at the time, fell into a category of what they call “fast progression” (older female). Her arms weakened first, then her hands, her mouth, and throat, and finally her lungs. Throughout her two-and-a-half-year ordeal, she was able to walk with assistance. All the while she continued to take the riluzole. If it bought my mother any time, we will never know. Her neurologist told us that if she couldn’t afford it, there was no real need to take it. She lost touch with reality. Suspecting it was the medication I took her off the riluzole (with the doctors knowledge) and started her on the ALS natural herbal formula we ordered from Doctor Hazim , We spoke to few people who used the treatment here in Canada and they all gave a positive response, her symptoms totally declined over 7 weeks use of the ALS disease natural herbal formula. She is now almost 83 and doing very well, the disease is totally reversed! (Visit [email protected]) I am thankful to nature, herbs are truly gift from God. I will keep sharing more awareness, Share with friends!!

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