The ALS Ice Bucket Challenge – redux

Before school even started, one student in my class, Trevor, accepted the ALS Ice Bucket Challenge, but then passed it along to me!

As soon as school was in session this fall, we gathered the class outside with lots of water, including a big cold bucket of ice water. The students got me thoroughly wet! It was great, but c-c-c-cold!

Tonight, like thousands of others who participated this summer and fall, I received this letter:

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We are pleased to announce that thanks to your support over $2 million
was raised in British Columbia and the Yukon from the ALS Ice Bucket
Challenge. Over $16 million was  raised in Canada for research and
patient services!

Through a partnership with Brain Canada, the ALS Societies across Canada
will contribute $10 million of these funds to ALS research.  This will
be matched by Brain Canada, doubling the money to $20 million for ALS
research.

The remaining $6 Million will go to support people living with ALS
through service programs administered by the provincial ALS Societies.

The ALS Ice Bucket Challenge was an unprecedented, unplanned event that
went viral.  The success worldwide was outstanding. The responsibility
of accountability and stewardship is now in our hands.  You have our
promise to follow through.  We believe we can build on this success to
reach our goal of a world without ALS.   

Thank you so much for your generous support.

Sincerely,

Wendy Toyer, Executive Director
ALS Society of BC

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From September, 2014:

Many thanks to Trevor for nominating me, and in so doing, giving me the encouragement to do something for others that I might not have done. To the rest of the class: your aim was especially accurate that day, and I wonder why!! Well done, everyone.

Trev: You da man!