Ice bucket challange

Quote by Dudealicious
I think the ice bucket challenge is brilliant on many levels here are a few of my top ones:

1) This challenge has helped to generate nearly $80 million dollars worth of donations (versus $2.5 million the same time last year)

2) Donations this week top $65 million (three times more, since the start of the challenge in the beginning of August). It's predicted over $100 million will be raised by the time it's all said and done.

3) The funds have come from 1.7 million different donors

4) This viral sensation has changed the way various charities can fundraise. Now marketers and charities can connect with the public on a grand scale

5) The fact that people are doing it and not donating is moot point. It's increasing awareness of the disease itself, this challenge can be thanked for that.

6) Shows one person can make a difference by thinking out of the box. Giving hope to thousands around the world that live with this incurable condition.

http://time.com/3173833/als-ice-bucket-challenge-fundraising-total/

http://bostinno.streetwise.co/2014/08/26/als-ice-bucket-challenge-donation-total-update-amount-of-money-raised-is-increasing-matt-damon-uses-toilet-water-video/

The key problem is funding cannibalism. That $3 million in donations doesn’t appear out of a vacuum. Because people on average are limited in how much they’re willing to donate to good causes, if someone donates $100 to the ALS Association, he or she will likely donate less to other charities.

This isn’t just speculation. Research from my own non-profit, which raises money for the most effective global poverty charities, has found that, for every $1 we raise, 50¢ would have been donated anyway. Giving What We Can fundraises for global poverty charities by encouraging people to pledge at least 10% of their income. For everyone who joins, we ask them to estimate what proportion they would have donated otherwise. Averaged among all our members, that amount is greater than 50% (or $150mn out of $300mn). Given our fundraising model, which asks for commitments much larger than the amount people typically donate, we have reason to think that this is a lower proportion than is typical for fundraising drives. So, because of the $3 million that the ALS Association has received, I’d bet that much more than $1.5 million has been lost by other charities.

Quote by sprite
i skipped the ice bucket and just sent a check - the awareness that this has given ALS is priceless, but that said, yeah, the idea is to donate. if that's not happening, it's a bit of a fail.

Quote by Poppet
I think the concept of the challenge is a good idea. But people should bring more awareness to the challenge when they do it. Simply saying you're going to pour a bucket of ice cold water over your head for ALS, and who you nominate isn't bringing awareness to the cause. Too many people are doing it now as a fad and not for the true reason. I wonder how many people actually donating money to said cause, or simply getting their 45 seconds of fame making a video of themselves doing said challenge.

Just my two cents.

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Of course it is. How can you say its not? How many of us who have either heard of someone or done it themselves, knew the foundation existed for this disease? I know I didn't. So raising awareness works. The figures don't lie. I see what you're saying, but the important thing to remember is awareness is more important than the donation. Without people knowing about it, there is no donation. Maybe there are some people doing it for the wrong reasons, but at the end of the day, it's still raisning that all important awareness. We are not talking about educating people about the disease, which I think is also important, but let's not confuse awareness and knowledge.

Quote by SydneySider
Of course it is. How can you say its not? How many of us who have either heard of someone or done it themselves, knew the foundation existed for this disease? I know I didn't. So raising awareness works. The figures don't lie. I see what you're saying, but the important thing to remember is awareness is more important than the donation. Without people knowing about it, there is no donation. Maybe there are some people doing it for the wrong reasons, but at the end of the day, it's still raisning that all important awareness. We are not talking about educating people about the disease, which I think is also important, but let's not confuse awareness and knowledge.

Quote by Gardez
Why did they change the name change from Lou Gehrigs to ALS?

Currently living in a desert with night temps in the 90s and daytime 118, I would love to even be able to see what ice water looks like..

Quote by angieseroticpen
I think that Macmillan Cancer Support has shot itself in the foot over this one. With 800 million people in need of fresh clean water throughout the world, wasting water in this way just doesn't do it for me. Macmillan do a great job as a charity but this was a foolhardy idea. It was made even worse for me watching George W Bush rise to the challenge the other night and the previous news item showed thousands of refugees in Iraq on the run from ISIS with little food or water.