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Birdball Completes the ALS #IceBucketChallenge
August 06, 2017 | Baseball
For the fourth straight year, the baseball team honors Pete Frates with the viral trend
CHESTNUT HILL, Mass. - The members of the Boston College baseball team grabbed their buckets and ice and, for the fourth August in a row, dumped freezing water their heads in honor of former captain and ALS advocate Pete Frates.
In the summer of 2014, Frates championed the Ice Bucket Challenge through the use of social media. Along with the amount of awareness brought to ALS, over $220 million was raised to help find a cure. In May 2017, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) approved the first treatment for ALS in 22 years. Scientists credit the campaign with funding the research for the treatment and breakthroughs in finding possible causes of the disease.
Since the first Ice Bucket Challenge four years ago, many have rallied around the cause in August. Charlie Baker, the governor of Massachusetts, signed a bill to signify that the first week in August by Ice Bucket Challenge week. Major League Baseball honored Frates by launching "MLB Fights ALS," a league-wide fundraising effort that donated funds to the ALS Association's Home Health Initiative.
To learn more about Frates's story, visit www.petefrates.com.
In the summer of 2014, Frates championed the Ice Bucket Challenge through the use of social media. Along with the amount of awareness brought to ALS, over $220 million was raised to help find a cure. In May 2017, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) approved the first treatment for ALS in 22 years. Scientists credit the campaign with funding the research for the treatment and breakthroughs in finding possible causes of the disease.
Since the first Ice Bucket Challenge four years ago, many have rallied around the cause in August. Charlie Baker, the governor of Massachusetts, signed a bill to signify that the first week in August by Ice Bucket Challenge week. Major League Baseball honored Frates by launching "MLB Fights ALS," a league-wide fundraising effort that donated funds to the ALS Association's Home Health Initiative.
To learn more about Frates's story, visit www.petefrates.com.
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