PETE FRATES WAS DIAGNOSED WITH ALS AT 27 WHEN HE AND A COUPLE OF FRIENDS DISCOVERED THE ICE BUCKET CHALLENGE. PETE KNEW IT WAS THE SOCIAL MEDIA VEHICLE HE’D BEEN LOOKING FOR. I’M GOING TO CHANGE THE ...

Last month the ALS Ice Bucket Challenge celebrated its 10th anniversary. The fundraising idea was the brainchild of both the late Pete Frates — a Massachusetts native, lifelong Boston Red Sox fan, ...

The ALS Ice Bucket Challenge was one of the most viral trends of 2014. All over the internet, there were videos of celebrities, sports teams, seniors and kids alike dumping bowls of ice water on their ...

Nancy Frates' son Pete was captain of every team he ever joined. And there were many. So when Pete was diagnosed with ALS at age 27 and vowed to change the trajectory of the fatal disease, she trusted ...

I still remember the cool rush of ice water splashing over my head in summer 2014, my body bracing itself for inevitable shivers. The original “ALS Ice Bucket Challenge” was inescapable — if you weren ...

McHENRY, Ill. — A suburban man battling ALS organized an Ice Bucket Challenge to remember and continue the impact the social media movement made 10 years ago. Scott Marsell, 52, of McHenry, started ...

More than a decade after the "ice bucket challenge" raised millions for ALS, the viral phenomenon has been rebooted with a new mission. The social media challenge from the mid-2010s was revived by the ...

The viral Ice Bucket Challenge is back, but this time it is not raising awareness for the neurodegenerative disease amyotrophic lateral sclerosis, or ALS. Instead, it is shining a light on mental ...

The Ice Bucket Challenge went viral on social media in 2014 and raised more than $220 million for research to find a cure for ALS, also known as Lou Gherig's disease. It's returned more than a decade ...

Pete Frates was an all-star athlete until he was diagnosed with ALS. — -- It began with a simple idea: Fill a bucket with water, throw in some ice and dump it over your head -- all to raise money ...