The Ice Bucket Challenge
Discussion
Harry Flashman said:
dmitsi said:
Harry Flashman said:
Without reading the whole thread, I've been nominated to do this. But can I give to any charity?
No, the ALS have made it illegal to donate to any other charity once you've been nominated. It's in the fine print.That is all.
6th Gear said:
e21Mark said:
Why not donate some cash and a bit of time to charity without feeling the need to post video evidence all over social media?
It's perfectly acceptable to do stuff for charity and keep it to yourself.
+1 It's perfectly acceptable to do stuff for charity and keep it to yourself.
http://healthimpactnews.com/2014/als-ice-bucket-ch...
k off with that website "coconut oil reverses AlS" it's a website that will inevitably promote crystals and vitamin c regimes etc.
mybrainhurts said:
I hadn't seen that one and it genuinely made me laugh! 
Just read about a bucket challenge gone wrong. Some guy arranged for a forest fire fighting aircraft to dump the tanks on his head. 400 gallons from 22 ft. He's in hospital now, can't think why... maybe he though dropping a family sized cars worth of water on your head wouldn't be like getting run over by said car!
Otispunkmeyer said:
Just read about a bucket challenge gone wrong. Some guy arranged for a forest fire fighting aircraft to dump the tanks on his head. 400 gallons from 22 ft. He's in hospital now, can't think why... maybe he though dropping a family sized cars worth of water on your head wouldn't be like getting run over by said car!
....along with a couple of US fire fighters who were electrocuted by mucking about with water too close to electricity and the plethora of broken necks from people using too much ice.Suspect this particular bubble is gonna burst, very soon.
(Nominated twice, gave both a stiff ignoring)
http://www.dailymotion.com/video/x243fjk_the-ultim...
Ice bucket fail compilation video.. some good ones! haha!
Ice bucket fail compilation video.. some good ones! haha!
andrewrob said:
BlackLabel said:
Hopefully people are doing their research before deciding which Motor Neurone Disease charity to give to (or cancer charity as seems to be the trend in the UK). This popped up on facebook today - something to think about.
That's shocking! Two people that don't know how to do screenshots, the snipping tool is right there man, its right there!
Was discussing this with a mate last night whilst watching the plethora of videos on his Facebook timeline. I saw plenty of videos where people seemingly forgot to mention the charitable side and just focused on who to nominate next.
I was impressed by Matt Damon's attempt. Finally someone else who sees the stupidity of wasting water on such a pointless "challenge".
I was impressed by Matt Damon's attempt. Finally someone else who sees the stupidity of wasting water on such a pointless "challenge".
BlackLabel said:
Hopefully people are doing their research before deciding which Motor Neurone Disease charity to give to (or cancer charity as seems to be the trend in the UK). This popped up on facebook today - something to think about.
If the ALSA is anything like the MND Association over here then I would imagine "Other program activities" will be;- Helping sufferers and their families cover the costs of specialised equipment such as lightwriters (the thing that helps Stephen Hawking talk, pretty essential since your throat muscles will often go before your hands do) or stairlifts. Sometimes they provide the full equipment (a lightwriter costs over £3000) or they'll give part of the cost, they'll often do it a lot quicker than the NHS will.
- Paying for carers to help out at home, sometimes it's something as simple as sitting with the sufferer for an hour or two so their carer can pop out, other times they'll come by in the evenings to help set up the breathing machines that become essential to make sure your chest muscles don't suffocate you when you're asleep.
- Information for both sufferers and Doctors as some GPs have never treated an MND patient before and have no idea what they're doing, this includes a pack that is sent out as standard to every new MND patient letting them know what support they can get from the charity.
- The MND Association over here runs 20 "MND Centres" around the country that help sufferers get out of the house (effectively becoming imprisoned in your own home is something many disabled people go through) and spend some time with other people. In my grandfather's case my Nan struggled to help my grandfather get out of his chair and hobble to the car, so they also paid for a bloke with a wheelchair-friendly minibus to pop by and collect my grandfather and drive him to the centre, then drive him back and make sure my Nan could get him comfortable before leaving.
Don't think that it's like Oxfam or the Salvation Army, with a big glass-fronted building in the centre of London occupying expensive land. The MNDA has it's offices in Northampton, yes there's around 100 paid staff (I believe a chunk of these are medical professionals and researchers, I wouldn't call it a big on "admin" jobs) and over 3000 volunteers around the country.
I hope most of the 2 million quid raised goes on research, but there will be people who have been waiting a while for some essential equipment, such as motorised wheelchairs, and hopefully a chunk of the money will also go on making their lives a bit easier. MND is an absolutely nightmare to have, any money that goes towards giving sufferers a better quality of life is just as well spent as research.
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