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Bahamas gets into the #ALS Bucket Challenge
Aug 22, 2014 - 3:28:17 PM

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The ALS Ice Bucket Challenge is taking the internet by storm raising vital funds for research into  in many areas of the world, predominantly United States and Canada, but The Bahamas is now taking part, and although we've seen videos popping up on the internet, we'd like to share this one from the Bahamas Consulate General Miami who were challenged by the Consulate General of Canada Miami. "We would like to challenge the US Department of State - Office of Foreign Missions in Miami; Bahamas Consulate Atlanta; The Bahamas Tourism Office Plantation; and the Bahamas Consulate General and UN Permanent Mission in New York!" they said on their Facebook page.


According to Forbes Magazine, "between June 1 and August 17, over 28 million people have joined the conversation about the Ice Bucket Challenge including posting, commenting or liking a challenge post and 2.4 million videos related to the ice bucket challenge have been shared on the social network."

As described by the association, the challenge "involves people getting doused with buckets of ice water on video, posting that video to social media, then nominating others to do the same, all in an effort to raise ALS awareness. Those who refuse to take the challenge are asked to make a donation to the ALS charity of their choice." (The commonly suggested donation is $100.) Of course you can do both: douse yourself and donate!

Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS) can also be referred as motor neurone disease (MND), Charcot disease, OR more commonly, Lou Gehrig's disease—is a neurodegenerative which is often characterised by rapidly progressive weakness due to muscle atrophy, difficulty in speaking, swallowing, and breathing. It is a fatal disease (commonly patients are told they have 2 - 5 years to live) and there is no known cure yet, or reason for its cause.

To make a donation to ALS Canada visit www.als.ca.

To make a donation to ALS United States visit www.alsa.org



BAHAMIANS doing the Ice Bucket Challenge: Please share your videos with TheBahamasWeekly.com  via our Facebook page.

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The Bahamas Consulate General Miami was challenged to the ALS Ice Bucket Challenge by the Consulate General of Canada Miami. "We would like to challenge the US Department of State - Office of Foreign Missions in Miami, Bahamas Consulate Atlanta, The Bahamas Tourism Office Plantation, and the Bahamas Consulate General and UN Permanent Mission in New York!"



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