The viral 2014 Ice Bucket Challenge raised $115 million in six weeks for what was, at the time, a severely neglected disease—amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS), which degrades nerve cells in ...

The Ice Bucket Challenge is back, but this time for a new cause. The ALS Ice Bucket Challenge that went mega-viral in the summer of 2014 had more than 17 million people on social media ...

Students from the University of South Carolina started a recent campaign using the ice bucket challenge to raise mental health awareness Zoey Lyttle is a Society & Culture Writer-Reporter at PEOPLE.

Back in 2014, the Ice Bucket Challenge was a viral internet challenge meant to raise money and awareness for ALS (Lou Gehrig's Disease). Now, in 2025, the Ice Bucket Challenge is back with the ...

The Ice Bucket Challenge is back. The challenge that splashed through social media in 2014 as people all over the world dumped buckets of ice water on their head to raise money and awareness for ...

The Ice Bucket Challenge is making a new splash with a new cause in mind, nearly a decade after it first went viral to raise awareness for ALS. In the summer of 2014, a media frenzy ensued with ...

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The Ice Bucket Challenge was created in 2014 to raise awareness for amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS). It exploded into a massive, global trend that helped raise $115 million for the cause.

Inspired by the 2014 Ice Bucket Challenge, college students have revived the concept to promote mental health awareness. The #SpeakYourMIND challenge encourages participants to dump ice water on ...

Augusta Lewis Troup School’s administration accepted a challenge — the latest ice bucket challenge, which aims to spread mental health awareness. The challenge is moving through New Haven Public ...

The cultural phenomenon Ice Bucket Challenge raised hundreds of millions of dollars for ALS research about 10 years ago. Now, it has returned, but for the benefit of a new cause. The new ice ...

That was the Ice Bucket Challenge, an online stunt and charity drive in which one person dumped icy water over their head, posted a video of it and dared someone else to do the same. Back then ...