Thursday, August 14, 2014

Buckets

You don't seem to be able to look anywhere on social media these days without witnessing someone pouring a bucket of ice-cold water on themselves. It's part of brilliant, simple campaign by Pete Frates ("Freight-eez") to raise awareness of ALS and raise funding for ALS research.

Its been a huge success, with ALS and the campaign making national headlines. I've long maintained that ALS awareness must increase before you can start trying to raise funds for research. Pete's campaign has proven me wrong - slightly.

Donations to ALS charities have shot through roof during the campaign.

I cannot begin to tell you how it feels, as a patient, when your rare, terrible neurodegenerative disease gets some time in the limelight...but I can show you a couple of my favorite videos....


3. The folks at my hospital, Johns Hopkins: Dr. Rothstein, who diagnosed me with ALS, features prominently in the video


2. Jimmy Fallon, guests, and his house band, The Roots: a national audience!


1. There are many videos that share first place. They're the dozens of videos out there featuring my family and friends; I feel the love.

As for me? I'd better look out my own bucket...




13 comments:

  1. Hi,Tony. There's plenty of times someone should've thrown a bucket of ice-cold water over me when I was younger. Would have saved me a lot of bother in the long run,haha!

    And a lot of money,come to that...

    I hope you and yours are bearing up,mate. Keep posting as much as you can,there's a helluva lot of people hold you-and them-in their hearts.

    Or on their wrist,as I do,thanks to the ‘Don't Shrink’ wristbands your Dad kindly sent me.

    Stay strong,

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  2. Result!

    Every other comment I've tried to post has been treated with the contempt and disdain it deserves-and vanished into the ether!

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  3. Keep keeping on Tony........
    Ah, the old bucket of ice water challenge......
    Good way to sober up in time for work Mick eh! ( -;

    Regards & Hail Hail
    TBM

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  4. Hey Tony, my niece in the States posted one of these videos yesterday and I thought to post it to you now...not necessary I see. All the best...weebobbycollins...

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  5. WEEBOBBYCOLLINS

    Good to see you posting on here as well as elsewhere.

    Pity the site is poisoned by cheap jibes from TBM.

    MWAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHHAHAHA

    He knows me too well!

    Get in touch,bud. Hootenanny due soon.

    Tony's Dad has the ACGR fleg,pride of place in Southfork.

    No better place.....

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    1. Nothing cheap about us Mick....Was a fairly expensive jibe.......... You know the cost of calling Cebu!!!!!!!!!!
      Apologies Tony, for allowing Ayrshire type folk to but in, even though Mick is a (sort of) good guy but hey you know that eh!

      Regards & Hail Hail
      TBM

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  6. Even Bill Gates has joined in!

    http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2726305/Wipeout-Bill-Gates-wins-ALS-ice-bucket-challenge-designing-structure-dramatically-pour-water-himself.html

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  7. Did you see the game today Tony? Much improved on recent showings eh!
    In our thoughts pal.......

    Regards & Hail Hail
    TBM

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    1. i have seen the goals, but not the full game...hope to soon!

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    2. Thanks for the reply Tony; enjoy it when you get the chance eh!
      BTW check out this clip pal......Had me in tears of joy; Big Chick is not my favourite player but he is one of us and this is fantastic........http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pnjtVDJps-w

      God Bless you Tony........

      Regards & Hail Hail
      TheBarcaMole

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  8. Usual for me .........cannot get the link to work easily, so as per highlight and right click........
    TBM

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  9. Tony,I've tried four times now to make a witty and intelligent comment on this blog.

    Any time I make a spelling error then try to correct it,the message is list.

    AWE NAW the king of pedantry is probably laughing his fat are off. Didnae correct that!

    We were brilliant today. Remember the good old days-from your era-wi the three amigos?

    We could score anytime against anyone.

    And we did.

    Just like today.

    You look after yourself,bud.

    I know,though I can only really imagine.

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  10. Tony, you talk of raising awareness of ALS...it's great to see so many videos on You Tube of this 'ice bucket challenge'...the real challenge now is to keep it in the public eye...all the best to you and the family...weebobbycollins...

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