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STATE HOUSE, BOSTON — It's now officially Ice Bucket Challenge Week in Massachusetts.
Gov. Charlie Baker on Tuesday afternoon signed a bill (H 1697) designating the first week in August to commemorate the viral fundraising campaign started by former Boston College baseball player Pete Frates...
July 3, 2017 The family of Pete Frates, the Massachusetts man who inspired the Ice Bucket Challenge that has raised millions of dollars for ALS research, has taken to social media to assure the world that, despite a social media report to the contrary, Pete is still alive, although he's currently in Massachusetts General Hospital battling the disease...
August 24, 2014 The Catholic Archdiocese of Cincinnati is discouraging its parochial schools from participating in the now famous 'ice bucket challenge," a fundraiser for ALS.
August 21, 2014 When the Ice Bucket Challenge first started popping up on my Facebook news feed, I was admittedly skeptical of what it could really do for such a terrible disease. But after seeing how much money it had raised for ALS research, I started to change my mind.
August 16, 2014 BOSTON (AP) − A 27-year-old man died in a Nantucket diving accident, hours after he raised $100,000 for a Lou Gehrig's disease charity in honor of his friend who inspired the ice-bucket challenge sensation.
August 14, 2014 The Ice Bucket Challenge for ALS has gone viral, not just in Massachusetts but now around the world!
One of the biggest questions being asked is, "This is all fun for these people but is anyone really sending in the money...
August 13, 2014 So Michael Rock and Loren Petisce from FUN 107 nominated us on air Friday morning. Technically we only had 24 hours to complete the challenge, but time got away from us that afternoon, and we wanted to do the video together...
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