Ice Bucket Challenge Revival for Mental Health Sparks among the Community to the

The challenge for the ice cube has returned, but this time for a new cause.

The ICE Bucket Challenge, which was mega-viral in the summer of 2014, had more than 17 million people on social networks, and even celebrities in talks, throwing ice water on their heads.

The challenge, supported by the association, was aimed at raising awareness of the disease. Ultimately, he raised $ 115 million toward patient research and care.

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Eleven years later, the ICE Bucket Challenge has been revived by USC Mind, the Mental Illness Discussion Club of the University of South Carolina.

In support of a foundation called Active Minds, the country’s greatest mental health health for adolescents and young adults, the USC group launched the #Spekyourmin Ice Bucket challenge.

The challenge is to eliminate on social media and has raised about $ 400,000 at the event’s fundraising site.

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The renaissance of the tendency has caused some controversy to attract attention To the (amyotrophic lateral sclerosis), Also known as Lou Gehrig’s disease, a progressive neurodegenerative disease that affects the nerve cells in the brain and the spinal cord.

The average life expectancy after diagnosis of the A is usually two to five years, according to the association.

Brooke Eby, patient and influencer, published a video on social media with the subtitle: “See people steal the challenge of ice bucket for a different cause when it is still not care and is 100% fatal. Fuming.”

Michael Stone, another content creator and patient with Els, spoke of the impact that the challenge had on the community.

“It’s more than a trend,” he printed in an infographic. “The challenge of ice bucket changed lives.”

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“Awareness of AD is crucial because it leads to funding and funding leads to the investigation,” said Stone. “What began as a viral challenge became a much greater thing: a world effort that funds research changing life and giving hope to those affected by this devastating disease.”

Brian Frederick, marketing and communications manager of the Association, shared the support of the organization for the revived movement.

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“We are delighted to see young people who take the spirit of mental health activism, but we also want people to know that they are still fatal and urgently need a cure,” Frederick said in a statement to Fox News Digital.

“Mental health is an important problem in the community, given the devastating physical, emotional and financial toll it has in whole families.”

Frederick commented that the original challenge of the Cubeta Ice Ice “accelerated dramatically” the fight against those, which caused “new discovered genes, new treatments in the pipeline” and a significant increase in healthcare services.

Since the challenge, the association has invested more than $ 150 million in research in the AS, followed by about $ 1 billion in additional funding for research in Els, according to Frederick.

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“We still have a long way to go to those of fatal to habitable and heal, but we are grateful to everyone for taking the challenge of the ice bucket and raising awareness of mental health,” he added.

Cathy Cummings, CEO of the International Alliance of Associations at/MND, said that many people with their caregivers can face “serious mental health challenges”, such as depression and anxiety.

“Using the ice cube challenge to raise awareness of mental health also supports our community,” Fox News Digital told Fox. “We would like to maintain space for various experiences of the people, without choosing, which is more deserving.”

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In a press release on Thursday, both the Association to the Active Minds announced that they are united in this new challenge by Bucket Ice for May, which is the month of awareness of mental health and the month of consciousness of the AS.