During this summer the “ice bucket challenge” phenomenon has gone viral and we have seen all kinds of people receiving buckets of ice water for a good cause: the fight for research into amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS). This campaign seeks to publicize and raise awareness about a degenerative disease that today affects millions of people in the world.
Origin of the phenomenon:
The origin of this phenomenon is a former college baseball player named diagnosed from two years ago. On August 7, 200 people gathered to raise awareness of the disease by pouring a bucket of ice water over their heads. Since then, thousands of people around the world have followed suit, raising nearly 40 million euros for associations affected by the disease.
“Inside me, my mind is as sharp as ever, or even sharper than ever. When you’re sitting and you can’t move, when you’re watching all day, you notice every little thing. My memory has improved and I notice things I didn’t notice before.” Pete Frates
[youtube height=””300″” width=””550″”]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=85VkgNt5OgI[/youtube]
Many celebrities have joined this movement by throwing a bucket of ice water and nominating other people to make a donation and continue the chain.
What is the ICE BUCKET CHALLENGE? challenge ?
The campaign consists of a person throwing a bucket of ice water on himself, uploading the video to social networks and donating ten euros for research into Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis (ALS ), a neurodegenerative disease with a fatal prognosis that affects 2,800 people in Spain. Then you must challenge three people to perform the same action. If they meet the challenge, they will donate another ten euros and if they do not do so within 24
hours, the donation increases to 100 euros.
What is really important is to raise public awareness and help in the form of donations to promote research into this disease. In Spain there are several channels for raising funds through associations of patients and relatives suffering from the disease. Although in our country the success of the campaign has been similar to that of others when it comes to throwing the bucket of ice water and uploading the video to social networks, but not in terms of donations.
Here is how you can donate to help in the fight against the disease:
Adela:
Bankia ES09 – 2038 – 1923 – 156200003135
ELA Andalucia:
La Caixa: 2100 – 7317 – 93 – 2300089008
La Caixa 2100 – 3422 – 16 – 2210103820
CatalunyaCaixa 2013 – 3288 – 90 – 0200041929
BBVA 0182 – 1615 – 22 – 0201676803
FUNDELA:
Bankia: ES49 2038 1101 7060 0098 6247
Caixabank: ES09 2100 5884 0702 0001 0872
Bankinter: ES53 0128 0290 4601 0002 3087
Bankinter 0128-0649-39-0105425913
Sabadell 0081-1199-70-0001007911
La Caixa ES03 2100 2779 7502 0002 3412
ACCOUNT NUMBER: ES80-2048-0098-4530-0013-7065
ARAELA:
La Caixa: 2100 3867 65 0200031094
Caja Inmaculada: 2086 0011 42 3300407392
Ibercaja: 2085 0141 92 0300413513
Laboral Kutxa 3035 – 0060 – 44 – 0600080648
Bankia: ES51 2038 0684 58 3000227871
The success achieved by this campaign that has crossed borders continues its course and similar actions have already begun with other types of diseases. From the Neurology Service we encourage you to participate in this challenge for a good cause.
In our Service we have a specialist in ALS and we are available to patients or family members seeking diagnosis or treatment.
