The ice bucket challenge, made famous by ALS patient Pete Frates, raised millions. Here’s how the money was used
Pete Frates, the ALS patient behind the ice bucket challenge, has been hospitalized. He helped raise tens of millions for ALS. Here's where it went.
Pete Frates, the ALS patient behind the fundraising juggernaut known as the “ice bucket challenge,” has been hospitalized — news that touched off a spate of appreciative tweets on Monday lauding his contributions to the efforts to find a cure for amyotrophic lateral sclerosis, also known as Lou Gehrig’s disease.
A former Boston College baseball player who was diagnosed with ALS at the age of 27, Frates didn’t dream up the ice bucket challenge, but he was its most effective marketer. When it took off in the
