In the ice bucket challenge the
rule is very simple, the participants have two options, if they accept the
challenge and pours the ice water on their head, they should pay 10 dollars.
But if they will not pour the ice water on their head, they need to donate 100
dollars. According to the report, since Ice Bucket went viral on Facebook and
Twitter, ALS collected a big amount of donations. On August 14, 2014, they
received $15.6 million from the donations of their participants. It is more
compared to what they had got last year which is only $1.8 million.
Despite of the success of the ice
bucket challenge, it also gained a lot of criticism. Other people questioning
the ALS, why they don’t expose the people’s money donation? They don’t believe
that they just only got 15 million dollars because many participants are high
profiles. So, they gave donation more than what’s written with their rules.
While for others, why they need pour ice water to the donors, it is just a
waste of water and maybe the donor could get a sick with through this activity?
Why they don’t just ask them to give a donation to their organization? Their
intention is really good, but this method in collecting funds is not acceptable
for other people. But if you will ask the supporters of ice bucket challenge,
it’s just for fun and aside from that the organization are really helping for
the benefits of ALS patients.