Nancy Frates: Why my family started the ALS Ice Bucket Challenge. The rest is history

When 27yearold Pete Frates injured his wrist in a baseball game, he got an unexpected diagnosis: it wasnt a broken bone, it was ALS. Better known as Lou Gehrigs disease, ALS causes paralysis and deaththere is no cure. And still, Pete saw an opportunity to drive awareness about the disease. In a brave talk, his mom Nancy Frates tells the story of how the family developed the ALS Ice Bucket Challenge and took great pleasure in seeing everyone from Justin Timberlake to Bill Gates take part. If you accepte