Ice Bucket Challenge Was a Hot Idea
You can’t predict when lightning will strike, but boy when it does …
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Sure, some of the people who took the challenge did it mostly for fun or to one-up their friends, but most made it clear that it takes more than awareness to tackle this — or any — disease.
It’s not enough to click “like” or to just be more socially conscious. Organizations need money. And this unofficial, grassroots campaign raised it. Buckets full of it.
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Tom Harrison is the former chair of Russ Reid and Omnicom's Nonprofit Group of Agencies. He served as chair of the NonProfit PRO Editorial Advisory Board.
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