UPDATE: Will President Obama accept The Ice Bucket Challenge? The social media campaign to raise awareness for ALS has picked up even more steam since the publication of this post. Ethel Kennedy, wife ...

Students from the University of South Carolina started a recent campaign using the ice bucket challenge to raise mental health awareness Zoey Lyttle is a Society & Culture Writer-Reporter at PEOPLE.

I still remember the cool rush of ice water splashing over my head in summer 2014, my body bracing itself for inevitable shivers. The original “ALS Ice Bucket Challenge” was inescapable — if you weren ...

The 2025 Ice Bucket Challenge was started by students at the University of South Carolina. The 2025 Ice Bucket Challenge supports mental health awareness and advocacy. Learn how to do the USC Ice ...