miyooper2b
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Post by miyooper2b on Aug 26, 2014 14:27:32 GMT
. . . that I was not going to do the ALS ice bucket challenge. It's a great cause but I have my own favorite charities and was NOT going to dump ice water over myself. Then I was challenged by my [HASH]1 DGD, who is eight. <sigh> So I did it but made it clear in my video that it was for her and only her. It's amazing what you will do for grandchildren that you would not do for other people. DGD was very excited that I did this for her.
P.S. I did not donate to ALS, I did donate some extra to my favorite charity.
P.P.S. I am pretty sure DD put this idea in DGD's head but she won't admit to it. DD knows I couldn't refuse DGD.  |
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Post by alibama on Aug 26, 2014 14:38:09 GMT
LOL I have to admit if my DGD tagged me I would probably do it too. I already donate to my charities so I am not in a hurry to jump on the bandwagon.
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Post by scrapsotime on Aug 26, 2014 15:11:17 GMT
Dh and I had managed to escape this, then our granddaughter challenged us yesterday. It's hard to disappoint a grand. I guess I might be doing it.
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Post by hollymolly on Aug 26, 2014 15:32:59 GMT
I'm reasonably sure that anyone I know who is doing this knows better than to tag me. It's not the ice water, it's not the donation to ALS or any other worthy charity. It's making a video, and it's jumping on a bandwagon, that get to me. I don't have a DGD, though, so I'm sure that would sway me. I might even be swayed by one of my nieces. My nephews know me better than that, and they would not do that to me.
I was tagged on a video by a FB friend who is someone I went to school with. We were not close friends in school, and I don't even follow her FB feed, so it's not like there is any interaction between us. It appears that she tagged her entire friend list, or something along those lines. I didn't watch her video, because frankly, I'm sick of watching them. Anyway, because of all the above, I do not consider myself to be truly tagged or challenged or whatever. I'm just ignoring it.
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Post by perumbula on Aug 26, 2014 15:40:07 GMT
No one has challenged me yet and I am very grateful. I have a brother and a sister who have done it. My sister challenged another sister, but not me, thank heavens. Made me almost glad to be the third wheel sister.  My dd got challenged last night though and I'm not very excited about it. She's 14 and will enjoy the heck out of it, but I was hoping to just avoid it. Dh is supposed to do it at work. I told him if he challenged me there would be serious repercussions. |
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Post by eebud on Aug 26, 2014 16:00:23 GMT
I was challenged by a friend. I am not going to dump ice water on my head but I am going to donate. Since none of my grandkids have FB accounts, I don't have to worry about them challenging me.
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Post by craftchickapowpow on Aug 26, 2014 16:10:39 GMT
I'm doing it today and I think it'll be fun to tag 3 friends. I figure YOLO so you might as well experience as much silliness as you can...and it's for a worthy cause to boot.
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Post by JustCallMeMommy on Aug 26, 2014 16:38:40 GMT
DD was challenged yesterday and plans to challenge me.  I should talk her into challenging her grandmothers. |
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Post by Dalai Mama on Aug 26, 2014 16:48:31 GMT
I got my first challenge this morning but, since I already donated last week, I don't really feel compelled to rise to it.
DH doused himself on Sunday.
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Post by *Scrapper*Stamper* on Aug 27, 2014 0:42:58 GMT
Totally defeats the purpose of the ice water challenge. Coming from somone who's uncle died from this horrid disease, really disappointing you felt your charity was more important than this horrid disease and totally bypassed the whole intent of donating to the ALS foundation.
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Post by MaryMary on Aug 27, 2014 0:47:58 GMT
I was challenged 3 times last night. I'm happy to donate, but going to ignore the nominations.
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Post by Aheartfeltcard on Aug 27, 2014 0:48:58 GMT
Oh boy...backing away slowly..
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Post by Giraffe on Aug 27, 2014 0:59:57 GMT
Totally defeats the purpose of the ice water challenge. Coming from somone who's uncle died from this horrid disease, really disappointing you felt your charity was more important than this horrid disease and totally bypassed the whole intent of donating to the ALS foundation. I'm sure the charity the OP donated to is just as important to her as ALS is to you. One person's choice of charity isn't more important than another person's. |
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Post by *Scrapper*Stamper* on Aug 27, 2014 1:09:39 GMT
Totally defeats the purpose of the ice water challenge. Coming from somone who's uncle died from this horrid disease, really disappointing you felt your charity was more important than this horrid disease and totally bypassed the whole intent of donating to the ALS foundation. I'm sure the charity the OP donated to is just as important to her as ALS is to you. One person's choice of charity isn't more important than another person's. The point is it totally defeated the purpose of the challenge. If she donated good for her, the purpose of this PARTICULAR challenge it to bring attention to ALS TO make a donation to challenge others to do the same. I'm sticking with it defeats the purpose and is actually rude to do what she did and then posted that she did feel that ALS would be a charity she would not be willing to donate to |
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Post by Deleted on Aug 27, 2014 1:16:17 GMT
I'm sure the charity the OP donated to is just as important to her as ALS is to you. One person's choice of charity isn't more important than another person's. The point is it totally defeated the purpose of the challenge. If she donated good for her, the purpose of this PARTICULAR challenge it to bring attention to ALS TO make a donation to challenge others to do the same. I'm sticking with it defeats the purpose and is actually rude to do what she did and then posted that she did feel that ALS would be a charity she would not be willing to donate to And this attitude, my friends, is why I don't like challenges like this. Nobody's charity is more important than another. To claim someone is rude for donating to charity is just, well, rude. |
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Post by moodyblue on Aug 27, 2014 1:20:48 GMT
I'm sure the charity the OP donated to is just as important to her as ALS is to you. One person's choice of charity isn't more important than another person's. The point is it totally defeated the purpose of the challenge. If she donated good for her, the purpose of this PARTICULAR challenge it to bring attention to ALS TO make a donation to challenge others to do the same. I'm sticking with it defeats the purpose and is actually rude to do what she did and then posted that she did feel that ALS would be a charity she would not be willing to donate to And some people feel it's actually rude to say someone should donate to a specific charity, and to tell them how much they should donate. ALS support is a great cause - and so are many others. |
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Post by *Scrapper*Stamper* on Aug 27, 2014 1:26:21 GMT
Once again the point is being ignored. The point is it defeats the point of the challenge. I don't care if you find me rude. The point is she did not do what the challenge was supposed to do.
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Post by moodyblue on Aug 27, 2014 1:36:50 GMT
Once again the point is being ignored. The point is it defeats the point of the challenge. I don't care if you find me rude. The point is she did not do what the challenge was supposed to do. So who decrees that everyone should "accept" a challenge? Is there a law or something? You can challenge me to whatever you want, for whatever worthy cause (and there are many) but no law says I have to do it or pass it on to others. What if every worthy cause started a challenge? Would you really expect everyone to donate to a dozen or more different causes? I still think it's rude to expect people to do what YOU want them to do. |
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Post by msbee on Aug 27, 2014 1:51:27 GMT
Scraper I think you missed out on how this got started. It wasn't started specically to benefit ALS though those charities are the big winners. Lynn thank you for donating. Just over a month ago, Kennedy’s trainer, James Whatmore, was assigned to complete the Ice Bucket Challenge. A fad rapidly sweeping the nation, it consisted of a person pouring ice water over his head, then passing on the challenge to someone else. It was not only harmless, but philanthropic. Anyone who failed to complete the challenge in 24 hours was required to make a donation to their favorite charity. Even those who completed it often made a contribution. Whatmore doused himself in ice water and passed it on to Jon Bullas, Kennedy’s swing coach. Then Bullas passed it on to Kennedy. On July 14, Kennedy recorded video of himself taking the Ice Bucket Challenge. He then called out three others, including his wife’s cousin, Jeanette Senerchia, whose husband, Anthony, is suffering from amyotrophic lateral sclerosis – more commonly known as ALS. how it started |
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Post by Deleted on Aug 27, 2014 1:54:59 GMT
Once again the point is being ignored. The point is it defeats the point of the challenge. I don't care if you find me rude. The point is she did not do what the challenge was supposed to do. And you're ignoring the point that you don't get to decide what charities receive donations for this challenge or any other like it. There was a cold water challenge going around FB long it became associated with ALS. The premise was the same - dump cold water over your head or jump into a body of water and donate to a charity of your choice. ALS isn't the only debilitating, terminal illness out there. There are many, many more that are just as underfunded. How you can begrudge money going to one of them instead of your chosen charity is beyond me. |
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Post by scrapsotime on Aug 27, 2014 2:01:07 GMT
Once again the point is being ignored. The point is it defeats the point of the challenge. I don't care if you find me rude. The point is she did not do what the challenge was supposed to do. The challenge didn't start with ALS. They took the idea and ran with. Right now any money that would go to charity is going to my niece. Her 13 year old son needs a total hip replacement. They have to travel 4 hours and stay overnight for appointments and tests. That has happened multiple times. Surgery is finally scheduled. Usually my money goes to mitochondrial research. The little girl I babysat for 5 years has mito. Or diabetes research - multiple family members with it. Or Multiple Sclerosis - the mother of my daughter's best friend has MS. I could go on. My charitable giving is personal and no one will guilt me into giving otherwise. IF I do the ice water thing it will just be for my granddaughter. She just wants to see to someone pour freezing water on grandma's head. |
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Post by freecharlie on Aug 27, 2014 3:59:12 GMT
DS challenged his grandmother (my mom). It was not planned. He was supposed to be challenging his friend, but added his grandmother during the video. She did it and then challenged my dad and they both donated.
I think the challenge has done what it set out to do regarding the attention to ALS. I would love for people to continue donating, but I have no problem with people donating to whatever cause they really believe in. Some of ALS research includes stem cell research which does not sit with everybody morally or ethically. I don't see why those people cannot raise awareness for ALS while donating to something else.
Personally, I feel that very rarely is there a loser when somebody donates
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I should talk her into challenging her grandmothers. 
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