- Supporters of Pete Frates are taking one last chilly plunge for the former college baseball player whose battle with Lou Gehrig’s disease helped spread the ALS ice bucket challenge. The Frates family says Saturday’s annual “Plunge for Pete” at Good Harbor Beach in Gloucester, Massachusetts, will be their last. The event, in its eighth year, raised money for the Pete Frates #3 Fund, which helped pay for Frates’ medical bills. The family will continue to raise money for the separate Peter Frates Family Foundation, which helps other ALS patients cover home health care costs, he said. The ice bucket challenge involved pouring a bucket of ice water over one’s head and posting a video of it on social media, and then challenging others to do the same or make a donation to charity.

Source: thestar December 28, 2019 10:22 UTC