By hosting an iced tea stand, giving an ALS awareness speech, writing letters to Congress, taking a pie in the face, or just playing sports, participants in the ALS Youth Challenge will spread hope and inspire others to envision a world without ALS.
The ALS Youth Challenge can empower kids directly affected by ALS as well as recruit others into the fight.
Rebecca Wetzel, a teacher and philanthropist based in New Jersey, came up with the ALS Youth Challenge concept and worked with The ALS Association to develop it. She was inspired to do so by her own experience watching her grandfather battle ALS when she was six.
Rebecca and her family appeared on “Today” in May 2018 to discuss the ALS Iced Tea Challenge, which encourages kids to set up iced tea stands to raise awareness of ALS and fund for The ALS Association’s mission. The ALS Iced Tea Challenge is one of the concepts included in the ALS Youth Challenge. In 2018, Rebecca and her two daughters raised more than $30,000 for ALS research, care services, and advocacy through their iced tea stands.
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For more information, go to www.alsyouthchallenge.org.