The ALS Ice Bucket Challenge comes to Bollywood! - Page 4

Originally posted by: BeingChevi

Ah so it has arrived. I was waiting for this 😆

For the people who think the challenge is stupid:

The #ALSIceBucketChallenge raised $15.6M since July 29th compared to the $50k it raised the same time last year http://ti.me/1tffPAV @TIME

The message is spreading 😊 The celebs do the challenge to raise awareness and also give donations. Apparently Justin Bieber did it and nominated all his fans to do it (the guy has some pretty hectic/die-hard fans from first hand experience 😆). He has millions - and lots of them are doing the challenge and donating 😊 Same goes for the other stars.

Originally posted by: Zeeliciousxo

Donating simply because there are people in need isn't a good enough reason to donate for these people? I despise these dumb "challenges".

Originally posted by: VivaEmptiness

Haha not going to happen, even Obama was nominated he declined 😛

Originally posted by: nikitagmc

😆 This was clever!

Originally posted by: blue-ice

u are missing the point here...donating a 10 dollar or a 100 dollar doesn't mean anything for a celebrity but for common man donating a 100 dollars means a lot of money...by making it a fun challenge it has now gone viral...so even the common people are taking the challenge and donating 10 dollars...I have so many videos of my friends doing this challenge on FB...the whole purpose is to make common people donate and have fun...I am sure these celebrities are donating the whole amount and more even when they take up the challenge...This is an innovative way and it would be great if people come up with more fun ideas like this to get donations for these important causes...its like a show for charity or a walk for charity...

Originally posted by: Zeeliciousxo

I'm sure that celebrities are taking up this challenge to raise awareness and make common people donate. However, I believe that if celebrities care so much they should focus on teaching common people why donating to the less fortunate is important. Simply convincing them to do so through a challenge will work once but if you teach them why it is good to donate they will continue to donate for the rest of their lives.

"Give a man a fish and you feed him for a day. Teach a man to fish and you feed him for a lifetime." - Chinese Proverb

This is just my opinion, I think there are better, less superficial ways to raise awareness. 😊 You don't have to agree, you are free to your own opinion and I am free to my own. We can agree to disagree. 😃

Originally posted by: blue-ice

I totally agree with you and what you said and it makes a lot of sense👍🏼...but then these are business minded...self occupied celebrities and not Mother Teresas...thats why I said that in whatever way they raise awareness is good...but it would be an ideal situation if they did like u suggested...but then IDEAL doesn't exist in this world😛